Plan Liberia: what we do

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

• increasing access to birth registration services
• supporting the capacity of caregivers
• improving children’s access to basic education
• promoting gender equality
• increasing the capacity of Plan’s partners

A birth certificate gives children easier access to social services, such as health care and education, and helps to protect them from child marriage, child labour and trafficking.

We train health workers in recording and registering births and promote the importance of birth registration throughout Communities.

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Plan Liberia

Plan started working in Liberia in 1982 to help poor children to access their rights to education, health and protection.  Civil unrest forced us to close down in 1993, However, we reopened in December 2006 and continue to help children living in poverty. 

Currently, we are focusing on supporting the growth, development and wellbeing of war-affected children in 77 communities across Liberia. This will become a reality with the  refurbishment of some 954 primary, secondary and vocational schools, and 2 teacher training institutions; 82 health facilities, including 6 hospitals, and over 20,000 wells, which were ravaged by the civil war.

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A Diamond in West Africa

Located in West Africa, the Mano River basin encompasses regions of Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Quests to control oil, diamond and gold stores have contributed to the area’s conflict, but there is one Guinean woman determined to bring stability to the region.

Dr. Saran Daraba Kaba, a CEDPA alumna, is the founder and president of the Mano River Women’s Peace Network. In 2000, Dr. Saran led women from all walks of life to participate in the process of bringing peace to the region. The network participated in negotiations, which culminated in peace talks in Ghana in 2003. Because of their efforts, the U.N awarded them with the Prize in the field of Human Rights.

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Millennium Development Goals on the agenda in Liberia

David Cameron became the first British Prime Minister to visit Liberia this week to attend talks on international development targets.

The PM will co-chair a United Nations meeting to discuss what happens after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2012.

He must grasp the “historic opportunity” to take major steps towards ending child poverty, leading charities urged.

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Malaria-investeringer redder liv

I dag er det Den Internationale Malariadag. Derfor er det nærliggende at skabe opmærksomhed omkring alle de børn og familier, der bliver syge eller dør af malaria. Ofte skal der ikke mere end et myggenet til for at forebygge sygdommen. Det er så lidt, der skal til, for at redde et liv.
 
Vestafrika er en af de regioner, der er særlig udfordret. Regionen oplever lige nu en sultkatastrofe, som indebærer, at millioner af mennesker sulter. Samtidig bliver adskillige børn og voksne syge eller dør af malaria. Faktisk dør et barn af sygdommen hvert minut, og størstedelen bor i Afrika:

"90 procent af de dødsfald, der skyldes malaria, sker i Afrika," forklarer Adama Coulibaly, der er regional direktør hos Plan i Vestafrika. De mange dødsfald sker på trods af, at malaria let kan forhindres: "Bare ved at øge den forebyggende indsats, fx ved at uddele myggenet, kan vi i 2015 have reddet tre millioner afrikanske børn fra døden," siger Adama Coulibaly.

Udover den forebyggende indsats kan malaria kureres med hurtig diagnose og korrekt medicinsk behandling.

Det gør Plan
Plan arbejder hårdt for at nedbringe antallet af børn og voksne, der bliver syge eller dør af malaria. I Vestafrika samarbejder vi med vores lokale partnere og børne- og ungdomsgrupper om at uddele myggenet og skabe opmærksomhed omkring forebyggelse og behandling af malaria.       

I Cameroon har vi uddelt mere end fem millioner myggenet. I Liberia arbejder vi på at behandle minimum 80 procent af de mennesker, der har malaria. I Burkina Faso har vi støttet uddelingen af 7,6 millioner myggenet. I Togo og Niger informerer vi børn og deres familier om sygdommen og uddeler myggenet. Fælles for myggenettene er, at de er langtidsholdbare og imprægnerede med myggegift.