The Hungriest Places on Earth: Aissata’s Story

2-year-old Aissata’s village in central Mali has experienced food crises many times.

Mali is one of the hungriest places on earth. This West African country is at the epicentre of a crisis of hunger, conflict and climate change. Every year, an average of 3.6 million people experience food insecurity according to the World Food Programme. Hunger in Mali 30 percent of children under five years old are affected […]

The Hungriest Places on Earth: Samira’s Story

Zambia is one of the hungriest places on earth

Samira lives in Zambia’s Central Province. Aged 14 and in Grade 9, she wants to be a nurse. But these days, Samira struggles to stay awake in class. Since the food crisis began, Samira’s daily food intake has halved. Now she survives on just one meal per day. She last ate at 5pm yesterday and won’t eat again until 5pm this afternoon.

Support Children at Risk

A child hugs a stuffed frog

In an emergency, children are most at risk. During and after an emergency, every minute of every day puts children at greater risk of violence, sexual exploitation and hunger – and unaccompanied children are even more vulnerable.  That’s why we need to reach even more children in even less time. In emergencies, like in Ukraine, […]

Mobile Units Provide Support for Ukraine’s Children

Milana 3 is a refugee from Ukraine

In Moldova, Plan International is working with the National Centre for Preventing Child Abuse (CNPAC) to provide child protection, mental health and psychosocial support and legal services to newly arrived Ukrainian families.