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Learning from the young at Bolivia climate talks
Young reporters from Plan communities recently attended a conference in Cochabamba, Bolivia, which aimed to be a people’s alternative to the Copenhagen climate change talks.

World Malaria Day - children in Benin raise awareness
A new report shows that funding for prevention and treatment of malaria in Africa is falling short, but we show how children can make a difference.

‘We need education, jobs and a say in our future’
Getting back to school is the number one wish for most young people in quake-stricken Haiti, according to a major consultation conducted by Plan and UNICEF

EC Partners Plan in Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction Project, Bangladesh
A new Plan project aims to reduce the vulnerability of communities at high risk of earthquakes, cyclones and floods in Bangladesh by promoting child-centered community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the potential of disabled people.

“We are the ones who have to rebuild the country.”
Despite the quake wrecking their homes, forcing them out onto the streets to sleep at night and loss of friends and loved ones, proud young Haitians are working to help get their country back on its feet.

Children take action towards Climate Adaptation
Children in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines are not waiting for the Copenhagen Accord, using film making they are already taking action to bring about commitment from their leaders and community members to address climate change.

Meet the young journalists
Aged between 12 and 17 the young Plan journalists attended the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December to interview delegates, politicians and report back.

Disaster Risk Reduction in action
After an earlier disaster, the people of Melara, Palmera and Cerco de Piedra in El Salvador made sure, with Plan's help, that they were clued up on how to react when it happened again only 18 months later.

YAP member meets Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Rose Wilson, 16, from Hampshire came face-to-face with the top man in Britain’s battle against climate change – and may have helped shape future policy.

No waiting for Copenhagen – African children say, Act Now
In many African countries, children traditionally are seen, but not heard. This is slowly changing. "We welcome what the children do. They pick up on things that we don't see," says an elder in Sierra Leone.

Indonesian 17 year old speaks at EU Green Week
22 - 26th June was the EU’s official Green Week, and Nurul, a 17-year-old girl from Jakarta, shared her views as Plan Indonesia’s ambassador for promoting and campaigning on climate change.

Children leading change in local resilience to disasters
Alongside UNICEF, Save the Children and World Vision, Plan is organising a child-focused event at the Global Platform on Disaster Reduction, which runs from Monday 15th to Friday 19th June.

Gender and religion in children's participation in disaster risk reduction
Plan has conducted research (with partners IDS and RMIT Australia) in two communities in Indonesia to explore how gender and religion affect children's ability to participate in disaster risk reduction.

On the road to Copenhagen
In a series of blog entries over the months leading up to the momentous UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next December, children will be voicing their views and charting the action they've taken on the road to Copenhagen

Ben wins top journalism prize
Freelance journalist Ben Willis has won the professional category of the Guardian International Development Journalism competition with his report on Plan's work in the Philippines

Children march to raise awareness of global warming
More than 300 students marched from the top of a mountain in Chiang Rai, Thailand to raise awareness of environmental issues and global warming

Children on the Frontline - BBC World documentary series
Documentary series shown on BBC World TV in December 2007. Children in disaster prone areas voice their fears and suggest what should be done to make their lives safer

Young delegates attended Bali climate change conference
As government officials and other interested parties attended the new round of discussions on climate change in Bali last December, Plan was supporting children to use their voice in international policy-making

Climate change will worsen impact of disasters
As the G8 convened in Germany, Plan and other organisations warned that climate change will worsen the impact of disasters on millions of the world's most vulnerable people unless preventative action is taken

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Climate change
Plan has been working with children, their families and communities in over 45 developing countries across the globe to mitigate the impact of climate change on their lives.

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