Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

>>Over two million children die each year of diseases, resulting from poor quality drinking water and inadequate sanitary facilities

Plan is committed to working with communities in developing countries to ensure that a child's environment is as healthy as possible. The environmental impact and sustainability of every project is strictly considered in collaboration with the communities. Plan's work not only includes providing safe drinking water, but also all forms of waste management, pest control, sustainable agriculture, and training on food hygiene.

Some of our projects:

Plan is supporting school vegetable gardens

School vegetable gardens in Thailand
Plan, in collaboration with local schools and farmers in the Mahasarakham province, is implementing a project aimed at introducing sustainable agriculture to students and their families whilst improving their nutrition

Plan is helping children receive nutritious food

A healthy start in life for children in El Salvador
This project aims to educate school children throughout Chalatenango region to grow safe, nutritious food while protecting the environment. The project will benefit 3,754 school children

A food security project in Uganda
Working with families in Uganda on sustainable farming to improve their income and nutrition

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>>Goal 1:Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

>>Goal 2:Achieve universal primary education

>>Goal 3:Promote gender equality and empower women

>>Goal 4:Reduce child mortality

>>Goal 5:Improve maternal health

>>Goal 6:Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

>>Goal 7:Ensure environmental sustainability

>>Goal 8:Develop a global partnership for development