Photo: Fuzul Bashir | Reuters
In remote southwest Pakistan, Rohan the camel walks with precious cargo: books for youth in remote villages who are in coronavirus lockdown. As soon as they catch sight of the camel, the kids put on their best clothes and run into the street to meet Roshan, shouting: "The camel is here!" Pakistan first closed its schools in March 2020 in response to the pandemic and has only opened sporadically since, leaving the nation's 50 million school and university students to learn from home. In rural villages with virtually no Internet, remote learning is particularly challenging. High school principal Raheema Jalal, who founded the Camel Library project with her sister, began the library in August 2020 to assist students in her remote hometown to continue learning. About three times a week, Roshan carries the books to four different villages in the district of Kech, and children borrow the books and return them the next time Roshan visits.
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