Redde börns liv

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Se i denne video hvordan Plan er med at skære börnedödeligheden for nyfödte babyer med 50% i nogle distrekter i Nepal.

To tredjedele af dödsfaldene af de nepalesiske börn under fem er under perioden hvor börnene er nyfödte. I 2001 oprettede Plan grupper til gravide kvinder for at hjælpe kvinderne med at få en sikker födsel og med at faa redskaber til at passe deres babyer bedre. I dag er der mere end 500 grupper over hele landet, hvilket producerer dramatiske resultater.

Et 17-årigt gruppe medlem sagde: "I've learned lots of things from these meetings, like I should take iron tablets, I must have warm and soft clothes ready for the baby, and when it's born to hold it close to me and to keep it warm. I wouldn't know anything if it wasn't for the Pregnant Women's Group."

Escaping a life on the street - Amadou, Cameroon

“My name is Amadou and I am 11 years old. I am a former street child. I moved from my village and used to live in the streets of Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon.

I left my village because there was a lot of violence at home. My father had many wives and children which caused a lot of conflict.

As a street child, I lived in groups under bridges, in abandoned buildings and even in open fields around Yaoundé. But now with the support from these people [Plan] I am living in a children’s home and I have been able to go back to school. I am happier now.”

Combating early marriage and child abuse - Keneth, Liberia

“My name is Keneth. I am 18 and live in Lofa County. Since I joined Plan’s Girls Making Media programme in 2010, we have been working with communities to combat early marriage, female genital cutting, child labour, child abuse and more.

Presently, I am the Vice President of the Girls Making Media programme of Kolahun district, Lofa County.

Through training from Plan now I can use a computer, use broadcast equipment, a digital camera and a recorder. I am also able to advocate for others with boldness and talk in public without feeling shy.

The major impact this programme has made on me is that I know my rights and responsibilities as a child, to know that boys and girls are equal and should be treated fairly. I also know how to lead a group and how to work with other children of different backgrounds.”

Girls are now free to play - Sangai, Liberia

“My name is Sangai. I am 12 and live in Lofa County. In my country so many children are not going to school, but I am fortunate to be in school. Their parents send them out to sell and bring money for the family to live on. Some do not go to school because of poverty.

Before joining Plan’s Girls Making Media programme, I used to be very shy. But since I joined this programme, I can now stand in front of any group of people to talk.

I have done a lot of advocacy against child labour on the radio, in the community and sometimes directly with the parents.

I usually join my friends to go to the various communities to talk on issues affecting children. Because of the advocacy activities we are carrying out, more girls are now going to school and are free to play with their friends just like they have always allowed boy to do.”

My wish is that all girls are kept in school - Malado B, Mali

“My name is Malado B. I am 20 and studying social science at the University of Bamako. I live with my parents in a rural area 30 km from Bamako, the capital of Mali. In my village, all the young girls of my generation have not had the chance to go to school and to go to university like me.

In the past, the lives of girls in our community was not so easy. Parents often saw boys as the ones who should go to school and not girls.

Those who were lucky enough to be admitted to school suffered physical and emotional violence of all forms. And even then, some girls who braved the difficulties were forced to abandon the course because of the poverty of their parents who could not pay school fees. And in some cases, girls were withdrawn from school and married earlier.

I am glad to say though that things have changed for the better for girls here. More schools have been built and parents are now sending their children to school - and more girls too. Some girls have been awarded scholarships by Plan while others have received vocational training to become tailors.

My wish is that all the girls in my village are kept in school until they graduate from secondary level. This will help to stop child labour and early marriage.”

Children aren't left alone any more - Fransisca, Tnzania

“My name is Fransisca, I am 16 years old, studying in form 2 at Lumemo Secondary School in Tanzania. I live with my parents who are farmers.

In our village, during the farming season, our parents leave home and go away more than 35 kms to look for work. This makes them stay away from home for the whole season, sometimes until harvest. They could go for more than 4 months without coming home.

During this whole period, some children are left alone at home with little food and other basic needs. When the food left is finished, children have to find means of getting more food or money and sometimes enough to support their siblings who were left with them.

If it is a boy, he could go look for work in the streets (child labour), and for girls, they sometimes engage in sex to support themselves. Some girls get pregnant, and some are married and stop coming to school.

Plan has benefited people in our area and brought a new dawn to the children. Plan has been using different approaches to train teachers, parents and community members on child rights.

Through seminars, child rights awareness has improved in our area because most of the community members, who left their children at home during farming, have now stopped, and more children continue with schooling.

In the future I would like to become a teacher in my village. I want to be able to pass knowledge to the children in my community and make them better people for our nation.”

Day of the African Child: unge taler ud

Fra pigers uddannelse til at leve på gaden, børn i hele Afrika taler ud om problemer der påvirker deres liv for at markere 'the Day of the African Child' - der bliver fejret i dag, den 16. juni hvert år.

Dagen fejre protesten i 1976 hvor hundredevis af sorte sydafrikanske drenge og piger blev skudt, da de gik på gaden for at protestere mod deres leve- og uddannelse vilkår.

I de næste fem indlæg vil Fransisca, Malado, Sangai, Keneth og Amadou, der arbejder sammen med Plan dele deres oplevelser af livet i Afrika i dag.

Fairtrade International og Plan International i partnerskab

Fairtrade International og Plan International arbejder sammen for at styrke beskyttelsen mod skadeligt og farligt arbejde for børn.

For at markere Verdensdagen mod Børnearbejde og dette års fokus på farligt arbejde, er Plan International og Fairtrade International glade for at annoncere deres partnerskab på et unikt pilotprojekt.

Læs mere om projektet her http://plan-international.org/about-plan/resources/media-centre/press-releases/eradicate-child-labour

Dødsfald stiger i Camerouns kolera epidemi

Plan er i gang med at intensivere kampen mod Camerouns kolera udbrud ved at indsætte teams af 'kolera soldater' til at hjælpe med at håndtere det stigende dødstal.

Næsten 7.818 sager er nu blevet rapporteret i 9 ud af landets 10 regioner og 256 dødsfald er blevet tilskrevet epidemien.

Mere end 500 Plan-støttede lokalsamfundsfrivillige hjælper på tværst af 7 af Camerouns regioner - hvor de går dør til dør for at øge bevidstheden om kolera, giver vandbehandlingstabletter og rengøringsmidler.

Læs mere her http://plan-international.org/about-plan/resources/news/death-toll-rises-in-cameroon-cholera-epidemic

Færdighedstræning til unge i Timor-Leste

Mere end 75% af befolkningen i Timor-Leste er under 30 år gamle - men havldelen af de unge er arbejdsløse og de kæmper for at finde en levevej.

I partnerskab med Oaktree Foundation giver Plan, uddannelse og støtte til hundredevis af unge i Aileu bydelen, så de kan lære at køre små virksomheder for at forsørge sig selv og deres familier. Aktiviteterne spænder fra kaffeproduktion til grønsager, kylling, gede og fiskeopdrætning.

se en video om det her.

http://plan-international.org/about-plan/resources/videos/skills-training-in-timor-leste