Plan International
This is the blog of Plan International, an international children's non-governmental organisation based in Britain. Plan works in 49 developing countries to improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged young people.
Children's stories from Pakistan
This blog is written by Plan staff in the Bunair region of Pakistan. Children who have fled the fighting in the Bunair region of Pakistan share their experiences with Plan staff. ...
On the Road to Copenhagen 1
Janani Vivekananda is Plan International UK's Disaster Risk Reduction Policy and Advocacy Adviser, and one of the NGO coalition representatives of the Children in a Changing Climate (CCC) programme. Children in a Changing Climate is a global collaborative action-research, advocacy and learning programme that aims to secure children's influence in preventing and adapting to climate change at every level - from their families and communities to the United Nations climate change negotiations. Talking to a group of Sierra Leonean children in their school in Port Loko - a district neighbouring the capital Freetown - I found myself wondering just how much these children could be concerned about climate change. With such tangible concerns facing them, such as whether there will be any rice for them to eat for dinner or if their parents will be able to scrape together enough to pay for next term's fees, do they really care about this abstract concept of climate change? ...
