Where we work

From now and a year forward each month will focus on four different developing countries that Plan works in and what we do there. By continent in alphabetical order. Starting in Africa with Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Egypt in November. Then the Americas starting next May and last to Asia in August.

Let's begin our tour!

You can see the countries here!

A Journey to School: Balancing School and Work

Twelve-year-old Maria has to juggle her schoolwork with supporting her family.

“My mother is sick and our father abandoned us while I was still inside my mother's womb, so every morning I wake up at 4 a.m. to take some goods to the nearby market. I sell these things even before I get to school, as the money I earn is used to buy food for my family.”

Maria puts her needs after those of her mother and her siblings. As a result, she often attends school without eating breakfast and does not have a proper school uniform.

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