Geneva camp is a slum in the centre of Dhaka. More than 25,000 people live here in cramped and squalid conditions. Plan has been working with the children in Geneva camp since 2004 to help provide education, health & sanitation programmes and empower community members.
In 2004, Plan introduced Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in over 200 villages in the Dinajpur District of Bangladesh. CLTS is a radical approach to ending open defecation. By 2007, all villages in Plan's target area had eliminated open defecation and the entire population now has access to hygienic latrines.
In post-war Liberia, 3 former girl child soldiers reflect on their traumatic experiences of being abducted by rebels during the 14 year civil war, and how Plan International is helping them to recover and rebuild their lives. Refer to Plan's International's report: Because I am a Girl - the State of the World's Girls 2008 - Special Focus: In the Shadow of War.
In April 2008, heavy rainfall in Tanzania's Morogoro region led to fast-flowing floods across the area, with around 600 people driven from their homes in Ifakara. Doto's house was destroyed in the floods and she and her family were relocated by Plan Tanzania to a local school and provided with blankets, mattresses, mosquito nets, cooking oil and school supplies.
In August 2007 large areas of Nepal, India and Bangladesh were badly flooded by heavy monsoon rains. Millions of people watched their homes and crops disappear. Filmed in Bihar State and featuring interview with Roland Angerer, Plan India Country Director.
On 4th September 2007 Hurricane Felix hit the the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua leaving 300 people dead or missing and 198,000 people affected. The livelihood of 95% of these people was lost during 90 minutes of terror. Plan Nicaragua launched an emergency response program and shipped 320 tons of aid to Puerto Cabeza which received the full force of the hurricane and the brunt of the damages.
Work by Plan to help rebuild the lives of children and their communities after Hurricane Mitch hit Hondurason 30th October 1998 causing catastrophic flooding which killed 10,000 people.
In 1937 the British journalist John Langdon-Davies founded 'Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain' to help children whose lives were disrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Now known simply as 'Plan' we continue improve the lives of deprived children and their communities accros the world.
Plan is an international development agency, working to alleviate poverty and help children in developing countries to realise their full potential. Introduction to Plan by Tom Miller, Plan International Chief Executive Officer
Vanessa from Tanzania attended the International AIDS conference in Mexico City as a Plan youth delegate. Vanessa educates her school colleagues about the dangers of HIV/AIDS through drama.
Minna from Tanzania is HIV positive. She joined a Plan-backed savings and loans scheme in 2004. When her group learnt of her HIV status they became a source of support for her and helped pay to send her to a workshop where she learnt about the virus and how to live with it.
