A girl washes prior to going to tent school in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Hundreds of one room schools have opened this year to provide children across Afghanistan access to an education for the first time.

These girls in rural Malualkon, South Sudan, are among those who answered IRC supporters' questions about what it is like growing up in the world's newest nation.

Leontina and Ester during their first week of school in more than four years. Until recently the girls were among an estimated 7.6 million Congolese children who do not attend school. They are now making up for lost time in an accelerated learning program run by the International Rescue Committee.

Students at a primary school in the West Bank interact with their teacher and classmates. This is one of the classes where teachers have been trained in the IRC's 'Healing Classrooms' approach to education.