07-05-2025
Meet the nomadic families who ‘world-school'
I t's a hot, sticky afternoon in Poinguinim, a farming village in India's Goa region, and Amanda Ashworth is waiting for her two younger children to finish their circus skills session. They will then decamp to the nearby beach for an evening of surfing and maybe turtle-watching, along with the seven families in residence at the Worldschooling Hub Goa that Ashworth runs on a former cashew nut plantation.
'The families were all up very early this morning for a guided hike to an abandoned hotel. Then some drop off their children for schooling from 8.30am until 1pm while they work,' says Ashworth, a 41-year-old entrepreneur, of her guests who have decided to step off the treadmill back home and take a family gap year, or two.
