Sandipani Muni high school teacher, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Sandipani Muni high school teacher, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Koran class in a village, Guiranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Pupils and teachers in the main hall of their school taking part in a spelling competition, Ura Village, Ura Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

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

School children at the Green School in Kampong Tralach, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Students at a mantra chanting school in preparation for temple prayer, Puri, Odisha, India, Asia

Schoolgirl listening to teacher in a lesson, Karunga Primary School, Rift Valley, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

School children at the Green School in Kampong Tralach, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

School children at the Green School in Kampong Tralach, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Students with teacher in coloured scarf in centre taking a dynamic pose during an educational school trip at Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Education, south africa. Soweto. Library in a primary school

Teacher with three teenage students taking a science lesson in a school or college, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Two school girls separated from the boys at a village school in the Swat valley, Pakistan, Asia

Students at a computer demonstration in a class at a rural school, China, Asia

Students bowing to teacher in class, elementary school, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Muranese instructor teaching to a group of students the lampworking technique to make glass beads, Abate Zanetti glass school, Murano island, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Classroom, Indian School of Business, Hi-Tech City, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Asia

Indian children at Rajyakaiya School in Narlai village, Rajasthan, Northern India

Agnes Mbvoyire, VSO national volunteer working alongside Filipino volunteer Rhea Villarico to improve standards of teaching in nursery schools in eastern Rwanda, Africa

Isingizwe Alice, 8 years old, who is dumb and her teacher Musabyemariya Alphonsine from Ngwino Nawe, teaching Alice how to read a book using signs, Rwanda, Africa

VSO volunteer Paul Jennings talks to students during a class taken with local teacher Rebecca Ngovano, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Children studying during a class taken by VSO volunteer Paul Jennings and local teacher Rebecca Ngovano, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Local teacher Rebecca Ngovano sitting in front of a blackboard in one of the classrooms of Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Theoneste Habiyaremye, local nursery teacher in Murama district, eastern Rwanda, Africa

Isingizwe Alice, 8 years old, who is dumb and her teacher Musabyemariya Alphonsine from Ngwino Nawe, teaching Alice how to read a book using signs, Rwanda, Africa

Alice Isingizwe 8 years old who is dumb and her teacher Musabyemariya Alphonsine from Ngwino Nawe, the village for children with disability, teaching Alice how to read a book using signs, Rwanda, Africa

School classroom and teacher, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Teacher, Walewale DA Primary Walewale, West Mamprusi District, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Early childhood teacher teaching a whole class phonics session at Mapemo early learning centre in Goroka, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Volunteer Primary Cluster Teacher trainer, Fiona Stevenson leading story time and singing in the yard of primary school in Fori, next to trainee Alpha Ajallow, The Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Tailoring workshop in a Catholic high school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Teacher Musa Manjang, Balaba Primary School, The Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Mulago School for the Deaf, run by the Mulago Catholic Spiritan Community, Uganda, Africa

Sandipani Muni School for needy girls run by Food for Life, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

A female teacher teaching science to a classroom of students at a primary school, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

A female teacher teaching at the front of the classroom at a primary school in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

A female teacher teaching science to a classroom of students at a primary school, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Mulago School for the Deaf, run by the Mulago Catholic Spiritan Community, Mulago, Uganda, Africa

Local teacher Rebecca Ngovano during a training session for all the teachers in the school to improve teaching methodologies in classrooms, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

School children in classroom listening to teacher in new school building built by local NGO, village of Thit La, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Theoneste Habiyaremye, local nursery teacher in Murama district, eastern Rwanda, Africa

Small children and teacher, Malawi, Africa

Primary school on a dusty street with many children, Liwonde National Park, Malawi, Africa

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

Indian schoolchildren attending school at Doeli in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, Northern India

A male teacher teaching a classroom of children at a primary school in Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Agnes Mbvoyire, VSO national volunteer working alongside Filipino volunteer Rhea Villarico to improve standards of teaching in nursery schools in eastern Rwanda, Africa

Children studying during a class taken by VSO volunteer Paul Jennings and local teacher Rebecca Ngovano, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Pah Oh minority children in local village school, Pattap Poap near Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Children studying during a class taken by VSO volunteer Paul Jennings and local teacher Rebecca Ngovano, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

A Bangladeshi woman teacher marks students books in a school in the slums of Dhaka (Dacca), Bangladesh, Asia

Pah Oh minority children in local village school, Pattap Poap near Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Student raise their hands during a class taken with VSO volunteer Paul Jennings and local teacher Rebecca Ngovano, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Teacher Rebecca Ngovano talks to students during a class taken with VSO volunteer Paul Jennings, Angaza school, Lindi, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

School children in class in the village of Kampong Tralach, Tonle Sap River, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pupils in a classroom, African primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Sister Fransiscan School, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Koran school, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

Library in an African school where children are sponsored by French NGO, La Chaine de l'Espoir, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

Sanskrit School Professor, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Schoolchildren in classroom, elementary school, Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A classroom of school children learning about the potential of cocoa farming, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

Primary school, Pong Teuk, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Children in the classroom, Balaba School, The Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Primary school, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Teacher accompanying students to school, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Teacher at work in the pattern making laboratory at Cercal footwear school and research center, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Primary school, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Islamic school in Bamako, Mali, West Africa, Africa

A teacher helping a young student at a school, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Teacher at work in the pattern making laboratory at Cercal footwear school and research center, San Mauro Pascoli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Village school, near Banjul, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Primary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Girls studying in a medersa (koranic school), Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Primary school in Africa, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Catholic nun teaching in a secondary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Secondary school in Africa, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

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

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

Thailand steven moses, director of nccm, with burmese refugee children at school, mae sot

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

Philippines a high school in quezon city, manila

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

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

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

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

Vietnam crs (catholic relief service) work with people with disabilities extends into the college system with a project of inclusive education. at the hanoi college of it, shown here, there are 25 students with disabilities and 15 visually impaired. crs provides special mobility equipment such as wheelchair ramps, and with a joint grant shared by other funding agencies, provided an elevator at the college (seen here), so that wheelchair bound students could move easily to other floors of the building