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May 16, 2012 - With the assistance of microfinance, every dollar goes a long way. Microfinance is helping to build sustainable communities and create job opportunities that help lift families out of poverty.
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May 14, 2012 - Plan supports community banks that allow members to pool their resources and invest in each other’s initiatives.
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May 11, 2012 - Maternal health is linked to the welfare of children, families and communities all over the world. Reducing maternal mortality rates is essential to saving millions of newborns each year.
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May 10, 2012 - Plan Canada sent a shipping container full of hospital supplies to communities in Zimbabwe. See how donated hospital beds are keeping premature newborns alive, thanks to improved “Kangeroo Care.”
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May 07, 2012 - A mother’s health affects her entire family. Keeping pregnant women healthy is a critical part of achieving the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations. But first, we must understand the issues before we can achieve these goals.
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May 04, 2012 - With programs in 68 countries around the world, we help children, families and communities receive the tools they need to improve their lives. See how your support is making a difference in people’s lives.
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May 02, 2012 - An investment in girls is an investment in economic equality and social progress, and an investment for the future of our world. Girls hold the unique potential to lift communities out of poverty. Learn how.
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April 30, 2012 - The latest statistics from the Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating show that Canadians are willing to give, even when times are tough. Learn how donating improves your quality of life.
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April 27, 2012 - Health can play a huge role in shaping the experiences girls face in their daily lives. Understanding the differences between girls’ and boys’ health is crucial. We’ve highlighted health-related barriers girls face and how we’re helping to change their lives.
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April 25, 2012 - It’s World Malaria Day and we’re launching our new online game, Mosquito Masher, to raise awareness and help make a real impact. Play the game and, by earning points, you can donate a real bed net to a family in Africa!
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April 23, 2012 - Every year, immunizations save millions of children’s lives around the world. The World Health Organization estimates that 2.5 million children are saved each year from tetanus and measles vaccines alone.
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April 20, 2012 - We’re getting ready for World Malaria Day on April 25, 2012. To prepare for the day, we’re sharing 10 facts you may not know about malaria - a fatal disease that affects millions every year - to raise awareness about its impact on the world’s health.
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April 18, 2012 - All over the world, children lack enough food and clean water to keep them from going hungry. Learn some of the startling facts about malnutrition in children by taking our quiz today.
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April 16, 2012 - Plan Canada is embarking on a journey to improve the lives of thousands in the community of Volta, Ghana. Learn how Plan will transform the lives of children and their families, and create a brighter future for the people of Volta.
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April 12, 2012 - Every year, millions of children in the developing world lose their lives to diseases. Many of these diseases can be easily treated or prevented.
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April 10, 2012 - You often tell us how rewarding it is to sponsor a child. Connecting with your sponsored child should be just as fulfilling. Learn how you can access your sponsorship details quickly and easily!
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April 4, 2012 - We asked our panel of experts how they would help children in the developing world and how they would make the world a better place. Watch this video to find out what they said. Their answers might surprise you!
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April 2, 2012 - Ahead of World Health Day, we’ve decided to countdown some of the most surprising facts surrounding the health of children in the developing world. Learn more and countdown with us.
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March 30, 2012 - Through creative outlets like painting, drawing, mapping exercises and role-playing, children in developing countries are playing an active role in creating a brighter future for themselves and their communities.
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March 28, 2012 - Widespread drought has left millions of people living in the Sahel region of West Africa hungry. Plan is working on the ground to prevent the crisis from growing, by providing food and water to children and their families in the worst-hit regions.
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March 26, 2012 - A project in Brazil is bringing together young people to develop their graffiti talents and use art to teach their communities about caring for the environment.
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March 22, 2012 - World Water Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide to raise awareness about why fresh water is so important. Learn how Plan is helping rural communities in Bolivia access the water and resources they need to stay healthy.
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March 20, 2012 - Today, people from all over the world are celebrating Plan’s 75th anniversary. Browse our interactive timeline to learn more about our memorable 75 year history!
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March 19, 2012 - On March 20, 2012, Plan celebrates its 75th anniversary around the world. In honour of the event, we’re highlighting some of the most significant women in Plan’s 75 year history.
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March 16, 2012 - This year, Plan turns 75. We’re taking a look at how children and communities around the world are joining us to celebrate our 75th anniversary.
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March 14, 2012 - Birth registration can save a child’s life forever. It gives children access to health care and education, and provides children with a national identity of their own.
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March 12, 2012 - From a sponsored child to an award-winning lawyer, Yeukai Mugumba thanks Plan for helping her reach her potential.
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March 9, 2012 - It’s been one year since an earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of Japan. Learn how Plan has helped in relief efforts over the past year.
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March 8, 2012 - Learn how Plan Canada is celebrating International Women’s Day, and what we’ve accomplished for women and girls this year.
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March 5, 2012 - With the help of generous donors, Plan launched a five-year project in seven African countries to improve education for children and enhance their potential.
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March 2, 2012 - Plan Burkina Faso is using community fairs to spread important health messages. Through lively performances, visitors to the fair get the information they need to help prevent disease in their families, whether they are six-years-old or 60.
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February 29, 2012 - Read about what happened when Plan joined forces with a village in Sierra Leone to build the one thing literally holding the community back – a bridge.
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February 27, 2012 - Spanning Africa, Asia, and the Americas, Plan works in 50 developing countries to support social justice for children. So, how does Plan choose where we work, anyway? Here’s our list of the Top 5 reasons of why we work, where we work.
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February 24, 2012 - Meet Siaka and Biba’s family. They are part of the community that will benefit from Plan’s latest Community Sponsorship initiative in Barouéli, Mali.
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February 22, 2012 - Volunteers in the field are essential for connecting you and your sponsored child. But did you know that many of Plan’s 60,000 volunteers are youth? Watch Luri Elizabeth from Ghana explain her role in child sponsorship.
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February 21, 2012 - As Plan celebrates its 75th anniversary, we’re taking a look back at some of the amazing sponsors that have changed the life of children around the world. This is the story of Lois and Dugald MacTavish who sponsored 40 children over nearly 40 years.
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February 17, 2012 - A Plan-supported community in Indonesia is instilling a sense of responsibility in children to help those less fortunate – one bag of rice at a time.
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February 15, 2012 - Severe drought is threatening millions of people with starvation across the Sahel region of West Africa
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February 13, 2012 - Children may be at the heart of everything we do, but families play a significant role in the work that Plan does.
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February 10, 2012 - Watch and learn about some of Plan's early and notable sponsors, including 200 navy men who sponsored nine-year-old Maria, an Italian war orphan, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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February 8, 2012 - Sold into domestic slavery at the age of six, Urmila is now free and leading the fight to end Nepal's Kamalari slave system with help from Plan.
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February 6, 2012 - When Plan donor, Penelope Miyamoto, travelled to China to see her sponsored child, Wei, she created a series of in-depth blog posts about her experience. Here are selected excerpts about her visit.
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February 3, 2012 - Phu’s future was bleak until a Plan-supported program in Vietnam gave him the skills he needed to get a job and earn an income. Now, he’s giving back to help other youth in Vietnam.
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February 1, 2012 - Sokhna Ndiaya, Plan’s Sponsorship Manager in West Africa, blogs about her experiences working with children and sponsors for the past 30 years.
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January 30, 2012 - Plan supporter Aodhán Kelly is currently rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in a world record attempt to raise funds and awareness for Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign.
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January 27, 2012 - Have you ever wondered how child sponsorship works? This infographic explains how sponsoring a child means you’re helping that child and their entire community.
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January 25, 2012 - Six-year-old Samiullah from Pakistan is an expert in hand-washing and has been teaching friends, family and neighbours about the positive impacts of good hygiene.
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January 24, 2012 - Efraín Calles, a former sponsored child from El Salvador, talks fondly of his memories of the inspiring letters, pictures and postcards he received from his sponsor, as he grew up in rural Chalatenango.
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January 20, 2012 - Plan has been recognize by 116 experts as one of the top 15 nonprofits working in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene.
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January 18, 2012 - Watch this video as Plan Canada President and CEO, Rosemary McCarney, visits a Plan urban farming project in Ethiopia that is providing families with high-grade seeds, tools, and training.
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January 16, 2012 - To help celebrate our 75th anniversary we've assembled a slideshow of photos from our early years from 1937 to 1964.
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January 13, 2012 - Meet Regena and her husband who are just one of the 2,440 families from South Sudan – mostly returnees to the country – that are receiving tools and seeds from Plan to help them get back on their feet and start a new life.
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January 10, 2012 - Two years since a devastating earthquake, progress has been made in Haiti but there is still work to be done.
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January 9, 2012 - Plan donor, John Skinner, blogs about his recent trip to Cambodia with his partner, Daphne Bramham, as they visit Daphne’s sponsored child.
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January 6, 2012 - Juliana Cayo has won Plan’s global Volunteer of the Year award, marking the culmination of years of dedicated work for Plan in her home country of Ecuador.
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January 4, 2012 - Promotion of child rights continues for Plan but in 2012 we are also celebrating the 75th year of our commitment to children.
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January 3, 2012 - Plan Benin has started working with a new school for deaf children by providing hearing aids for all the students.
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December 22, 2011 - Tired of giving the same kind of gift to your family and friends? Instead of the usual and predictable, Plan Canada’s Gifts of Hope support real projects that change real lives. Plus, they come in a range of prices to suit any budget.
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December 21, 2011 - Learn about what a group of donors saw when they travelled to Rwanda to visit a primary school project that they – along with other Canadians – helped to fund.
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December 19, 2011 - An historic milestone for girls’ rights has been reached as the UN General Assembly has formally declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child.
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December 19, 2011 - Plan has sent an emergency team to flood-hit communities in the Philippines, where more than 600 people are dead, and hundreds are missing, after Tropical Storm Washi swept through parts of Mindanao.
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December 15, 2011 - A Plan project in Burkina Faso is helping 1,000 girls get the education that is their right by providing scholarships to cover fees for bikes, uniforms, tuition and school supplies.
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December 13, 2011 - A chicken-rearing project has increased the income for, and brought a better life to 100 families for a community in the central region of Togo.
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14-year-old Ugandan girl nominated for International Children’s Peace Prize for her work through Plan to her work to promote child protection and participation.
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An innovative Plan program in India is bringing care, education and nourishment to 8,700 children of migrant labourers in India.
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December 1, 2011 - The international community must work together if we are to achieve the target of zero HIV infections, blogs Plan's Lillian Omariba.
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November 29, 2011 - Plan’s school feeding programs provide children with a healthy, nutritious meal at school. But, did you know that they also do much more? Here’s our list of the Top 5 reasons why school feeding programs rock!
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November 28, 2011 - A Plan project in North Darfur is distributing fuel-efficient stoves to women who would otherwise be trekking for many kilometres to collect enough firewood to cook for their families.
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November 24, 2011 - Youssef, an 18-year old student from Egypt, blogs about his experience as part of a youth group that helps rescue girls from forced marriages. Girls marrying underage is a regular occurrence in Youssef’s community.
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November 22, 2011 - Khodeja, a mother from Bangladesh, couldn’t figure out why her family kept getting sick, but thanks to a Plan project, she’s become involved in community affairs, solved the problem and helped improve living standards for everyone in her village.
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November 18, 2011 - November 20 is Universal Children’s Day – a day to promote the rights and well-being of children and to mark the day that the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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November 15, 2011 - We often talk about the cycle of poverty but what does it mean? And how is Plan helping to break it?
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November 10, 2011 - World Immunization Day comes but once a year but, every day, Plan works to implement this low-tech, highly-successful and cost-effective solution to preventing illness and disease.
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November 9, 2011 - Plan Canada launches partnership with The Belinda Stronach Foundation’s Spread the Net campaign to provide 25,000 long-lasting insecticidal bed nets to families living in malaria-endemic Guinea, West Africa.
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November 7, 2011 - Earlier this fall, Plan Canada President & CEO, Rosemary McCarney, travelled to Ethiopia with MuchMusic VJ, Sarah Taylor. Their journey was documented in “Sarah in Ethiopia,” which aired on MuchMusic this past weekend.
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November 7, 2011 - This month, at the Global Partnership for Education Conference, Plan, together with other members of the Global Campaign for Education, is calling for action so that the world can meet the Education for All Millennium Development Goal by 2015.
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November 2, 2011 - Plan Canada presents the Top 5 new items added to the Gifts of Hope catalogue this year. Gifts of Hope are real items you can give as unique, meaningful presents that provide real change for communities around the world.
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October 31, 2011 - Today, Plan celebrates the birth of a girl in India, as the world’s symbolic 7 billionth person. The event aims to draw attention to the serious issue of sex selection and female feticide which is causing a widening gender gap in the country.
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October 26, 2011 - Watch how Plan helps families in remote area of Guatemala get access to clean, safe water.
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October 24, 2011 - A Plan project in Indonesia has won the top prize in a prestigious, global competition that recognizes innovation in water engineering.
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October 21, 2011 - Meet children formerly sponsored by Plan in Zimbabwe. With the help of Plan, they have gone on to become teachers, journalists, accountants, doctors, and more. Some even work, or have worked, for Plan Zimbabwe.
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October 19, 2011 - In Guinea, only half of the country’s children attend school. To help get more children in school, Plan Canada has partnered with UNICEF on a project that is constructing and equipping nearly 400 primary school classrooms.
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October 17, 2011 - To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we’ve come up with the top 5 ways that our supporters – together with Plan – are making a real and lasting difference for children, families and communities around the world.
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October 14, 2011 - To mark World Food Day on October 16, Plan staff member, Dr. Unni Krishnan, blogs about the world food crisis and the Hunger Republic, the ”nation” of 925 million people worldwide who are food insecure.
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October 13, 2011 - On International Disaster Risk Reduction Day, Plan is calling on governments, donors and agencies to sign the Children’s Charter for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and commit to take action to protect children for a safer tomorrow.
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October 12, 2011 - A Plan project in El Salvador is aiming to instill ideas of gender equality at an early age. The program has been running for the past two years in 56 pre-schools.
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October 5, 2011 - Child sponsorship at work: With help from Plan programs, former sponsored child, Gracsious, has gone on to obtain an Honours Degree in Sociology at the University of Zimbabwe and is now pursing a Masters in Development Studies.
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October 3, 2011 - With help from Plan, a group of women in Senegal have started a well-functioning small business enterprise in couscous production, creating financial security for themselves and their families.
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September 28, 2011 - Plan Canada hosted 120 youth at the inaugural Plan for Change Summit in Toronto. Delegates heard from Plan issue experts and speakers like Canadian Olympian Jenn Heil, so they could create their Plan for Change – an action plan to change the world.
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September 26, 2011 - Sakina, from Niger, did not have the opportunity to attend school. But, thanks to Plan’s second chance school program, she was able to obtain her primary school certificate and continue to secondary school.
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September 23, 2011 - Torrential rains are threatening thousands of children’s lives in southern Pakistan as more than 5,300,000 people are now affected by floods. Plan is launching an appeal to help families.
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September 22, 2011 - Plan is celebrating its Day of Girl with the annual release of a report on the state of the world’s girls. This year’s report – Because I am a Girl: So, what about boys? – highlights the essential role, and potential benefits, for boys and men in creating a gender-equitable world.
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September 20, 2011 - Last year, the lives of thousands of children and families were touched by Canadians across the country that supported Plan’s Gifts of Hope program. We’re happy to report on the results of some of the most popular gifts and the specifics of what these gifts achieved.
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September 16, 2011 - The Government of Canada’s donation match period for the East Africa drought crisis comes to a close today. Gifts made toward the crisis by today will be matched, dollar-for-dollar, doubling their impact.
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September 14, 2011 - Drought in Kenya means that for many, particularly girls, finding water has become a daily struggle. As the new school year begins, these girls will face a stark choice between education and water.
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September 12, 2011 - As students in Canada start a new school year, children in Ghana show off their English skills by reaching the national Spelling Bee finals.
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September 9, 2011 - As part of efforts to help children cope with the effects of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan six months ago, a Plan project is providing youth with the opportunity to tell the story of their recovery process through photos and video.
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September 8, 2011 - Today, Plan Canada joins countries around the world to celebrate International Literacy Day. Literacy skills are important tools in helping to break the cycle of poverty.
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September 6, 2011 - In Cameroon’s east region, Plan's early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs are building children’s capacity to learn and stimulating the desire to go to school, with great success.
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September 1, 2011 - Plan is working with The World Food Programme in South Sudan to provide school lunches to children affected by the drought in East Africa. Often it's the only food the children have each day.
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August 30, 2011 - Hun Mai, an uneducated widow and mother of seven in Cambodia, was a recipient of a small loan. Today, she is a successful shopkeeper, determined to educate and build a better future for her children.
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August 25, 2011 - Ever wondered how your sponsored child’s letter gets to you? Find out in our behind-the-scenes look at Plan Canada’s Mail and Child Operations department.
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August 24, 2011 - A village elder from the Borana region of Ethiopia speaks to Plan about how hard the drought has been on him and his community. Plan is providing nutritious foods and clean water to some of the worst affected communities in the region.
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August 19, 2011 - Everyday, aid workers and organization around the world help millions of people. In honour of those who help bring assistance and relief to others, today Plan Canada joins the world in recognizing World Humanitarian Day.
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August 11, 2011 - A dwindling pool of rotten smelling water is all that is left of the massive reservoir that supported 34,000 people in drought-hit Nyango, Kenya.
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August 11, 2011 - Plan’s work to reach some of the poorest and most remote tribes in the Philippines is benefiting thousands of children and their families.
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August 9, 2011 - With the help of a Plan livelihood project, honey processing is assisting in reducing hunger and poverty among Mangyan communities in the Philippines.
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August 8, 2011 - Plan staff member, Dr. Unni Krishnan, blogs from Ethiopia about his experience as he leads Plan’s humanitarian response to the East Africa Drought crisis.
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August 5, 2011 - Plan is providing rural communities in Niger with quick and convenient access to safe water by helping to install new water sources.
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August 3, 2011 - Watch Plan deliver food aid to families in drought-hit Ethiopia.
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July 28, 2011 - One year after Pakistan’s worst floods in modern history killed thousands and displaced millions, Plan reflects on the aid delivered to help children and families recover and rebuild their lives.
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July 22, 2011 - Hundreds of thousands of children and adults are steadily rebuilding their lives one year after the worst floods in Pakistan’s history - thanks to support from Plan and its partners.
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July 12, 2011 - Plan continues its efforts to aid millions of people at risk of starvation in Ethiopia where a severe drought gripping East Africa persists.
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July 20, 2011 - Plan is providing many vulnerable children in Ethiopia with school meals as part of its response to the worsening food crisis in East Africa.
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July 11, 2011 - World Population Day is being celebrated today as the global population is projected to hit seven billion on October 31. Plan will mark that day by celebrating the birth of a girl in Uttar Pradesh, India, which has one of the highest numbers of ‘missing girls’.
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July 8, 2011 - Plan is investing more than $56 million over the next five years to help children recover from decades of conflict in South Sudan, the world’s newest state.
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July 6, 2011 - Plan is ready to respond as experts warn that more than ten million lives are at risk in East Africa where severe drought grips the region.
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June 24, 2011 - A meeting run by Plan’s partner organization, Came to Save (CTS), in her village provided Shabana with this long term solution. It was here that she learned about savings and loans offered by the group and took the first steps towards transforming her financial situation.
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June 22, 2011 - A Plan women’s economic empowerment project, funded in part by Olsen Europe’s limited edition clothing line ‘Double Happiness’ is featured in a seven-page spread in the July 2011 issue of Chatelaine magazine.
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June 16, 2011 - Together with Plan, children celebrate Day of The African Child – a day that commemorates the bravery of thousands of black school children who took to the streets in South Africa on this date in 1976 to demand better quality education.
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June 11, 2011 - Children in southern Ethiopia are celebrating World Day Against Child Labour now that a Plan project has helped protect them from hazardous work and allowed them to go to school.
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June 13, 2011 - Plan Canada is committed to ensuring the Canada Post strike has a minimal effect on our donors’ experience and support.
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June 13, 2011 - Children in southern Ethiopia are celebrating World Day Against Child Labour now that a Plan project has helped protect them from hazardous work and allowed them to go to school. Read more >>

June 9, 2011 - Plan Canada’s Diana Gee-Silverman blogs about her visit to Child Friendly Spaces at the Zamzam camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur. Read more >>

June 2, 2011 - Plan is helping to improve the lives of children and families in rural Senegal by providing essential health services such as maternal care, malaria treatment and immunization. Read more >>

May 27, 2011 - Plan Canada is helping to provide emergency support to communities affected by a cholera outbreak in Cameroon with a shipment 700,000 doses of oral rehydration solution to treat the deadly disease. Read more >>

May 25, 2011 - As the world marks International Missing Children’s Day, Plan is calling for every child in the world to be registered as an effective prevention tool to tackle child trafficking and abuse. Read more >>

May 19, 2011 - Plan Canada has joined the HUMANITARIAN COALITION, a network of Canadian NGOs that combine forces when a humanitarian crisis strikes. Read more >>

May 18, 2011 - Haiti is facing a rise in cholera outbreaks as the rainy season threatens to revive the epidemic, warns Plan. Read more >>

May 17, 2011 - A surprise visitor at Plan Philippines' 50th birthday party made an unforgettable evening, blogs Plan International CEO Nigel Chapman. Read more >>

May 13, 2011 - See how Plan took on the challenge to make pregnancy safer for women and children in a community in Malawi. Read more >>

May 10, 2011 - Plan is hosting several sessions and is supporting the participation of two youth from the Philippines at this year’s United Nations Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Geneva. Decision-makers, disasters specialists, and organizations come together at the conference to share their knowledge and experience of reducing the risks of disasters. Read more >>

May 5, 2011 - Six months after a cholera outbreak first hit Haiti, Plan has released a report detailing its response to control, prevent, and treat the deadly disease. Read more >>

May 2, 2011 - Give the gift of learning to children in Guinea and win big. Register for an on-line fundraising page and raise $2,375 by June 30, 2011, and you will be entered into a draw to win a 16GB iPad2. Contest rules and regulations apply. Read more >>

From May 2 - 8, 2011 - Millions of people around the world are taking part in Global Action Week to raise awareness about the importance of education and to call on governments to fulfill their commitment to UN Millennium Development Goal of achieving education for all. Read more >>

April 27, 2011 - Plan Haiti staff member, Heidi Reed, blogs about access to clean water in Haiti and how girls, tasked with fetching water, carry the weight of the world. Read more >>

April 25, 2011 - World Malaria Day is April 25 – a day to give thought to how the disease can be stopped, and how you can help. Read more >>

April 20, 2011 - Plan is distributing back-to-school kits to 850 students in 13 primary and secondary schools in Tagajo and Matsushima cities in Miyagi as children affected by Japan’s disaster start returning to school. Read more >>

April 18, 2011 - A new report from Plan International and Child Helpline International (CHI) reveals that child helplines are vital tools in ending violence in schools. Read more >>

April 13, 2011 - Young girls in Cameroon are escaping forced marriage and returning to the classroom with help from Plan’s Girls Ambassadors program. Read more >>

April 11, 2011 - Plan has set up emergency education and protection programs for children along the Liberian border, as families pour into the country to escape the escalating violence in neighbouring Ivory Coast. Read more >>

April 11, 2011 - Plan International’s Disaster Response expert, Dr. Unni Krishnan, was in Sendai on April 7, 2011 when a 7.1 earthquake struck. He says the emotional fallout of Japan’s disaster is getting more complex with each major aftershock. Read more >>

April 7, 2011 - Plan Canada joins organizations and countries around the world in celebrating World Health Day – a day to highlight and promote programs and actions that can improve the health of children everywhere. Read more >>

March 25, 2011 - Canadian Parliament, supported by all political parties, passed a motion on March 24th, declaring that Canada will lead the effort and propose a United Nations Resolution to proclaim September 22nd the International Day of the Girl. Plan Canada, with the support of 11 Canadian organizations, led the charge to bring this motion forward to all parties. Read more >>

March 24, 2011 - Plan continues to target its aid response to help the many struggling children and families living in evacuation and relief centres. Immediate aid will be followed by a 12-month recovery program focusing on emotional healing for children, community disaster risk-reduction, transitional educational support and getting children back to safe schools. Read more >>

March 22, 2011 - Plan Canada is accepting donations for Japan relief. Immediate aid will be will be followed by a 15-month recovery program focusing on emotional healing for children, community disaster risk-reduction, transitional educational support and getting children back to safe schools. Read more >>

March 22, 2011 - World Water Day – a day to celebrate and increase awareness about the importance of fresh, clean water. Water is one of life’s necessities and that’s why it’s one of Plan’s core program areas.
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March 18, 2011 - Plan International targets its response to focus on child care and protection to help victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Read more >>

March 18, 2011 - Haiti welcomes first sponsor visit since the earthquake – Veronique, from France, met with her sponsored child of seven years, 17 year-old Phanes, and learned that contributions to Plan are more than just financial. Read more >>

March 15, 2011 - Plan International and the Consortium of Street Children (CSC) launch report at the UN highlighting the dangers and challenges street children face, and suggestions of improved practice by NGOs working with street involved children. Read more >>

March 14, 2011 - A new report published by Plan and the Royal Commonwealth Society reveals the best and worst places in the Commonwealth to be born a girl. The report has been produced to mark the Commonwealth’s 2011 theme, ‘Women as Agents of Change’. Read more >>

March 14, 2011 - Plan is recognized as a lead agency in child-centred disaster risk reduction globally. Plan works to teach children the skills to protect themselves and communities from the worst when a natural disaster occurs. Read more >>

March 11, 2011 - Plan International has activated its emergency response teams in Indonesia and Philippines in response to the devastating earthquake that hit Japan. Read more >>

March 8, 2011 - The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, announces Canada’s intention to support the establishment of an International Day of the Girl. Read more >>

March 8, 2011 - Plan Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day with Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau as she becomes the newest national ambassador for the Because I am a Girl initiative.
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March 3, 2011 - Plan Canada launches Project Sponsorship – a new unique way for Canadians to make a difference in the world by supporting one of five key issues to fund sustainable, community-based initiative that are addressing some of the biggest challenges that children in the developing world are facing. Read more >>

February 25, 2011 - A delegation of 13 girls from Plan countries around the world, have used the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN in New York, to call for an international ‘day of the girl’. Read more >>

February 18, 2011 - Plan Canada President & CEO, Rosemary McCarney, has been selected to join the Canadian delegation attending the 55th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Read more >>

February 15, 2011 - Plan has distributed food aid to more than 25,000 people still struggling to survive after homes and crops destroyed by flooding in Benin last year. Read more >>

February 11, 2011 - There are few opportunities for youth in Senegal to earn an income, but thanks to a Plan microfinance project, N’deye, a 21-year-old dressmaker, developed the economic and managerial skills needed to start her own business. Read more >>

February 4, 2011 - Long-time donor, Michael Waring has created the “Kids in Class” endowment at TD Private Giving Foundation, valued at $2 million, exclusively benefiting Plan Canada. Interest from this fund will support education for children. Read more >>

January 31, 2011 - All sponsored children and Plan staff are safe after Egypt rocked by a civil and political unrest. Read more >>

January 28, 2011 - Six months after the devastating floods that washed across Pakistan, Plan is committed to children’s education and child-friendly spaces and getting more than 58,000 children back to school in South Punjab. Find out what Plan has accomplished in Pakistan to get life going again. Read more >>

January 26, 2011 - As a result of Southern Sudan’s historic vote on independence, an estimated 150,000 returnees have arrived back in the region. Plan’s Rohan Kent talks priorities with one of them – 10-year-old Awvoi. Read more >>

January 24, 2011 - In a village in Niger, West Africa, six women meet weekly to discuss plans for their business. The women run a cereal bank, established with support from Plan, that provides food for the entire community. Read more >>

January 21, 2011 - Growing up in Mali, where the problem of child mortality is alarming, Filifing – a former sponsored child – always dreamed of becoming a midwife and helping others. Thanks to Plan, her dreams came true and her community is benefiting. Read more >>

January 19, 2011 - Plan Canada CEO, Rosemary McCarney, shares her thoughts on Haiti one year after the earthquake, including Plan’s work to rebuild the country, the challenges that have been faced, and the strength and determination of the Haitian people. Read more >>

January 17, 2011 - Heavy monsoon rains across the Philippines have resulted in serious flooding and landslides. Plan is providing life-saving assistance to thousands of families in three provinces affected by the rains. Read more >>

January 14, 2011 - Bernard Richard, Plan Canada chair, New Brunswick's Ombudsman, and child and youth advocate shares personal photos from a trip to Haiti to see how donor money is being spent one year on from the January 12, 2010 earthquake. Read more >>

January 12, 2011 - A moving and heartfelt first-hand account from Plan Haiti’s Jo-Ann Garnier-Lafontant that captures her story on the day the earthquake hit, the hope for Haiti’s children, and the celebration of her country’s future one year on. Read more >>

January 11, 2011 - Plan’s Rohan Kent reports from Southern Sudan, where polls opened on January 9th for voting in Southern Sudan's historic referendum to determine whether the region will become an independent nation or continue to be part of the larger Sudan. Read more >>

January 10, 2011 - Haitian children and youth with disabilities express themselves via video about how happy they are to be back at school with help from Plan. Take a journey inside the PAZAPA School, and find out how Plan is making a difference in Jacmel, Haiti. Read more >>

January 6, 2011 - Watch Plan’s latest video from Haiti, and see for yourself what has been accomplished with donor support in the areas of humanitarian aid, education, child protection, health and housing. Read Plan’s one year special report from Haiti here. Read more >>

January 5, 2011 - Plan International releases a special report on the response to the January 2010 earthquake, the challenges faced, and priorities for the future. Read more >>

December 22, 2010 - We are all touched by the spirit of giving at this time of year, but long-time Plan sponsor Byron Price lived the spirit his entire lifetime. Byron sponsored his first Plan child in 1961, and over the next 50 years, he and his wife went on to sponsor 403 children. Read more >>

December 22, 2010 - Plan Haiti’s Jo-Ann Garnier-Lafontant gets some valuable insights on citizenship and civil society from her eight-year-old son. Read more >>

December 21, 2010 - Today Plan Canada partners – Pediatric Electrolyte from Pharmascience, Air Canada and Health Partners International of Canada – are sending to Haiti 11 skids weighing 7,700 pounds of vital oral rehydration solution to treat cholera. Read more >>

December 21, 2010 - Lean more about Plan’s sponsorship experience from a former sponsored child. Find out how sponsorship helped shape Carlos Aparicio into the man he is today. Read more >>

December 20, 2010 - Here is a bit of Plan history. It’s a true story about a little girl and her famous “foster parent” – Eleanor Roosevelt. Take a trip back in time and find out how the experience of letter writing affected a sponsored child’s life. Read more >>

December 15, 2010 - A Plan Canada team member reminisces about his Kenyan childhood and tending goats with grandfather. Find out why goats are valuable livestock to children and women. Gift a goat through Plan’s Gifts of Hope program; they are excellent ethical gifts for the holiday season, as well as year round. Read more >>

December 13, 2010 - At a Plan-supported event at this year’s climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico children got to speak out about how climate change was impacting on their lives. Plan research finds that girls are being greatly affected by climate change, and has recommendations for government and educators. Read more >>

December 13, 2010 - Plan is on the ground in Haiti despite current security threats that have caused significant delays in cholera response activities. Full update here. Read more >>

December 13, 2010 - Dr. Unni Krishnan reports from Haiti on how the election and cholera outbreak are both impacting the delivery of humanitarian aid. Read more >>

December 10, 2010 - Parents in Liberia will now have country-wide access to register their babies and obtain birth certificates. The Plan-supported birth registration program is an important step to achieve the fundamental right of every child to a name and nationality at birth. Read more >>

December 8, 2010 - Plan blogger and team member Heidi Reed is back in Haiti. Meet some of our key players in the fight against cholera, and find out how the team stays inspired and driven under immense pressure in Haiti. Read more >>

December 6, 2010 - A Gifts of Hope catalogue was the holiday season inspiration for a mother and daughter to start fundraising for Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl school project in Tanzania, Africa. Read more >>

December 3, 2010 - Haitian children are happy about being able to go to school. Schools are a place for quake-affected children to recover with help from Plan; a safe place to learn while making plans for their future.
Read more >>

December 1, 2010 - Girls and boys between the ages of 15 and 19 learn about HIV and AIDS, sexual health and their rights in Plan-supported youth clubs in Togo, Africa. Read more >>

November 29, 2010 - More and more Canadians are saying ‘yes’ to the giving and receiving of ethical gifts – presents that give back in a socially conscious way. Learn more about Plan Canada’s Gifts of Hope and the great variety of gifts to choose from. Read more >>

November 26, 2010 - Plan Haiti’s staff on the ground have stories to share about people you don’t see in the news. Here’s a look into one of the largest camps outside of Port-au-Prince. Let a moment with Haitian school children create a smile, as they clap and sing about clean hands. Read more >>

November 26, 2010 - Here’s a recent news clip that shows a Plan cholera treatment unit and maternal health clinic, as well as a Plan-funded school for children. Plan Haiti’s Jo-Ann Garnier-Lafontant speaks to CTV about cholera awareness at Camp Corail, Croix-des-Bouquets.
Watch here >>

November 24, 2010 - Getting Egyptian girls to speak out and assert themselves took a Plan educational campaign as well as bringing mothers on board in the process. Educating girls about their rights makes a big difference in the personal freedom they can enjoy and how they are treated by others. Read more >>

November 23, 2010 - Plan cholera aid to Haiti is focusing on vulnerable children and women; targeting families with cholera treatment kits and water buckets, along with a public awareness campaign to education people about good hygiene and how it can help prevent the spread of disease.
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November 22, 2010 - Plan Canada is excited to announce a playful collaboration with Webkinz Foundation through the innovative Webkinz® Caring Valley™ Program. The valley is a safe, online space for kids to plant virtual trees for charities, including Plan’s Because I am a Girl. Read more >>

November 19, 2010 - This is a story about a man and his wife, who sponsored ten children through Plan Canada over 40 years. Find out how the experience of sponsorship transformed people’s lives for the better.
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November 18, 2010 - Donating shares to Plan Canada is a tax-smart way of investing in the future of children living in poverty. Donations made by Dec 10, will be eligible for a 2010 tax receipt. Here are easy steps to make a donation. More information on donating securities gift here. Read more >>

November 17, 2010 - Plan Canada President & CEO Rosemary McCarney reflects on how being a law graduate gave her the power to move forward the global social justice agenda. McCarney forged her own future, and her future is always about changing the world for the better. Read more >>

November 15, 2010 - Haiti is coping with an epidemic of cholera that has reached the capital city. To date, Plan has established 15 cholera treatment centres and provided over 1000 treatment kits. More than 15,000 people have been reached with cholera prevention public information campaign.
Read more >>

November 12, 2010 - In a disaster situation children are often the most traumatized. Plan International in Haiti is using emotional therapy play sessions to help thousands of children find their smiles once again. Read more >>

November 12, 2010 - It is the 10-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and, despite much adversity, Haitians still have hope for the future. Our 10-month update highlights Plan Canada’s accomplishments in Haiti as well as demonstrate how Canadian donations have been applied to recovery and rebuilding in the country. Read more >>

November 10, 2010 - Thanks to the Municipality of Niagara, the Canadian Association Step by Step, and Haitians of Niagara for their combined donation of $56K to a Plan-supported rebuild of a children’s centre in Haiti, damaged in the January quake. Read more >>

November 5, 2010 -Thousands of people are fleeing from the latest eruptions from Indonesia’s Mount Merapi. Plan’s Country Director gives an account of the danger and damage, as well as emergency aid efforts by Plan International. read more>>

November 5, 2010 - Donor support has built a girls-only residence for secondary school girls in Tanzania and libraries for children in Mali. Plan Canada’s CEO Rosemary McCarney shares how building educational foundations for children is a life-changing experience for donors, made even more precious by a visit to the project in the field. Read more >>

November 4, 2010 - Haiti is on high alert as tropical storm Tomas makes way for the coast. Plan is on the ground getting pregnant women to safe houses, and preparing for worst with disaster preparedness aid stockpiles and guidelines on preventing cholera spread. Read more >>

November 3, 2010 - Three months later, Plan International is still on the ground in Pakistan’s worst affected-flood areas, providing shelter, and distributing food rations, children’s food packs, and health and hygiene kits. Find out what’s to come next. Read more >>

November 1, 2010 - Haiti and its people are extremely vulnerable to fierce tropical storms that could displace thousands living in temporary camps and increase the risk of cholera. Read more >>

November 1, 2010 - A brief update about Plan’s emergency relief aid in Indonesia, as children and parents in “volcano camps” share personal accounts. To-date, Plan International has distributed essential relief items for 1,600 families. Read more >>

November 1 , 2010 - A new report says access to universal education for all children will be a global challenge. Action is needed now by rich and poor countries alike to improve the situation by 2015. Read more >>

October 22 , 2010 - A Plan International projects gets children safely to school in Ghana by using giant tricycles driven by local drivers; kids now get to school safely without walking for miles. Read more >>

October 27 , 2010 - Indonesia Update: Thousands of people are seeking refuge amid fears of more volcano eruptions and the aftermath of a deadly tsunami. Indonesia is reeling from a double whammy of natural disasters, and Plan International is on the ground with emergency aid. Read more >>

October 27 , 2010 - Plan International is on a mission to see that all children, in all schools around the world Learn Without Fear. Find out more about Plan’s success with this global campaign for children. Read more >>

October 25 , 2010 - Plan International is scaling up its work in Haiti to help bring a deadly cholera outbreak under control. Educational health awareness sessions, and water and sanitation activities will help stop the spread of the disease. Read more >>

October 25 , 2010 - Meet a Canadian girl who advocates for girls’ rights. Find out what a modern Canadian girl has to say about girls in the age of cyberspace and new digital frontiers. Read more >>

October 22 , 2010 - Plan International is on the ground in Asia, providing aid to flood-affected families in Cambodia. Read the latest news from Plan about the typhoon season in Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines. Read more >>

October 20 , 2010 - Plan Canada is proud to announce BIRKS’ donation of $95,000 to our Because I am a Girl fund. The funds will help accelerate girls’ education in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Read more >>

October 20 , 2010 - With Plan International’s support, a woman beat the odds of being a girl and coming from rural farm life to become an engineer and deputy mayor, helping her fellow Haitians in the post-quake recover process in Croix-des-Bouquets. Read more >>

October 18 , 2010 - The food crisis in Niger seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy. Plan International and World Food Program (WFP) have been working together to deliver food aid to Niger. Read more >>

October 15 , 2010 - Three chickens are all it took to change Miknos’ life. Plan International in Zambia gave him the tools to launch a career, provide for family and become a community leader. Read more >>

October 13 , 2010 - Plan Disaster Risk Reduction programs for children not only empower youth but put life-saving skills in the hands of all community members in the event of natural disaster. Read more >>

October 12 , 2010 - It only takes one person’s story to understand how hard a disaster situation can be. Plan International listens to one mother’s story about what the Pakistan floods took away from her and her children. Read more >>

October 7 , 2010 - Rosemary McCarney, Plan Canada President and CEO, says there is so much more to be done to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The G8 momentum needs to be sustained, along with a strong focus on girls. Read more >>

October 6 , 2010 - The story about how a former sponsored child from rural Zimbabwe pursed her dream of getting a full education and is now getting her master’s degree. Read more >>

October 4 , 2010 - Plan-supported education projects in Liberia have children excited about going to school. Parents are pretty pleased about it as well. Get the full story in a picture slideshow here. Read more >>

October 1 , 2010 - BIRKS’ exclusive fundraiser – A Night for Girls to Shine – fundraised $95,000 for Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl scholarship project for girls in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Read more >>

October 1 , 2010 - In post-flood Pakistan, the abundance of dirty water and unsanitary conditions puts children and families at risk for a malaria outbreak. Plan is on the ground preparing to distribute thousands of mosquito nets, as outbreaks have already been reported. Read more >>

September 29 , 2010 - A brief update on the storm that ripped through tent villages in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday. Plan Haiti is on the ground delivering aid, post-storm. Read more >>

September 27 , 2010 - Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl just celebrated some campaign milestones this month. From promoting September 22nd as Canada’s Day of the Girl to Celebrity supported Pink LemonAid stands in Toronto. More September highlights and photos here. Read more >>

September 27 , 2010 - BIRKS and eTalk’s Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau will host an exclusive evening of fundraising in support of Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl scholarship project for girls in Burkina Faso, West Africa on September 30, 2010, in Montreal, Canada. Read more >>

September 24 , 2010 - As a thank you on behalf of one of his clients, director Christopher Richardson bought a goat for a family in the developing world from Plan Canada’s Gifts of Hope – then decided to go to Zambia to make sure it got there. His film, “Where’s My Goat” takes viewers along for the journey. Read more >>

September 22 , 2010 - Plan Canada has released another comprehensive report in support of girls in the developing world. The 2010 Girl Report examines themes of girls and city life: the changing digital and urban landscapes girls encounter as countries develop. Read more >>

September 20 , 2010 - Plan International is working to empower women through microfinance projects called Village Savings and Loans Associations in Ghana. The project puts women in control of savings and investments for their families and the future. Read more >>

September 17 , 2010 - A Plan International project in Cairo is helping children build skills and gain education to escape losing their childhood to factory work. Read more >>

September 16, 2010 - The government of Canada has announced it will contribute $13 million to Plan Canada over the next five years to safeguard and promote the rights of vulnerable children and youth in Colombia. Read more >>

September 15 , 2010 - Zambian Chief Kasoma Lwela is working with Plan International to promote child protection laws and put an end to early marriages. Read more >>

September 13 , 2010 - Plan Canada is encouraged by yesterday’s decision by the Government of Canada to extend the period in which donations to the Pakistan flood response will be matched. Donations made through October 3, 2010 will now be eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching. Read more >>

September 13 , 2010 - This week a five-year Plan International project finishes with the re-opening of a school to a generation of youth looking for new opportunities after being paralyzed by two decades of civil war, widespread unemployment and lack of workable skills. Read more >>

September 10 , 2010 - In Ethiopia, Plan International uses soccer to educate youth about HIV and AIDS. Education is critical to prevent the spread of the virus over generations. Read more >>

September 08 , 2010 - Rosemary McCarney, Plan Canada President and CEO, shares her back-to-school message in her latest CEO Notebook. Read more >>

September 07 , 2010 - Plan’s Dena Allen gives the world a window into life in Pakistan flood relief camps. Allen says she has never seen anything like it in all her years of disaster relief work. Read more >>

September 02 , 2010 - Staff in Pakistan are standing strong for the millions of flood-affected people who still need life-sustaining emergency aid. Get an insider’s perspective and learn about the experiences of emergency aid workers through Pakistan’s worst flood disaster. Read more >>

September 01 , 2010 - The lack of personal identity documents is impacting flood-affected people trying to get access to food in distribution camps. Find out how Plan is helping give people their identity. Read more >>

August 30 , 2010 - A second wave of flooding has moved through southern Pakistan, increasing the number of displaced people by an estimated one million. Plan emergency aid in Sindh is being impacted by more water; prolonging the already month long state of crisis. Read more >>

August 27, 2010 - This year’s Plan-supported Shoot Nations youth photo contest winners have been announced. We invite you to have a look at the winning photos here. Read more >>

August 20, 2010 - Plan Canada’s Dr Tanjina Mirza can offer interesting insight and observations on the recent flood crisis in Pakistan from a number of different perspectives: as a medical doctor, as a humanitarian worker, and as a former resident of the country of Pakistan. Read more >>

August 24, 2010 - Plan is using emotional first-aid to help children affected by the traumatic Pakistan floods. In Plan-supported camps children can eventually overcome their nightmares and flood flashbacks by taking part in play therapy sessions. Read more >>

August 22, 2010 - Plan Canada applauds the Canadian government for its decision to match donations to the Pakistan flood response. Approximately 20 million people have already been affected by the floods, and this decision means private donor contributions will have double the impact. Read more >>

Plan is delivering aid in some of the hardest hit areas of Pakistan – Muzzaffargarh, Southern Punjab and Sindh. These images capture the extent of the devastation from the worst flood in 80 years. Read more >>

A brief update of the latest flood developments in Pakistan from Plan and around the world. Read more >>

Hundreds of young Haitians have taken part in Plan theatre workshops for post-quake stress therapy. Plan Haiti's Kristie van de Wetering reports. Read more >>

"I have worked in disasters before but never have I come across this level of vulnerability and devastation," writes Plan's Shahnawaz Khan on the scene in Pakistan. Read more >>

August 12, 2010 - The magnitude of the crisis in Pakistan is widening daily. Already, one-fifth of the country has been submerged by the country's worst floods in living memory, which have wiped out homes, farms and villages, and brought devastation to millions of families and children. Read more >>

August 10, 2010 - Plan staff are on the ground providing emergency assistance to children and families affected by the flooding in Pakistan. Read firsthand accounts and view photographs.Read more >>

August 3, 2010 - Torrential rains in Northwest Pakistan have turned to devastating floods, displacing millions of children and families who were already struggling to survive in a war torn region of the country. Read more >>

July 23, 2010 -Karine, age 5, can write her name and express herself in French. Morel, age 4, can assist his classmates. These juvenile triumphs in learning are a result of Plan bringing early childhood education to preschool centers in Cameroon. Read more >>

July 19, 2010 -Pregnant women no longer have to walk for six miles to the nearest hospital for prenatal care from the rural community of Kpawa, Togo. A new health clinic is now open serving over 1,500 residents, where over half the population are children. Read more >>

July 12, 2010 - Today marks the six month anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake. Plan has compiled a visual diary of the quake’s impact physically and mentally, along with our involvement. Let us show you how we have been helping children and their communities for the past six months. Watch it here >>

July 9, 2010 - Jo-Ann Garnier-Lafontant delivers a heartfelt message from Port-au-Prince on Plan’s vision, commitment and challenges in post-quake Haiti. Read more >>

July 7, 2010 - For young Joy, Germany’s national football coach Joachim Löw taking time out from his busy World Cup schedule to meet with young Rwandan footballers for a once-in-a-lifetime match in South Africa is “a miracle.” Read more >>

July 5, 2010 - Geeta was 12 years old when she was sold into domestic slavery by her father. She worked for years and years from sunrise till late at night believing she’d never escape and be free. Read more on Geeta’s story >>

June 30, 2010 - Plan Canada’s CEO, Rosemary McCarney, reflects on the Canadian G8/G20 Summits and the work involved in keeping maternal and child health in the spotlight. McCarney stresses though the security fence has come down, it is crucial that dignitaries and world leaders not lose the momentum on what was begun to save the lives of millions of women and children around the world. Read more on the G8/G20 legacy >>

June 27, 2010 - As G20 leaders sit down today, the success of their efforts to fix the global economy will fundamentally depend on their commitment to those who have been hit hardest by the global economic recession – the world's poor.
Read more >>

June 26, 2010 - Details of G8 Commitment to Maternal and Child Health have been released and Plan is pleased to see that the initiative touches on many of the markers the coalition has been pushing for. Read more >>

June 26, 2010 - Plan wants to see the G20 Summit result in hard commitments and real accountability for maternal and child health – this is not about charity; it is about good economics as well as social policy. Read more >>

June 25, 2010 - After weeks of preparation, Plan Canada has been on-site and active at the G8 Summit. We were pleased to see Canada lay down a marker of 1.1 billion dollars in new money as its contribution to reducing the number of women and children dying in the developing world. Read more >>

June 22, 2010 - Plan Canada President and CEO Rosemary McCarney says hosting the G8 meeting will allow Canada to reclaim a strong humanitarian leadership role in the world: “This summit is going to make a difference.” Listen to the full CTV News interview. >>

June 22, 2010 - Leading up to the G8, Plan Canada has been active in taking a leading role in support of Canada’s infant and maternal health initiatives. Plan President and CEO Rosemary McCarney has been speaking to the importance of Canada delivering aid to mothers and babies in the poorest nations. For more from Rosemary McCarney, please read the full story >>

June 21, 2010 - Rosemary McCarney, Plan Canada President and CEO turns blogger for G(irls)20 Summit to talk about how we need to stay focused on girls. Read the blog post >>

June 16, 2010 - To celebrate this year’s Day of the African Child, Plan is inviting World Cup supporters, soccer lovers, and Plan fans to play a fun, educational new online soccer game 'Kick off…for children’s health' to highlight the fourth Millennium Development Goal on global child mortality.
Read more >>

June 15, 2010 - This year get dad a gift that will make him smile and have him taking about it for years. Yes, a goat. Not just any goat, but a Plan Gift of Hope goat. For more ideas on what to get dad for Father’s Day visit our online shop.

June 15, 2010 - Who would know that behind the glory of the 2010 World Cup, thousands of teenage Zimbabweans are making the dangerous and illegal journey every month in search of work in South Africa? Little do these kids know, South Africa is not the paradise they think it will be. Read more >>

June 11, 2010 - Saturday is the 5-month anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. Everyday since the quake Plan has been on the ground with our incredible Haitian Plan team working to protect and heal children, rebuild their schools, and give people purpose through paid work programs.

Here is our reader-friendly 5-month report of what we have been involved in to-date.

June 9, 2010 - At this year’s G8, Canada could launch a revolution in maternal, newborn and child health in the developing world say NGO leaders. New funding for maternal healthcare is required to save the lives of women and children around the world, and Canada could lead the way. Read full story from Montreal Gazette. Read more >>

June 9, 2010 - Children, their mothers, and pregnant women across Sierra Leone are now entitled to free healthcare – a major leap forward for a country with some of the worst child and maternal mortality rates in the world. The country’s government has recently announced a free healthcare policy to cover more than 1,500,000 women and children. Read more >>

May 31, 2010 - Everyone loves sharing a win-win situation. Plan Canada gets to do just that by telling the world of our partner Olsen Europe’s recent win of a Retail Council of Canada Global Retail Corporate Social Responsibility award for their “Double Happiness – Empowering Women Worldwide” initiative. Read more >>

June 4, 2010 - Agatha, the first-named storm during the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, hit El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras on Saturday, devastating the region with torrential rains, massive floods and landslides. Plan’s emergency response is focusing on health, child protection in the camps for displaced people and psychosocial support for children emotionally affected by the disaster. All three countries have declared state of emergencies. Read more >>

June 3, 2010 - Plan has distributed food to 73,000 severely vulnerable people distressed by the food crisis in Niger, but more help is needed to reach more children and families affected by this severe food shortage. Read more >>

June 2, 2010 – Plan Canada’s Because I am a Girl movement celebrates the G(irls)20 Summit announcement of their 21 extraordinary girl delegates from across the globe gathering in Toronto this month to bring the voice of 3.3 billion girls and women to the first-ever G(irls)20 Summit. Read more >>

June 1, 2010 - Plan Canada is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Greater Toronto Area condominium builder/developer Pemberton Group to benefit Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign, in support of girls and young women in developing countries. Read more >>

May 31, 2010 - Plan Canada’s CEO, Rosemary McCarney, was recently in Haiti where she visited and videoed informal camps and attended lessons with children at Plan constructed temporary schools. Post-quake there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done, and Rosemary’s CEO Notebook provides experienced and expert commentary on Plan’s long-term priorities in Haiti. For more on Haiti read the Notebook. Read more >>

May 28, 2010 - Plan Canada’s President and CEO, Rosemary McCarney, will be addressing the weighty issue of food sustainability as part of a speaker’s panel called Feast & Famine: Shifting to a Sustainable Food System, June 1st, 2010 in Toronto. This public event is being presented by the Canadian International Council, Toronto Branch, Munk School of Global Affairs, and University of Toronto. If you are in Toronto, Plan invites you to take part. Read more >>

May 28, 2010 - Plan Canada is proud to celebrate their second year in partnership with Olsen Europe through the Double Happiness – Empowering Worldwide initiative. Read more >>

May 27, 2010 - Plan and Shoot Experience are back working together for the fifth annual Shoot Nations global youth photography competition. Youth ages 11-25 from all over the world are invited to submit their vision of “city living.” Read more >>

May 26, 2010 - Plan man Ndungu had only a vague idea of what he was getting himself into when he promised to run the Edinburgh Marathon in a skirt if he and his running mates, Plan staffers Sarah and Sangita, reached their fundraising goal of $5,000 for Plan projects for girls in Liberia. Read more >>

May 20, 2010 - If you were born in Niger, you’d be middle-aged at 25. You’d join 71 per cent of the population who have had no chance at education and are unable to read and write. A baby born to you would have a one in five chance of making it to her fifth birthday. And today, you could be starving. Read more >>

May 19, 2010 - Making profits by making pottery stoves helped turn a stereotype around, feed children and send them to school in an Ethiopian community.

“Culturally it is embarrassing for men to make pottery,” says Beshure, the Chairperson of the 33 community members of the Plan-supported Leku Fuel Efficient Stoves Producers Groups. Read more >>

May 17, 2010 - Some people might say there is not much to sing about when you live in a troubled area where kids are recruited into dangerous armed groups, battle drug addiction, deal with teenage pregnancy, and put up with the hopelessness of a country at war. Yet youth in Colombia’s coastal regions have recorded a hard-hitting album of rap and hip-hop songs called Rap Paz Joven, with Plan’s support. Read more >>

May 14, 2010 - For educators in Haiti, the requirement to get children back to school is proving a huge challenge. And for post-quake youth the need is urgent, because school is a place to heal, a sanctuary. Right now Plan is working with Haitian educators, using psychosocial training, to facilitate healing in the classroom and generate discussion.
Read the full story in The Globe and Mail.

May 12, 2010 - Today at noon, exactly two years ago: “The buildings shook suddenly and everyone was stunned. We could only hear our teachers shouting ‘earthquake’ ‘run’ and teachers evacuated us to the playground. Most of us could not help crying.” This is a collective account by children from a Plan Children's Club of what it was like to experience the Ritcher scale 8 point Sichuan earthquake. Read more >>

May 12, 2010 - TED events are well known for engaging top thinkers & doers in conversation. Plan’s President and CEO, Rosemary McCarney, will join five other notable Torontonians to share her thoughts on the future at TEDxGTA. Read more >>

May 11, 2010 - 5,000 police officers in Pakistan will be trained over the next three years about the rights of children in Plan workshops focusing on human and child rights, gender-based violence, police ethics, democracy, and non-violent methods of policing. Read more >>

May 10, 2010 - In May 2008, the estimated damage to parts of Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis was estimated at a colossal US$10 billion. Two years later, Plan’s relief and recovery efforts have helped communities and families repair the damage. Read more >>

May 04, 2010 - In rural Zambia, women often can’t feed their children as well as they would like because they lack basic knowledge about nutrition and food preparation skills. A Plan survey found that 50 per cent of rural children, aged 36 months to 6 years, were underweight and suffered from poor nutritional health. In response, a pilot project was created to improve nutrition through home-based community education. Read more >>

May 03, 2010 - Becoming a mom is a life-changing experience. Have you heard this sentiment before? Maybe your own mother said it, or maybe it was your sister or a best friend. Read more >>

May 03, 2010 - The issue of maternal health is on the world agenda, but it risks being bogged-down in a debate about abortion. It is critical that the issue of maternal mortality moves forward and change makers remain focused on the bigger picture that the majority of deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth can be prevented.

Link to Toronto Star opinion piece, please click this link >>