Bollywood star donates movie fee to Plan
19/11/2008
Anil Kapoor, who stars in the highly acclaimed new Danny Boyle film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, has donated his entire fee for the movie to Plan’s Universal Birth Registration campaign in India |
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World Toilet Day: Disease falls in Sawe village
17/11/2008
Children in Sawe, Indonesia, are celebrating World Toilet Day as cases of diarrhoea and intestinal worms plummet in their village, thanks to a Plan-supported sanitation project |
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Flooding causes devastation in Honduras
29/10/2008
Plan has launched an emergency appeal to help more than 200,000 people affected by constant heavy rains that have fallen in Honduras over the past 2 weeks |
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Cleft lip treatment boosts child confidence
27/10/2008
Sisters Talent and Chipo from Chipinge, Zimbabwe, have suffered with their cleft lips for years. But now they are facing the future with confidence, thanks to Plan |
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Food crisis forces children into work
16/10/2008
Under-fed children in some of the world’s poorest countries are being forced into work by the global food crisis, reveals a new report by Plan UK |
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Health is top concern, reveals survey
01/10/2008
Not enough is being done to ensure that health issues in developing countries are prioritised by their leaders, according to EU citizens surveyed by Plan and the Action for Global Health network |
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Relief for hurricane-battered Haiti
16/09/2008
Plan is providing emergency food, shelter and medical relief to communities hit by 4 severe tropical storms that have swept across Haiti in recent weeks |
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Flooding displaces millions in Asia
03/09/2008
Plan has launched an appeal to help the 3,300,000 people who have been forced from their homes by floods in northern India, Nepal and Pakistan |
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School rebuilding work begins in Myanmar
31/07/2008
Work to rebuild 16 schools attended by more than 2,500 children in Myanmar has begun as part of Plan’s effort to help those affected by Cyclone Nargis |
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Girl war survivors vulnerable to HIV, reveals study
31/07/2008
Young girls brutalised by war are falling victim to poverty and prostitution, making them extremely vulnerable to HIV, according to a study to be presented to the International AIDS Conference by Plan |
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Plan co-hosts launch of 2008 Chronic Poverty Report
18/07/2008
Only a stone’s throw away from the seat of the European Commission, representatives of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre and Plan called upon donors, NGOs and the press to focus more on the critical issue of chronic poverty. |
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Football star Iker Casillas visits Plan Peru
11/07/2008
Spain football team captain Iker Casillas has visited a remote Peruvian community to help highlight Plan’s work - just days after his team won the Euro 2008 championships |
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Girl report launched at the European Parliament
27/06/2008
Action must be taken to ensure the rights of girls affected by armed conflict, warned Plan in a presentation of ‘Because I am a Girl: In the Shadow of War’ report to the European Parliament |
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Suicidal children thrown a lifeline by Plan
23/06/2008
New mobile counselling units are offering support to children living in West Africa who have suffered terrible trauma as a result of poverty, conflict and abuse |
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Children march on global warming
11/06/2008
More than 300 students marched from the top of a mountain in Chiang Rai, Thailand to raise awareness of environmental issues and global warming, with help from Plan |
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Plan steps up Myanmar aid
21/05/2008
Plan is stepping up its efforts to provide emergency relief to children among the 2,500,000 people in Myanmar whose lives have been turned upside down by Cyclone Nargis |
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Relief aid for Myanmar cyclone victims
09/05/2008
Plan has provided US$300,000 in emergency aid to Myanmar after a cyclone tore through the country leaving a trail of destruction and a death toll that some put as high as 100,000. |
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High cost of uneducated girls
06/05/2008
Failure to offer girls the same educational opportunities as boys costs developing countries almost US$100 billion a year in lost economic growth, according to research by Plan. |
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Rolling back malaria in Guinea-Bissau
24/04/2008
For the first time, children in the Bafata region of Guinea-Bissau are protected by over 90% bed net coverage – helping to drastically reduce the rate of malaria infection |
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Plan combats malaria in flood-hit Tanzania
23/04/2008
Plan is taking urgent action to help children in flood-hit Tanzania who now face greater danger from Africa’s deadliest disease, as the globe marks World Malaria Day |
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Toddler takes first steps in finance
11/04/2008
A Tanzanian toddler found abandoned on a stranger’s doorstep is taking his first steps towards a secure financial future with help from Plan |
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Bio-sand filters bring safe water to Capaculan
20/03/2008
For the first time ever, children in Capaculan village in Masbate, the Philippines are celebrating World Water Day with clean, safe water thanks to bio-sand filters introduced by Plan |
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Mobile units register thousands in Mozambique
29/02/2008
35,000 children and adults who never had the chance to register their births now have official identities, thanks to a Plan-funded mobile registration campaign in Mozambique |
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Child soldiers "a ticking time bomb"
08/02/2008
Plan is calling for urgent action to defuse the ticking time bomb of traumatised former child soldiers who often face rejection by their communities when they return after years as unwilling conscripts |
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$5,000,000 school opens for tsunami-hit children
07/02/2008
Children who lost everything in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami are celebrating the official opening of Ruhunu Vijayabha School – one of the largest projects ever undertaken by Plan Sri Lanka |
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After Cyclone Sidr: Plan's response
11/01/2008
A Plan staff member gives a personal account of his visit to see Plan's Cyclone Sidr response program, which is helping children in affected areas of Bangladesh return to a normal life |
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