Guria Boat School

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One of Guria's operations in Varanasi is the boat school, an after-school program base on Mansarovar Ghat. The children who attend are the children of boatmen. They are generally very poor and are thus easy targets for traffickers. The boat school is equipped with computers, whiteboards, a TV, books, games, and its trademark solar panel. Aboard the boat school the students find a place to get additional English classes, typing lessons, participate in arts and crafts, and other extracurricular activities run by Guria staff. 




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