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