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Norway’s youth work
to benefit their peers
in Rwanda
In October, Plan Rwanda and Plan Norway
successfully applied for support from Norway’s
largest solidarity campaign for youth, Operation
Day’s Work. As a result, 120,000 students
donated one day’s work to raise €4.6 million –
an all-time high for the campaign. The grant will
fund education programmes in Rwanda up to
2016, making it possible for children to stay in
school, improving access to secondary education
and increasing opportunities for youth to
organise themselves.
In Bangladesh, seesaw pumps at
schools provide water and fun
Lack of clean water at school can deprive children of health and education.
But over 23,000 children at 52 schools in Bangladesh now enjoy abundant
clean water for drinking, hand washing and sanitation. They also enjoy the
play and exercise of seesaws in their schools – an affordable innovation
called Easy Pump, designed by Plan, uses seesaws to bring water from deep
aquifers to holding tanks while giving children the fun of a bouncing ride.
Government departments, the World Bank, UNICEF and others are
incorporating Easy Pump into Bangladesh’s national Primary Education
Development Project.
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PLAN WORKS WITH:
84
MILLION CHILDREN
174
MILLION PEOPLE
90,131
COMMUNITIES
642,497
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
TRAINED BY PLAN
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2012
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OCTOBER 11 BECOMES
INTERNATIONAL DAY
OF THE GIRL
The United Nations has declared October 11 International Day of
the Girl Child, following an extensive campaign by Plan.
The initiative owes much to the passion and commitment of girls
themselves who have lobbied the UN with support from Plan, the
Canadian government and all the UN member states, as well as the
thousands of people who signed our petition.
To find out more about our Because I am a Girl campaign to fight
gender inequality and promote girls’ rights, see page 12.
WHERE PLAN WORKS
Programme countries
Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia,
Cameroon, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,
El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,
Honduras, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Donor countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy*, Japan, Korea, Netherlands,
Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
* Opened July 2012
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