An IRC education expert talks with children in Nigeria who fled Boko Haram violence about their determination to go back to school. The IRC has been working with teachers and families to create safe classrooms for them.
Since the beginning of 2014, Boko Haram militants have abducted at least 2,000 women and children throughout Nigeria and coerced numerous children to join their ranks. The ongoing violence has forced some 1.6 million people from their homes, among them 800,000 children.