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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Seven ways Plan is improving children's access to health around the world

Empowering girls to understand the risks of early pregnancy in Zambia

Operating health centres in Indonesia

Building toilets in Timor Leste

Empowering women to educate other mothers about the importance of health in Sri Lanka

Reducing the rate of mother and child deaths in Cambodia

Every child deserves the right to health. 
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Health: Indonesia

Because I am a girl…
I have the right to be healthy. 

Malnutrition is a contributing factor to over half of all deaths of children. If a child does survive without the proper nutrition, the malnutrition can haunt her for literally for the rest of her life. She may suffer from chronic health problems, stunted growth, and decreased mental capacity — which can hamper her educational and vocational achievement. In Indonesia, over 7.5 million children suffer from stunted growth due to malnutrition. 

Plan's New Program Enables Jakartan Street Children to Obtain Birth Certificates

Despite birth registration being a basic right, many children in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, are still missing out, according to a new Plan study. Street children are among the most affected as high costs and excessive red tape keep parents from registering their children’s births.

Last year, Plan surveyed more than 500 families living in non-permanent housing and slum dwellings in 5 parts of Jakarta as part of a global movement to highlight the everyday realities faced by street children living in some of the world’s busiest cities.

"Nearly two-thirds of parents surveyed said they had never tried to apply for a birth certificate for their children," said Peter la Raus, Director of Plan Indonesia.

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Children's lives on hold after flooding in Indonesia

Severe flooding affecting more than 90,000 people in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, left many of them exposed to the cold conditions. Relief supplies are now being distributed. “Our children did not get cold again last night,” said Sukaesih, from Rawabuaya in West Jakarta, who has a six-year-old son.

When the floods struck on Wednesday, Sukaesih and her neighbours sought shelter in a shop building before moving to a nearby camp for people forced from their homes by the flooding.

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