Jeanete Alanoca, who works at a cemetery, helps her daughter Neydy, a Bolivian primary school student, with her virtual classes during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Cementerio General cemetery in La Paz, Bolivia, March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Limachi
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Neydi, a Bolivian primary school student, logs on to virtual classes like many kids around the world during the pandemic. The only difference is the setting: surrounded by tombstones in a public cemetery in highland city La Paz.
Bolivia has kept its schools largely closed during the COVID-19 outbreak, pushing many parents to find novel ways to get their kids online for class. It is particularly challenging in a country with sporadic internet connectivity, limited access to expensive computers, and high costs for mobile data.
