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Economic security Plan’s goal: Children and young people realise their right to economic security and have the skills they need for meaningful employment. Plan promotes: • young people’s ability to make informed choices about their work and to access the necessary skills, knowledge and information to secure productive, decent employment • access to financial services, especially for women and young people • the inclusion of marginalised populations – especially women – to ensure that they can take action to improve their lives • state and community support for households during times of economic shocks and stress so that children and young people can continue to develop. Plan collaborates with national and local governments to promote policies that support economic activity. We work with the private sector and civil society to ensure that economic opportunities are available, sustainable and have maximum positive impact on children’s lives. 26 © Plan
Plan’s global spend in 2012 €39 million Indonesia Preparing young people for good jobs Paraguay Children learn to manage financial and natural resources € Togo Village savings groups offer health insurance ECONOMIC SECURITY In Indonesia, eight million young people under the age of 24 – nearly 20 per cent of Indonesia’s young people – are unemployed and unequipped for work. This makes them vulnerable to poverty, hazardous lifestyles and exploitation – especially girls. Plan works at the highest levels and in local communities to provide unemployed young people with the vocational and life-skills training, job opportunities or financial services they need to get a job or start viable businesses. As a result of our advocacy, Indonesia adopted our Youth Economic Empowerment approach (YEE) in its National Action Plan for Youth Employment and integrated it into its Development Plan for 2010-2014. The World Bank also recommended YEE as a model for international organisations. Meanwhile, a public-private partnership between YEE, Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency and other government agencies is enabling 12,000 young people – 90 per cent of them female – to find good jobs through integrated skills training, competency certification and job placement. Sari Pujiastuti, a 21-year-old woman, said: “I really liked the YEE lifeskills training. It taught me to speak out in public and ask questions. So, in my current work, if I’m not clear about something, I’m not shy to ask.” Sari now works as a sewing operator in a garment factory. In Guairá state, children are discovering that the right to economic security and the responsibility to preserve natural resources go hand in hand. Working with the state Ministry of Education and Culture and local NGOs, Plan is providing social and financial education to empower children to take action in their communities, manage resources wisely and develop skills that will make them economically independent. We have delivered training in social and financial education to 150 teachers in 29 schools. As a result, 1,200 children aged six to 14 are learning about issues including personal development, their rights, how to care for the environment, and how to plan for the future. “Our goal is to work with Plan in every community within our state,” says the Secretary for the Environment in Guairá. “We are looking for people to become interested in natural resources. Changing attitudes is easier if we educate children. They show great enthusiasm and encourage adults to maintain a healthy environment.” The Ministry of Education and Culture has established a technical team to incorporate social and financial education into the state curriculum and will share results with other states, with a view to incorporating the programme in the national curriculum. In Togo, children are often denied their rights, including the right to healthcare, because of poverty. To enable households to save for urgent needs, invest in incomegenerating activities and pay for healthcare, education, water and sanitation, Plan established 1,070 village savings and loan associations in 151 communities. Of the 27,000 members, 82 per cent are women. Even with their improved finances, few of the members could afford health insurance. So we introduced community health insurance for association members in two districts, working in partnership with international NGO Louvain Développement, local NGOs RADAR and ADESCO and the Togolese Government. The scheme was so successful that we have now extended it to three more districts. Tchilalo Atche Simtaro, 25, joined an association in 2009. She took a loan to sell beer and charcoal and began using the profits to pay for health insurance. When she was pregnant with her youngest child, Maurice, she needed a caesarean. The insurance covered the entire cost, plus setting the baby’s broken bone. “I could have died, and my baby too. Our lives are changing, and we are happy,” says Tchilalo. “My baby is healthy, I am healthy too.” Her husband Akparo agrees, adding: “Today we’re not afraid to go to the hospital.” ‹ Members receiving loans at a village savings and loan association meeting in Burkina Faso 27
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