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Help children caught in the worst hunger crisis our world has seen.
End the year with one more act of kindness that will make a difference for children and families in vulnerable communities. The needs of the world’s 811 million hungry people were already forecast to peak in 2022, before the outbreak
of the Ukraine conflict. That means 1 out of every 9 people around the world is currently hungry. Last year we helped 50.3 million children, including 26.2 million girls, through efforts that included helping children in crisis get
access to essential food & nutrition, clean water, health support and education. There’s still time to make an even greater impact in 2022.
Meet nine-year-old January from Tanzania. He’s one of the 1.3 million sponsored children. “One day, I’m going to be a pilot and travel the world,” he says. Most boys, however, end up in the
mines – the same mines that contaminate the drinking water that made people ill. Today, says January, people drink safe water from a borehole system that Plan International installed in his community.
14.3 million children & adults
received inclusive quality education
Here are at least seven of those millions of children who attended one of our early-childhood-care-development (ECCD) classes. These little girls are celebrating their graduation from our ECCD centre in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
27.6 million children & adults
received training in sexual and reproductive health and rights
Arkenzy, who lives in Indonesia, is one of the millions of young teens who can now talk about subjects that were once considered taboo, like menstrual and sexual health, child marriage and gender-based violence.
She’s a peer educator in our Let’s Talk program, an information-sharing forum created and supported by Plan International. “I take better care of my body now,” she says.
19.8 million children & adults
were reached through gender sensitive child-protection programs
Karelys, 8, participates in Plan International’s Safe Routes (Rumbos Seguros) project in Tumbes, Peru. Its goal is to ensure the safety and integration of Venezuelan migrants living in Peru. The project focuses
on protecting children, adolescents and families from violence, abuse and exploitation. We strengthen child-protection structures and respond to child-protection incidents.
6.7 million children & adults
gained skills and had opportunities for youth employment and entrepreneurship
For young people in Guinea, finding decent work isn’t easy. Like all African countries, it has a young population, with 75% of its 13 million citizens under age 35. In a society where age commands respect,
Guinean youth struggle to access quality education and find employment. Plan International set up a youth-employment project to address this issue. Youssouf, 21, dropped out of school early and is now apprenticing
in a boilermaker’s workshop.
28.7 million children & adults
including 7.9 million girls were reached with our disaster work
In Moldova, Plan International is working with the National Centre for Preventing Child Abuse (CNPAC) to provide child protection and psychosocial support. Maria is a psychologist in our mobile unit. She fled Ukraine,
so she understands what it’s like when conflict uproots your life.
*Cumulative donations over $25 made before 11:59pm EST, December 31, 2022 are tax-deductible. Receipts will be issued for income tax purposes in 2023 and will be issued 24 hours after your donation is made.
