1. No school today?
A Christian Aid primary assembly

2. Dear Teacher,
Abby won’t be coming to school today because…
Please send her homework home with Toby.
I hope she will be back tomorrow.
Yours sincerely,
Abby’s mother

3. Brazil, South America

4. Helen, 11
Photos:Christian Aid/Sian Curry

5. Photos:Christian Aid/Sian Curry

6. Ghana, West Africa

7. Fatimata
Christian Aid/Olivia Arthur

8. Fatimata reading to her mother
Christian Aid/Olivia Arthur

9. Sudan, Africa

10. Rachel Ruban, 15
Christian Aid/Antoinette Powell

11. Rachel (centre) at school
Christian Aid/Antoinette Powell