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celebrate the 75th year of our commitment to children in the world's poorest countries

Where

WORLDWIDE
What

75 YEARS OF PLAN
Impact

Reaching 56.5 million children in 50 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas

to revisit Haiti two years after the devastating earthquake

Where

HAITI
What

REBUILDING HAITI
Impact

39,000 people - over 6,500 families - received tents, family kits and supplies

Welcome to Plan
Working with the world’s poorest children so they can move themselves from a life of poverty to a future with opportunity.

Ten million girls will be married too young or against their will this year. Join our campaign to help girls say 'no'.

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Supporting the Because I am a Girl campaign

Some of the supporters of our campaign for girls' rights. Read their quotes

New laws in Pakistan mean greater punishment for forced marriages

New laws in Pakistan should make a difference to women. In late December 2011 the President gave assent to two bills which provide for greater punishment for offences against women, including forced marriage.

26-Jan-12
Plan to boost relief as number in need doubles in South Sudan

Plan is increasing its food relief distribution in strife-torn Jonglei state, South Sudan, to reach 50,000 people over the next 3 months

24-Jan-12

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Child Marriage in the spotlight at Davos

Plan Int. CEO Nigel Chapman sent this blog from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where child marriage on the agenda.

27-Jan-12
Mubarak gone but young women still struggle

As Egypt’s military rulers prepare to commemorate the first anniversary of the rising with a public holiday on January 25 replete with street parties, parades and outdoor concerts, young women have little to celebrate. Unemployed youth, the shabab atileen who played a key role in the spring revolt, remain isolated and economically marginalised.

25-Jan-12

@PlanUK

Our guest blogger tells us why young women still struggle in a post-Mubarak #Egypt one year on from the uprising http://t.co/QlFy7gXE

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@PlanUK

We are 75 this year! Pioneering child sponsorship all those yrs ago during the Spanish Civil War, see who founded Plan http://t.co/C2HgxDRq

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