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

Group of school children reciting lessons in new school building built by local NGO, village of Thit La, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Grade 3 class at Gaulim Demonstration School in East New Britain during a phonics lesson, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

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

Buddhist novice schoolgirls conducting class meditation in the school classroom before lessons, Sagaing, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

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

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

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

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

Small children and teacher, Malawi, Africa

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

Catholic high school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

A portrait of a school girl smiling during a lesson in her classroom, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

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

Primary school of the Leparua people, providing education as well as medication, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Primary school, Lome, Togo, West 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

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

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

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

Students in class, elementary school, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Students in class, elementary school, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, Asia

VSO volunteer Paul Jennings discussing plans with a new VSO volunteer Mandy about improving teaching methodologies in the classroom, 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

Arrupe Karuna Krom outreach program run by the Catholic Church (Jesuits), a rural school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

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

Young girl copying some work from the chalkboard at Kaindi demonstration school in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

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

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

School children from Akha hill village, near Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

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

Schoolchildren in classroom, Elementary School, Vieng Vang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Portrait of children in school uniform sitting at desks in a school classroom in North Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Classroom full of children studying, Teferi Ber, Ethiopia, Africa

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

Village of Masango, Province of Cibitoke, Burundi, Africa

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

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

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

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

Bhaktivedanta Gurukula located at ISKCON Radha-Krishna temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

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

Portrait of school children sitting at tables, reading in a school classroom, Somalia, Africa

Wore African school classroom, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Classroom at Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies, Bangaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India, Asia

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

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

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

11 year-old Kamala at Himalaya Lower Secondary School in Tallagauganganda in Kaski district of Nepal, Asia

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

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

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

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

Anaka senior secondary school, Anaka, Uganda, Africa

Improvised learning, classroom aids, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

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

Village school, Youga-Na, Dogon area, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Buddhist novice schoolgirl sitting at her desk in the school classroom, Sagaing, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

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

Phare Ponleu Selpak music school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two grade 3 students reading at Kusbau School in the coastal region of Madang in Papua New Guinea, Pacific

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

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

Arrupe Karuna Krom outreach program run by the Catholic Church (Jesuits), a rural school, Battambang, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

School children at the end of the day at school, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Working on PC at Santa Catarina Palopo primary school, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, Central America

Laotian schoolgirl, Elementary School, Vieng Vang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Primary school, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

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

Islamic school in Bamako, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Village school, Youga-Na, Dogon area, Mali, West Africa, Africa

Phare Ponleu Selpak school pupil, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Wore African school classroom, Hevie, Benin, West Africa, Africa

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

Monks at Lelung Monastic Institute studying Tibetan, Namchi, South Sikkim, India, Asia

Religious study, Brazzaville, Congo, Africa

Primary school, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Asia

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

Primary school, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

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

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

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

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

A disabled women making nappies at the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Barefoot College is a worldwide charity, founded by Bunker Roy, its aims are, education, drinking water, electrification through solar power, skill development, health, women empowerment and the upliftment of rural people.

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

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

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

Ethiopia catholic elementary school at adaga, irop, tigray

Philippines a high school in quezon city, manila

Thailand girl in muslim school, pattani