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TWICE NAMED “BEST EMPLOYER”<br />

<strong>Plan</strong> Zimbabwe was awarded Best Employer<br />

for 2011 for the second year running due to<br />

the high level of engagement among staff.<br />

The team beat major industry players in taking<br />

the accolade, including Ernst & Young <strong>and</strong><br />

Schweppes Zimbabwe.<br />

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Welcoming the seven billionth baby:<br />

it’s a girl!<br />

When a little girl named Nargis was born in October in one of India’s poorest, most<br />

tradition-bound states, her parents rejoiced, <strong>and</strong> so did <strong>Plan</strong>. To demographers, Nargis<br />

symbolises the moment when the world’s population reached seven billion. To <strong>Plan</strong>,<br />

she represents our campaign against female foeticide, Let Girls Be Born, which we<br />

launched in 2011 in six Indian states to galvanise action to end the practice.<br />

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS 2012<br />

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<strong>Plan</strong> awarded plaque by Sri Lankan<br />

Government<br />

<strong>Plan</strong> Sri Lanka recently celebrated 30 years of working<br />

with children, families <strong>and</strong> communities at a national<br />

ceremony in Colombo. <strong>Plan</strong>’s Country Director,<br />

Ned Espey, received a plaque from the Advisor to the<br />

Minister of Child Development <strong>and</strong> Women’s Affairs,<br />

in recognition of <strong>Plan</strong>’s dedication <strong>and</strong> commitment to<br />

improving the lives of children <strong>and</strong> families in Sri Lanka.<br />

<strong>Plan</strong> Guatemala wins first grant from IDB<br />

to improve nutrition for vulnerable children<br />

<strong>Plan</strong> will receive €1.2 million from the Inter-American<br />

Development Bank (IDB) to improve nutrition <strong>and</strong><br />

food security for vulnerable indigenous communities<br />

in Guatemala. The project will support children<br />

<strong>and</strong> women from 1,925 families in 77 indigenous<br />

communities in the Department of Baja Verapaz.<br />

The area has seen an increase in cases of acute<br />

malnutrition among children under five, due to<br />

unstable food <strong>and</strong> income sources <strong>and</strong> a lack of<br />

diversity in the diet. The project has four main<br />

aims: increasing agricultural production <strong>and</strong><br />

income generation, increasing knowledge of<br />

food <strong>and</strong> nutritional security, strengthening the<br />

primary healthcare system <strong>and</strong> strengthening<br />

community organisations.<br />

To mark the event, seven eminent Indian women will sponsor seven newborn girls<br />

from Nargis’s community for seven years – the key period for survival <strong>and</strong> childhood<br />

development. <strong>Plan</strong> will report on the girls’ progress at regular intervals.<br />

Debora Cobar, Country Director of <strong>Plan</strong> Guatemala,<br />

said: “We feel very excited because this will allow us<br />

to improve the lives of children that suffer from chronic<br />

malnutrition in one of the poorest areas in Guatemala.<br />

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“This is the first time <strong>Plan</strong> Guatemala will have the<br />

opportunity to partner with the Inter-American<br />

Development Bank – a big achievement considering<br />

that more than 1,800 proposals were submitted.”<br />

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