Plan Worldwide Annual Review and Combined Financial ...

Highlights of 2012
€634 million
Our total income for the year
€363 million
INCOME RAISED THROUGH SPONSORSHIP
€153 million
INCOME RAISED IN GRANTS
Celebrating Plan’s
75th anniversary
FORMER SPONSORED
CHILD HELPS BUILD
EGYPT’S FUTURE
Mohamed was a small child when Plan began to
work in his community. He loved being part of the
Child Media project, which provides media training
for children and young people.
Today, Mohamed attends university and is a
committed community leader. He recently became
a board member of his village association –
the only member under 50 years old. “Being
on this board would have been impossible if
I had not participated in Plan’s programmes,”
says Mohamed proudly. “There I developed
my character, acquired skills and gained
experience. Although I’m the youngest
member of the board, they nominated me
to be the next chairman. People believe in
me, and this encourages me to continue
playing an active, leading role in the
development of my community.”
Plan was founded in 1937. On 20 March 2012,
we celebrated our 75th anniversary by holding
the World’s Biggest Children’s Birthday Party.
More than 75,000 children in 16 countries
joined in the festivities. Events were held
worldwide, including a concert in Haiti,
a girls’ football match in Bangladesh, the
planting of 75,000 trees in Zimbabwe
and a sports day in Sudan.
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At the heart of the celebration was our
Count Every Child campaign (see page 13 for
more details), a global programme striving to
support children all over the world to get birth
certificates. In the Philippines, 8,000 children
were registered as part of a week-long birth
registration event.
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