Plan has distributed 9,000 school kits in Jacmel, southeast Haiti, as part of its emergency efforts to help communities hit by hurricanes that swept across the country in August and September.
Flooding causes devastation in Honduras 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
Fighting HIV with Stepping Stones Alexandra Villavicencio, an HIV positive mother from Guayaquil in Ecuador, has turned her life around and started fighting HIV in her community, with help from Plan’s Stepping Stones workshops
Football star Iker Casillas visits Plan Peru 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
Students in Chimborazo – Ecuador are improving their way of living with an education in which they are not only on the receiving end but also creators, shaping it as they go along. Thanks to the efforts of the children, parents, school teachers and authorities.
Youth Council in Guatemala For the first time candidates for mayoralty in Guatemala have been questioned by groups of children and youths that are aware of their rights. Follow the link for more details.
To commemorate the “International Day on Disaster Reduction” more than 2000 paintings from children in the Americas were collected in the drawing and painting competition about Disaster Reduction begins in School Campaign. To read more about it follow the link.
Plan opens operations in Puerto Cabezas Plan supports the recuperation of the affected families. At the moment, it continues being the only NGO who collaborates in a direct way with the affected families and in the rehabilitation of the school activities.
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