Sondowon Children's Camp, Wonsan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), North Korea, Asia

School children playing, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

School boy on a bicycle crossing a river on his way to school, Chi Phat, Koh Kong, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Teacher and kids in school classroom, Melabday, Asso Bhole, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa

School kids dancing in Parque Cespedes during a school festival, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Cuba. Primary school classroom. Havana

Education, botswana. Ramotswa school for deaf children

Boys in a Medressa with holy Quran, Kano, Kano state, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

View of school girls smiling for camera in traditional Zulu village, Veyane Cultural Village, Khula, Khula Village, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Africa

Young boy writing on blackboard at school, Melabday, Asso Bhole, Danakil Depression, Afar Region, Ethiopia, Africa

School bus in front of a school, Al Sharqiyah region, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula

Boys in a Medressa with holy Quran, Kano, Kano state, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa

Young school boys eating sugar cane on their way back home from school, Masindi, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

Boy at school, morning class room, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

A school class being escorted at the entrance to the Nubian Museum in the city of Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Education, indonesia. Mosque school in a village in east jav

School kids in fancy costumes dancing at a festival in Parque Cespedes, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Young school kids looking out from a window, Ciudad de la Paz, Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Primary school, girl in classroom with pencil, concept of education and school life, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Children walking from school in Kigali, Rwanda, Africa

Education, indonesia. Mosque school in a village in east jav

Primary school, boy with book, concept of education and school life, Lapilang, Dolakha, Nepal, Asia

Primary school classroom with smiling children, Lapilang, Dolakha, Nepal, Asia

Primary school, pupils in classroom, Charikot, Dolakha, Nepal, Asia

Kids wellies, United Kingdom, Europe

Primary school, students learning to count on an abacus, Charikot, Dolakha, Nepal, Asia

India. Children attending a catholic school in agondo,

India. Children attending a catholic school in agondo,photo julio etchart

Primary school, boy in classroom, close-up on pencil, concept of education and school life, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Primary school, boy in classroom, close-up on pencil, concept of education and school life, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Young school kids looking out from a window, Ciudad de la Paz, Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

Primary school, girl in classroom, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Young school kids looking out from a window, Ciudad de la Paz, Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, Africa

School kids riding a cyclo on a busy street, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children overload a local bus to get to school , Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Asia

Primary school classroom full of students, Houy Mieng village, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school classroom full of students, Houy Mieng village, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young boys in school classroom, Houy Mieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Friendly school girls, Mbanza Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Black Hmong ethnic group kids at school, Sapa area, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

African primary school, children in the classroom, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Friendly school girls, Mbanza Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

African primary school, young girl in the class room, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

African primary school, young girl in the class room, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Nurunnaim Mosque, Muslim children learning at Islamic school, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young boy in school classroom, Houy Mieng, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

School kids in a school in the remote area of Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India, India, Asia

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister bincy joseph.Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Cambodia sen sok primary school. anlon knang, a resettlement area outside phnom penh where poor people were moved when their inner city slum was developed

India. Study and reading time, helped by sister jane thennattil (director).Mary Matha bala bhavan, a girls orphanage run by syro-malabar catholic missionary sisters of mary immaculate (msmi), chamal village, thamarassery diocese, khozikode, kerala. 2007

Food, ethiopia. Saint mary’s catholic school, addis ababa. A mainstream elementary and secondary school, it has a small wing for special needs children, which is featured here. Betty and her mother feleku (on left) who helps with preparing food at the center. Other parents participate in rotation

Colombia girls walking home from school in ciudad bolivar, bogota

Education, ethiopia. Elementary school at meki

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Drugs, bulgaria teenagers at drug awareness program in high school no. 35, sofia

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Ethiopia catholic elementary school at adaga, irop, tigray

Colombia single mother with her children, barrancabermeja. Beautiful people, but they are extremely poor, and the children both suffer from malnutrition and stunted growth. She often does not send them to school becasue they are too hungry

Ethiopia science class for 10th grade at the lazarist catholic high school addis ababa

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani

South sudan lutaya primary school, constructed and financed by jesuit refugee services since 2005, yei. lesson taking place in one of the classrooms. some classes have over 100 children. most classes do not have desks or seats. children often bring their own stools to sit on

Kenya. Primary school children of christ the king catholic school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Thailand burmese muslim refugee school at mae sot

Kenya. Christ the king catholic secondary school, kibera, a slum of nairobi

Vietnam yen mo tu commune primary school, ninh binh province. this is one of several schools in this region of northern vietnam where crs in cooperation with the local education authorities has implemented inclusive education practices, whereby children with mental or physical disabilities are integrated into the normal primary schools. crs provides special training for the teachers to help them. the image shows 13-year-old pham thi bich ngoc (in pink jacket) who suffers from cerebral palsy and is intergrated into a class of 11-year-olds. her teacher nguyen thi mund is seen here helping her with an alphabet exercise

Thailand our school muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Education, taiwan. A school for children with special needs, tainan. Children at the school acting a play

Ethiopia day care pre-school run by good shepherd sisters for needy children, addis ababa

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Ethiopia children praying and eating lunch at the bethlehem centre pre school and day care, addis ababa

Vietnam hoa binh primary school in vinh long province. children in school practice cheerleading

Thailand burmese refugee school at mae sot

Thailand our school muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Darjeeling school children. School children at tibetan childrens village, darjeeling, india. A tibetan doesnt know tibetan language is like a bird with only wing

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Thailand child development center for refugee and minority children chiang mai

Education, ethiopia. A rural elementary school run by the catholic church in the village of grabafila

Nicaragua primary school managua

Cambodia lunch time at the childrens center in anlon kgnan

Thailand muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

South sudan comboni school narus

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani

Education, pakistan. Punjab. Maths class using traditional methods in a primary state school

Kenya kibagare centre, a catholic run school in nairobi

Indonesia muslim girls at a koranic -school in banda aceh. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Colombia marly juliet, 7, of the slum of altos de cazuca, bogota, heading off to school

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia. Ana victoria huertas of dni is leading the group at this session

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia. Ana victoria huertas of dni is leading the group at this session

Bhutanese, school childre

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia

Vietnam anti trafficking project at tra on in vinh long province in the mekong delta region of vietnam. many young people have succumbed to bein. for marriage or work in neighboring countries, and this project addresses the problem. in this image the vice-principal of tra on high school, ngoc bich, talks to a group of 12th graders about the problem

Child, ethiopia. Tullo gudo island and its monastery of debre zion, lake ziway. Girl walking to school carrying her books

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani

South sudan student of lutaya primary school walking to school with her books and stool to sit on as there is usually no furniture in the classrooms. yei

Thailand muslim school for burmese refugees, mae sot

Education, brazil. Primary school of castainho quilombo, pernambuco. Quilombos were set up by escaped african slaves hundreds of years ago

Colombia extra-curricular seminar in a middle school at la paz, barrancabermeja, in which children discuss violence in their community, and their personal experiences. Many had witnessed killings and dead bodies at close range. The seminars are organised by dni, international defense of children. Their town is one of the most violent in colombia