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Girls' report presented to the EU

27 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT

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’s Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), and the European Parliament

Exodus to fund smokeless stove programme

27 Jun 2008 13:51:07 GMT

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

A world away from Ambridge

27 Jun 2008 10:34:02 GMT

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

Aid for communities hit by Philippines typhoon

25 Jun 2008 13:53:14 GMT

Following Typhoon Fengshen, Plan is appealing for funds to assist communities where homes, schools and crops have been damaged or destroyed

Plan to aid school reconstruction in China

19 Jun 2008 14:40:48 GMT

Following the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake which struck China in May, Plan has been distributing emergency supplies to affected families and will take part in the reconstruction of schools and the psychological rehabilitation of survivors

Suicidal children thrown a lifeline by Plan

18 Jun 2008 15:24:22 GMT

Children living in West Africa who have suffered terrible trauma as a result of poverty, conflict and abuse are being offered support by new mobile counselling units

Vietnam takes education to the streets

18 Jun 2008 15:17:09 GMT

It's 2am and the city of Hue is sleeping, but for Tien and her family the day is just beginning. A long, hard day in the scorching sun lies ahead and 14-year-old Tien also knows she really should be at school.

A future at the mercy of strangers

18 Jun 2008 15:08:25 GMT

Life in Dili's refugee camps is as threatening as it is demanding. But Plan is determined to relieve the physical and mental strain on the people of East Timor as long as they have to stay there.

Child soldiers from Sierra Leone

18 Jun 2008 14:16:24 GMT

The trial of the rebel leaders behind a devastating civil war is soon to come to a close. The child soldiers who knew them tell their stories

Plan UK Annual Accounts 2008

17 Jun 2008 13:04:52 GMT

Get a worldwide prospective of Plan’s work, read about our global and regional impact together with stories of some of those we work with; view the activities carried out in the UK; and view our financial accounts for last year as well as an archive of the previous years

A day to celebrate the African Child

16 Jun 2008 12:25:08 GMT

Countries across Africa celebrate the 16th of June as the Day of the African Child, and this year the events aim to raise awareness of child participation

Plan film screened at New York festival

11 Jun 2008 11:03:09 GMT

A film made as part of Plan’s award winning Make the Link, Break the Chain anti-slavery project is to be shown at an international film festival in New York at the end of June

Plan's work suspended in Zimbabwe

11 Jun 2008 10:42:17 GMT

Plan operations in Zimbabwe remain suspended until further notice

Children march to raise awareness of global warming

10 Jun 2008 11:52:55 GMT

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

A programme to tackle climate change

10 Jun 2008 10:50:49 GMT

Plan, in collaboration with other organisations, is launching 'Children in a Changing Climate' programme aimed at securing children's influence in preventing and adapting to climate change

The most meaningful day for Sandra

9 Jun 2008 09:34:45 GMT

Sandra Somers has sponsored through Plan since 2005. While travelling through South East Asia in March of this year she met her sponsored child, 11-year-old Ly-ly, for the first time.

New school year brings fresh fear for Myanmar children

29 May 2008 15:24:01 GMT

Hundreds of thousands of children in Myanmar face new dangers as the new school year begins and they return to buildings ravaged by Cyclone Nargis

Lychees, lunch and laughter in Vietnam

27 May 2008 12:58:25 GMT

Helen and Peter Knowles of Fortrose, Ross Shire have been Plan sponsors for over six years. In March 2008, they travelled to Vietnam on holiday and met their sponsored child, 18 year-old Hiep, for the first time.

China's left-behind children

23 May 2008 11:26:05 GMT

It is estimated that there are more than 19 million ‘left-behind’ children under the age of 15 in China, placed into the care of their extended family while their parents go to find work in the cities

Ending dangerous child labour in firework factories

23 May 2008 11:14:50 GMT

Children in communities in Honduras were working long hours at the dangerous task of assembling fireworks, but a Plan project has helped to change attitudes of factory owners and parents

Putting the buzz into small business

23 May 2008 11:10:52 GMT

A bee-keeping project, which provides communities with a source of extra income through sales of honey, has proved a success for Marzouk, a young man living in Giza in Egypt

Call for action at child poverty in Africa conference

23 May 2008 11:06:12 GMT

Young people need to be given a central role in efforts to tackle child poverty in Africa, Deepali Khanna, Plan’s regional director for East and Southern Africa told a major international conference

2008 Because I am a Girl report launched

15 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT

One in five countries has used girls as child soldiers, and 100,000 are currently fighting in conflicts around the world, a new report by Plan UK shows

Plan UK scoops top accounting award

13 May 2008 14:36:59 GMT

Plan UK scooped second prize at the coveted Charities Online Accounts Awards for the second time running

Chickens for change: a sponsor visits Malawi

12 May 2008 14:43:24 GMT

Rozi Wightman of Horsham, West Sussex has been a sponsor with Plan for almost 17 years and has sponsored six different children in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Bolivia. In March 2008, Rozi and her husband David traveled to Malawi to visit 11 year-old Christopher for the second time.

Plan UK and National Museums Liverpool win award

12 May 2008 12:12:56 GMT

Plan UK and National Museums Liverpool scoop 'Museums and Heritage award for excellence' 2008 for the Make the Link, Break the Chain development education project.

Family, festival and fun in Colombia

6 May 2008 09:10:13 GMT

Laia Collazos has been a sponsor with Plan since early 2003, and in January of this year combined a holiday in Colombia with a second visit to her sponsored child, 9-year-old Jose-Joaquin.

Soap opera tackles female foeticide

2 May 2008 13:52:01 GMT

A third series of a Plan-supported Indian television soap opera, 'Atmajaa' - Born from the Soul - has been launched with the aim of spreading messages of equality, female empowerment and the consequences of female infanticide