Spanish football captain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas enjoyed a kick-around with some very excited children recently during a visit to highlight Plan’s work in Mali.
Plan is helping children and their families affected by severe floods which have swept across Burkina Faso, killing at least 5 people and leaving 150,000 people homeless.
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Philippine authorities are bracing themselves for another storm as the death toll from rain and floods from a weekend typhoon, now bearing down on Vietnam, rose to 246.
Plan Ireland's CEO, David Dalton, visits Burkina Faso with journalist Brian O'Connell and photographer Michael MacSweeney to witness the efects of serious flooding
One month after the quake, thanks to the generosity of supporters throughout the world, Plan is making long-term plans for recovery and rehabilitation programmes in Haiti.
"We need a new strategy,” says Jean Kency Vixama, 22. “I want another Haiti where young people like us have the chance to work with the government, where we can get involved with all activities of the country.”
Plan Ireland has teamed up with TV3 to help children living in extreme poverty in 48 of the world’s poorest countries. Together, we are looking for 300 child sponsors to come on board and support Plan’s work in the developing world.
Plan Ireland's programme Manager, Damien Queally, says that although Plan has been working in Haiti for 37 years it has never faced such huge challenges.
Plan Ireland’s “Because I am a girl” Ambassador, Benedicta Attoh, has won the facebook vote for the final place in the Vodafone World of Difference campaign.
Ten-year-old Zaafira and her family are among thousands of people forced from their homes by the floods and are now sheltering in a Plan-supported camp in Thatta, Pakistan.
Includes Damien Queally's account of his 3 months work in Haiti, a feature on Plan's work in Burkina Faso, an interview with Bláthaid Ní Chofaigh, a sponsor's visit to her sponsored child in Egypt and plenty of photos taken during the year.
This is the second in a series of eight reports published by Plan examining the rights of girls throughout their childhood, adolescence and as young women
This weekend marked World Food Day and UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty which are some really important days according to David Dalton, Chief Executive Officer at Plan Ireland. Read his article from Irish Examiner Saturday, October 16th
Thousands of people in the Philippines have been saved from the destruction caused by Typhoon Megi after early warning messages were posted on social media sites
Plan has distributed aid to 4,000 families displaced by the Central Java volcano which erupted a week ago, killing 25 people and displacing thousands from their homes.
In 2009 Plan trained more than 66,000 health workes and traditional birth attendants - Maloti Rani is one of them, but she had to overcome social barriers, strict family pressure and even domestic violence before becoming a community worker
Plan Ireland Programme Manager Damien Queally says that people in areas without services are under threat from cholera which has already claimed almost 1,000 lives.
Plan International’s Disaster Response Co-ordinator Dr Unni Krishnan describes how multiple challenges in Haiti are pushing staff to the limits and to new risks.
The second edition of Plan International Ethiopia Children’s 1000m road races was held on the 20th of November 2010 in Addis Ababa with the theme ‘End violence in schools’ where over 3,500 children participated wearing T-shirts with Learn Without Fear Campaign messages.
