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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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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Timor-Leste’s Teen Mothers Desperate to Return to School

When my family found out that I was pregnant, my uncle, a teacher at my school, asked my parents to take me out of school. If I continued my studies then I would have embarrassed my school,” says 18-year-old Juliana, who became pregnant at the age of 15.

Unmarried, Juliana lives with her parents in a remote part of Aileu district, just south of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. Her daugher is now 2 years old, and Juliana is expecting a second child. Her biggest regret? Not finishing school.

“I don’t have the opportunity anymore to develop myself like other young people. I just stay at home and give my time to my children," she says.

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Case study in pictures: Building skills for Timor-Leste's future

Around half of Timor-Leste's youths are unemployed. As more than 75% of the country's population is under 30 years old it means many thousands of young people are struggling to find a livelihood.

View the slideshow to learn about life in the capital Dili and see how Plan is providing training and employment schemes for out-of-work youths. 

From supporting young people to run their own businesses to teaching skills on agriculture and food production, Plan's programmes are helping youths to achieve their potential.

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Hårdt arbejde der betaler sig: del 3

Plan International arbejder i mere end 58.000 lokalsamfund i 68 lande over hele verden. Takket være din støtte, hjælper vores programmer med at løfte hele lokalsamfund ud af fattigdom og med at give børn og familier de færdigheder og den træning de behøver for at forbedre deres liv.

Seksuel sundhed: Step-by-Step er et Plan program, der bruges til at fremme seksuel sundhed og forebygge seksuelt overførte sygdomme som HIV/AIDS.

Uddannelse: flygtningebørn fra Elfenbenskysten bliver uddannet på denne Plan støttede skole i Liberia.  Regelmæssig skolegang hjælper disse børn med at fortsætte deres uddannelse selv om de ikke er hjemme.

Økonomisk sikkerhed: denne pige deltager i en måneds syningskursus på Timor Leste. Plan uddanner unge til at drive små forretninger, så de kan forsørge deres familier.


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