Plan El Salvador: what we do

Plan’s work in El Salvador covers 6 key areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• education
• health
• protection
• participation
• economic empowerment
• emergency response.

Plan El Salvador has 5 work programs, each one based on Children’s Rights, directed to support the country development. The programs are giving special emphasis to strength the capacity and commitment of society with the most vulnerable and excluded ones.

The 3 program units have developed these programs for the Strategic Plan 2012-2016:

 

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Plan El Salvador

Plan has been operating in El Salvador since 1976. For 35 years it has helped children and adolescents in underdeveloped or vulnerable areas of the country, to access their rights to health, education, protection and sustainable livelihoods.
During that period of time, Plan has invested 145 million dollars for the country development. Today we work with almost 42,000 sponsored children across the country.

The main problems children face in El Salvador are:

• infant mortality and endemic diseases
• low coverage and quality of education
• violence against children and women
• environmental, economic and social vulnerability
• limited participation of children and their families in the development process.

During the last 6 years of work, Plan El Salvador, trough its 5 work programs, has achieved several accomplishments such as: scholarships for 3.220 children, provide furniture and equipment to 52 health centers or units, train 1,451 people in entrepreneurship and small business techniques, 2,523 families obtained birth certificates for their children and 1.283 groups were trained for promoting children participation.

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The day she met her sponsored child, everything changed

As Anna began her trip down a long dirt road in rural El Salvador, she began getting nervous. She was about to meet her sponsored child, Lisandro, for the first time. Although Anna and Lisandro had been exchanging letters for two years, meeting him face-to-face felt different.

“I knew that he was going to school and loved baseball and soccer, and that his big wish is to have a bike one day,” explained Anna. “His letters are short and sweet, but very special to me.”

What Anna was feeling was normal. What will Lisandro say? Will he be too nervous? Was he happy Anna was coming to visit him? Her adrenaline was racing.

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Postkort fra USA

Mød Efraín Calles i denne video - et tidligere sponsoreret barn fra El Salvador, hvis liv er blevet vendt med hjælp fra Plan og hans PlanFadder i USA.

Nu en lærer, mindes Efraín kærligt de inpirerende billeder og postkort han fik fra sin PlanFadder, da han voksede op i l Chalatenango.