Meet\u00a0Ushakumari – an ordinary teacher with extraordinary zeal and determination to impart education to her students, determination that makes her cross a river and treacherous mountains every day in order to reach the school located in a remote tribal area in the state of Kerala.<\/p>\n
Ushakumari\u2019s daily journey to the school, begins at 7.30 in the morning, as she rides on her bike to travel till Kumbikkal Kadavu. From there, she rows a boat to reach the shore across and begins another long trek.<\/p>\n
After a couple of kilometres, the road to her destination goes steeper into the hilly tropical forest area which known to be inhabited by wild elephants and leopards.\u00a0With the support of a stick, she, however, carries on, often accompanied by her students who join her along the way to the school.<\/p>\n
Despite the 2-hour-long journey through such difficult terrain, Ushakumari has never been late to school in the last 16 years. And not just that – she even\u00a0takes care of all the other needs of the school and her students, which includes getting them a proper nutritious lunch!<\/p>\n