PHOTOS: Floating school, library and hospitals in Bangladesh

Children attend class in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. About 3 million people live on geographically isolated islands, known as "chors", with no roads, no electricity, and no medical facilities. Every year, the nation is inundated with monsoonal rains which can flood up to two thirds of the country. Approximately 10 million people live in parts of Bangladesh lying less than a meter above current sea levels. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888923 )

Children attend class in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888921 )

People study in a solar powered floating library and technology center operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888905 )

A boy practices english in a solar powered floating library and technology center operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888907 )

Women wait for the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital to open its gates May 19, 2014 in Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888981 )

People study in a solar powered floating library and technology center operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888939 )

Kids play in a river in front of a floating health care clinic operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. About 3 million people live on geographically isolated islands, known as "chors", with no roads, no electricity, and no medical facilities. Every year, the nation is inundated with monsoonal rains which can flood up to two thirds of the country. Approximately 10 million people live in parts of Bangladesh lying less than a meter above current sea levels. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888911 )

People study in a solar powered floating library and technology center operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888915 )

Women from the Modafot village arrive at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in the Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492889009 )

People study in a solar powered floating library and technology center operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888917 )

Patients enter the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888991 )

Children attend class in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888919 )

Women from the Modafot village arrive at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in the Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888997 )

Children watch a cartoon on a computer in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888925 )

A man and his children speak with a doctor at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492889003 )

A women receives an exam at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in the Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492889017 )

Children attend class in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888929 )

A women visits the pharmacy at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888999 )

Children attend class in a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888931 )

A women speaks with a doctor at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492889015 )

Women from the Modafot village wait for treatment at the Emirates Friendship Floating Hospital May 19, 2014 in the Chilmari district, Bangladesh. Friendship floating hospitals dock for up to 5 months at remote islands, or "chors", in the north of Bangladesh with a full medical team and stocked pharmacy, providing health care at affordable cost. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888985 )

A boatman steers the school towards land as children are let out from class for the day from a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888933 )

Children are let out from class for the day from a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888941 )

Children are let out from class for the day from a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888943 )

Children are let out from class for the day from a solar powered "floating school" operated by Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha May 20, 2014 in Pabna district, Bangladesh. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images) ( 492888935 )