Plan Vietnam: what we do

Plan Vietnam has 8 programme units in the central and northern parts of the country, predominantly in hard-to-reach areas where many of the most marginalised groups live. Plan Vietnam's core areas of activity include:

• building relationships
• early childhood care & development
• child protection
• child-centred disaster risk management and climate change adaptation

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Plan Vietnam

Plan works to help marginalised children across Vietnam, especially those from ethnic minority groups in mountainous regions.

We implement programmes and projects involving some 226,000 households in 142 communes in Central and Northern Vietnam, including 40,000 sponsored children and their families.

Our main priorities are to reduce the malnutrition rate, to improve health care and to provide quality basic education to children.

Building good relationships with government bodies at various levels since 1993, Plan has become one of the largest non-governmental organisations working in Vietnam.

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Plan Timor-Leste: what we do

Plan's work in Timor-Leste covers 4 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• Right to a Healthy Start in Life
• Right to Access to Education
• Right to Protection
• Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development

In Timor-Leste, children under the age of 6 face huge challenges in their right to life, survival and development. High under-5 mortality rates, malnourishment, as well as diseases such as diarrhoea from inadequate safe water, sanitation and hygiene, all impact on children’s start in life.

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Plan Timor-Leste

Plan has been working in Timor-Leste since 2001, helping poor children and youth to access their rights to education, health, livelihoods and protection.

We currently implement projects in Lautem and Aileu districts, and we did extensive work in camps for internally displaced people in the capital, Dili, after the political crisis of 2006.

During our first 10 years of operation in Timor-Leste, our programs have aimed to improve early childhood education, water, sanitation and hygiene services, child protection, youth livelihoods and youth participation.

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Plan Thailand: what we do

Plan's work in Thailand covers 6 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• Child participation
• Protection
• Education
• Household economic security
• HIV and AIDS awareness
• Corporate social responsibility for children.

Children have the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives. We work with children and their communities to identify problems and implement solutions.

We promote child rights activities, including youth camps on child rights and awareness, as well as child-led clubs, government child councils and youth networks.

Plan Thailand also helps children to speak out by supporting them in producing their own media, such as film-making and journalism.

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Plan Thailand

Since 1981 Plan Thailand has worked with more than 36,700 children and their families in over 600 communities in 7 provinces, helping them access their rights to education, health, livelihoods, protection and participation.

Plan has been working in Thailand since 1981, helping poor children to access their rights to education, health, livelihoods, protection and participation.

Plan also works closely with the corporate sector to support sustainable development projects directed at improving the lives of the country’s marginalised and disadvantaged children.

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Plan Sri Lanka: what we do

Plan’s work in Sri Lanka covers 5 key areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• healthy start in life
• quality education
• protective environments for children
• household economic security for children’s well-being
• child-centered disaster risk management

Plan Sri Lanka works to improve the nutrition and development of children aged under 5 years old. Our target groups include adolescents (primarily girls), women of reproductive age, pregnant women and other caregivers.

We use health promotion, which provides spaces for community members and empowers them to own and participate fully in initiatives to improve their health, as the basis of all our interventions.

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Plan Sri Lanka

Plan has been working in Sri Lanka since 1981, on the invitation of the national government. We work with nearly 20,000 sponsored children and around 125,000 marginalized children in close to 270 rural communities across 7 districts.

Plan’s programmes are carried out through 4 Programme Units (PUs): the North Central PU in the rural, drought-affected, agrarian districts of Anuradhapura; the Central PU comprising Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya; the Uva PU comprising the districts of Moneragala and Ampara in the Eastern Province; and the newly started Eastern Programme Office in Batticaloa district.

We work in partnership with local and national governments and civil society organisations to sustain improvements in children’s lives.

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Plan Philippines: what we do

Plan Philippines’ goal in the next 5 years will be for all children within our influence to enjoy their right to education. To achieve this, we focus on fulfilling 4 fundamental needs:

• improved  access and quality of children’s education
• keeping children healthy and well nourished
• protecting children and enabling them to protect themselves
• engaging children in all matters that affect them

This programme covers early childhood education, primary and secondary education (formal and non-formal), vocational training and technical education.

We target children who are not enrolled in school, children with disabilities including learning difficulties, children who have dropped out of school, working children, children caught in emergencies, and children from poor households and indigenous communities. We help children to acquire life skills.

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Plan Philippines

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Plan has been working in the Philippines since 1961, helping poor children to realise their rights to health care, education, protection and a high quality of life.

We work in 420 communities nationwide. More than 80,000 families benefit from our projects.

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Plan Pakistan: what we do

Plan’s work in Pakistan covers 5 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• health
• education
• livelihoods
• child and gender rights
• disaster risk reduction and response

Plan Pakistan works to increase community involvement in order to improve health care and ensure that everyone’s health needs are addressed.
We target women and children’s health and help to increase awareness among adolescents regarding reproductive health issues. We also promote good hygiene behaviour related to safe drinking water, sanitation and other environmental health issues.

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Plan Pakistan

Plan has been operating in Pakistan since 1997, helping marginalised children to access their rights to health, education, livelihood and protection.

Through long-term programmes we work with around 100 communities across the country, benefiting about 21,000 children.

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Plan Nepal: what we do

Plan’s strategy in Nepal covers 5 core areas, all of which are rooted in child rights:

• health, water, sanitation and hygiene
• basic education
• household economic security
• child protection
• child-centered disaster risk management

Plan Nepal works to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality rates through Pregnant Women's Groups by establishing, equipping and staffing birthing centres and training health workers.
We  work  to establish birthing centres in rural health posts and hospitals. Plan also focuses on supporting the construction of community-managed piped water supply systems, enhancing community capacity, managing services and promoting the treatment of drinking water.
We facilitate sanitation campaigns led by children and the community to keep the environment healthy and clean.

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Plan Nepal

Plan has been working in Nepal since 1978, helping poor children to access their rights to health, education, economic security and protection.

In the hundreds of communities that we work with, there are difficulties accessing adequate health care and sanitation. The communities are often impoverished, which can leave them vulnerable.

Plan Nepal reclaims children’s rights through programmes and participatory activities that place children at the centre of their own development.

Currently, one of our priorities is supporting early childhood care and development centres to secure young children’s right to a good education. More than 30,000 children are benefiting from the programme.

Plan is also working with local organisations and government agencies to ensure that policies to protect child rights are central in the new constitution.

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Plan in Myanmar: what we do

Plan’s work has so far directly benefited over 194,000 people.
Our core activities include:

• early childhood care and development
• maternal and neonatal health
• water, sanitation and hygiene
• disaster risk management
• child protection

Plan’s programmes in Myanmar will include early childhood care and development; maternal and neonatal health with an emphasis on nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; disaster risk management; and child protection. At present Plan is undertaking a sector situation analysis in these areas and also selecting specific townships in which to implement programmes.

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Plan in Myanmar

Plan started working in Myanmar in 2008 following Cyclone Nargis, which tore through the country’s southern coast killing 140,000 people. Together with local partners, our post-Nargis activities included emergency relief, disaster risk reduction, early childhood care and development, and school construction.

In July 2012 Plan entered into a new, longer-term commitment in Myanmar with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.

Our initial target areas include the regions/states of Ayeyarwady, Sagaing, Rakhine and Mandalay, although we are investigating the possibility of expanding into other areas including Kayah and Kayin State. Plan Myanmar is primarily implementing programmes in partnership with local organisations and has not yet started any sponsorship activities.

Plan’s programmes in Myanmar will include early childhood care and development; maternal and neonatal health with an emphasis on nutrition; water, sanitation and hygiene; disaster risk management; and child protection. At present Plan is undertaking a sector situation analysis in these areas and also selecting specific townships in which to implement programmes.

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Plan Laos: what we do

Plan’s work in Laos covers 3 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• early childhood education and development
• basic education and child protection
• water, sanitation, and hygiene
• health and nutrition
• building relationships.

Plan works closely with government education services, to support early childhood education, including:

• helping communities to improve pre-schools
• training pre-school teachers in stimulating and enjoyable teaching methods
• provision of books, educational and play materials, desks and equipment
• curriculum development for a short in-service course for pre-school teachers
• increasing awareness amongst key decision-makers at national level of the importance of early childhood education.

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Plan Laos

Plan has been working in Laos since 2007, helping poor children to realise their rights to education, health and a high quality of life.

In the 300 communities that we work with, there are difficulties accessing adequate healthcare, sanitation and basic education. The communities are impoverished, which can leave them vulnerable.

Plan Laos helps children reclaim their rights through programmes and participatory activities that place children at the centre of their own development.

Currently, among our priorities is supporting Early Childhood Care & Development in communities to secure young children’s right to a good education. This is done both through early-learning centres, co-located with primary schools, and community-based parenting groups.

Plan also works with local organisations and government agencies to ensure education policies protect the children’s right to quality education.

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Plan Indonesia: what we do

Plan’s work in Indonesia covers 5 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• child health
• education and early childhood care and development
• economic security
• child protection and participation
• disaster response and risk reduction

Plan ensures that children have access to good quality health services through revitalisation of community health posts and an effective school health programme. For adolescents, reproductive health, HIV and AIDS are the key focus.

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Plan Indonesia

Plan has been operating in Indonesia since 1969, helping poor children to access their rights to health, sanitation, education, livelihoods and protection.
Our work benefits 52,000 sponsored children and more than 400 communities nationwide.

Currently, among the major projects, we are focusing our Learn Without Fear campaign to end violence in schools. A Plan 2008 survey revealed that 67% of 1,500 student respondents in 3 major cities of Indonesia said they had experienced abuse at school. Perpetrators of the abuse include peers and teachers.

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