The story of 2022 and girls’ rights

Our global CEO, Stephen Omollo, and Chair Gunvor Kronman, reflect on 2022.
The girl leader championing change in her community

Asha is a facilitator for Plan International’s Champions of Change programme in Nepal, teaching girls their rights and promoting equality.
Tackling climate change in Sierra Leone through innovation

Hawa is fostering a community of young innovators throughout Sierra Leone and helping tackle climate change.
These young women are farming their way to a more sustainable future

Meet the young women who are farming their way to a more sustainable future in northern Ghana, with support from Plan International.
Preventing child marriage among Cameroon’s urban refugee communities

Aminatou, with the help of Plan International, is fighting to prevent child marriage and keep refugee girls in school in Cameroon.
Supporting Children’s Return to School in Ukraine

In many of Ukraine’s schools only the teachers have returned to the classroom. Due to safety and security concerns, their pupil’s return to school has been postponed; for some indefinitely.
Transforming Education Summit 2022

The UN is convening world leaders for the Transforming Education Summit (TES) on Monday, 19 September 2022.
Meet the Future Prime Minister

Eleven-year-old Santina loves to learn. Which is ideal because one day she wants to be the prime minister of Timor-Leste.
Farwell to our sponsorship programmes in Thailand

Good news! In Thailand, our sponsorship programmes have made such good progress that we will end our sponsorship work in the country this summer. As the overall situation in Thailand has improved so much over the past few decades we are winding down much of our work there. Since 1981 we have worked hand in […]
School promises a fresh start for Ukraine’s refugee children

12-year-old Vitaly comes from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city. A keen tennis player, he used to train three times a week, but the last time he picked up a tennis racket was on 23 February, the day before the missiles and airstrikes started to fall on Ukraine. “That was the last normal day. I did my […]