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 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 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 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 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 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 Cambodia: what we do

Plan’s work in Cambodia, which is centered on the rights of the child, focuses on 5 key areas:

• basic education
• health and hygiene practices
• water and sanitation
• child participation and protection
• economic security
• disaster risk reduction.

We work to combat educational problems such as limited enrolment, a high drop-out rate, illiteracy and a generally low standard of educational achievement. We do this by addressing issues such as inadequate teaching facilities, poorly trained teachers, a lack of parental awareness, and poverty that compels children and young people to work rather than study.

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Plan Paraguay: what we do

Plan’s work in Paraguay is based on an approach of respect for human rights, democracy and citizen participation, in order to help children and society to find solutions to their problems.
We implement 6 programmes based on this approach:

• integrated health and education
• child protection 
• strengthening infant and youth development organisations 
• safe and healthy environments 
• household economic security 
• food security and nutrition.

This programme implements actions in the area of health and education for children. Health work focuses on childhood illness, safe maternity, early child development and HIV and AIDS prevention.

We also help children to receive a quality education through activities that improve school environments, link families with teaching/learning processes for their children, develop new teaching skills, and promote child participation in school management.

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Plan Nicaragua: what we do

Plan’s work in Nicaragua covers the following key areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• children in a healthy environment
• quality education for children
• household economic security
• child protection and participation
• building relationships.

Plan Nicaragua works to improve health care and wider access to health services for children and their families.

We also work with children and adolescents to promote sexual and reproductive Health.

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Plan Haiti: what we do

Plan’s work in Haiti covers 4 key areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• healthcare and basic nutrition
• quality education for boys and girls
• household economic security
• youth and community leadership.

We address issues such as high infant and child mortality, maternal mortality, high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, and children’s malnutrition.

Plan also works on preventive care issues, support for HIV infected and affected people, support for orphans and vulnerable children, and community mobilisation activities.

We have nutrition programs, Vaccination, training of health workers and leaders on integrated Preventive Health, Support to children infected and affected by AIDS (CHAMP), support to construction and equipment of health center.

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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 Dominican Republic: what we do

Plan Dominican Republic helps children to realise their rights through the following core programmes:

• early childhood care and development
• education
• child protection
• community health
• economic development and microfinance
• child and youth participation
• disaster risk reduction.

This includes sustainable strategies to improve child-raising practices for children under 5 through family orientation and community-run day care centres.

These centres prepare children for school using a playful approach. They monitor physical and motor skills and provide early stimulation.
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Plan Zambia: what we do

We work in 46 communities, covering 400,000 people.

Our core areas of activity include:

• child protection and participation
• education
• health including HIV and AIDS
• economic empowerment

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Plan Togo: what we do

Plan’s work in Togo, which is centered on the rights of the child, focuses on 5 key areas:

• economic security
• healthy start in life
• education
• child protection
• assistance in emergencies

Economic security is a key foundation of children’s rights. We focus on the most vulnerable families, enhancing their income from agricultural activities, providing access to financial services and supporting them to diversify their sources of income. We are also making village savings and loan associations available to more communities.

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Plan South Sudan: what we do

Plan South Sudan’s core areas of activity include:

• improving access to basic education
• sustainable livelihoods
• good governance for peace building and child protection
• disaster risk reduction, preparedness and humanitarian response.

Plan works to ensure that disadvantaged children have access to basic education -  especially girls, who tend to have lower school access and retention rates than boys. 

Plan also supports the provision of technical and vocational training in South Sudan so that youths who missed education due to war have a means of sustainable livelihood. 

We also address issues that adversely affect children’s education - such as poor health, child protection, birth registration, household economic insecurity, emotional distress, HIV and AIDS.

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Plan Sierra Leone: what we do

Plan Sierra Leone’s core areas of activity include:

• education
• health
• economic security.

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Plan Rwanda: what we do

Plan Rwanda activities are centred on4 country programmes that are anchored in the promotion of child rights.

• early childhood care
• quality education
• economic security
• protection

We promote a girl and boy-friendly inclusive school environment through the implementation of School Improvement Plans, strengthening parent and  teacher associations and contributing to the capacity development of teachers.

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Plan Niger: what we do

Plan’s work in Niger covers 4 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• child survival
• quality education for all children
• protection for all children
• disaster risk reduction

This programme aims to boost child survival rates by improving communities’ access to quality health services, safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.

We work to build capacity at all levels, enabling institutions, health personnel and communities to better manage illness, access quality health services and  safe drinking water, and ensure sustainability of activities.

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Plan Mozambique: what we do

Plan’s work in Mozambique covers 4 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• primary health care
• primary education and early childhood education
• children’s vulnerability to abuse and disasters
• social and economic capacities.

This programme helps to improve access to primary health care – from supporting the construction of health centres to opening boreholes in villages and providing safe drinking water.

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Plan Mali: what we do

Plan’s work in Mali covers 4 core areas, all of which are rooted in the rights of the child:

• Child survival and maternal health
• Education and development
• Child protection and participation
• Livelihood security

Plan Mali works to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. Providing health clinics for parents and their children, as well as guidance during pregnancies, has helped improve these rates in Mali.

Communities actively participate in promoting the dangers of child and maternal health during pregnancy. Plan also supports children to take an active role in regular radio broadcasts, to raise awareness of health issues in the community.

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