Education for all
Plan UK CEO Marie Staunton comments on the new UNESCO report on the state of the global education system, which has revealed there is still a “vast gulf” separating the number of children in school in rich and poor nations |
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A half marathon success for Plan
128 Plan runners took part in the first ever Royal Parks Half Marathon to support our work and raised over £63k for vital work around the world with children and their communities. |
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World Food Day
"For the world’s poorest children the rapidly increasing price of food is starting to have devastating consequences on their everyday lives..." says Marie Staunton, Plan UK Chief Executive |
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Stars come out to support youth campaign
The United Nations’ International Youth Day is marked every year on August 12 to encourage governments to improve the lives of children. We asked some of our celebrity supporters to tell us who it was that first recognised their talents and inspired them. |
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Girl survivors face poverty, prostitution and HIV
Young girls brutalised by war are falling victim to a vicious circle of poverty, prostitution and pregnancy making them extremely vulnerable to HIV, according to a study to be presented to the International AIDS Conference by Plan |
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'Our future is nothing less than shining now'
Seven months after Evening Standard journalist David Cohen and photographer Matt Writtle witnessed the grim conditions in schools in western Kenya, they have returned to see how money raised by the Evening Standard Christmas Appeal is transforming lives |
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Girls' report presented to the EU
The Brussels launch of Plan’s report, “Because I am a Girl. Special Focus: In the Shadow of War,” brought together representatives of United Nations women’s organisations UNICEF, UNIFEM, members of the the European Commission and the European Parliament |
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Exodus to fund smokeless stove programme
Exodus, the UK’s leading Adventure Travel Company, is helping improve the health of women and children by trying to raise £21,697 for Plan to fund a smokeless stove programme in the Geita District, Tanzania |
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A world away from Ambridge
Actor Tom Graham – eco warrior-turned-sausage manufacturer Tom Archer in Radio 4’s ever-popular series - travelled to a farming community in Sierra Leone to meet the boy he has been sponsoring for the past year |
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Owais Shah goes into bat for Plan
Owais Shah, a Plan supporter and cricketer playing for both Middlesex and England, has chosen Plan as one of the charities supported by his benefit year |
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Soap opera tackles female foeticide
A third series of a Plan-supported Indian television soap opera, 'Atmajaa' - Born from the Soul - was launched with the aim of spreading messages of equality, female empowerment and the consequences of female infanticide |
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Toddler takes first steps in finance
Current economic news may make for worrying reading for many of us, but, for communities in Africa which are ignored by the big banks, a local savings and loan scheme is proving a great success |
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Mobile units register thousands
35,000 children and adults who never had the chance to register their births now have official identities, thanks to a Plan-funded mobile registration campaign in Mozambique |
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A bright future for girls' education
Thousands of girls in Burkina Faso who would normally never have the chance to go to school are receiving an education thanks to an innovative programme led by Plan |
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