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Mission: "To achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of deprived children in developing countries, through a process that unites people across cultures and adds meaning and value to their lives.” “通过联合不同文化的人民，共同实现发展中国家贫困儿童生活质量的持久改善，以提高他们生活的意义和价值。" In China since: 1995 Annual China budget: $7,000,000 Number of staff: 131 national and 5 expatriate Mainland China contact:James R. Murray China Programme Director 7th Floor Qin Dian International Building #396 East Nan Er Huan Xi'an Shaanxi 710061 Tel: +86 (0)29 8810 2399 China web address: www.plan-international.org.cnActivities in Other Countries:49 countries worldwide
In 1937 John Langdon-Davis, a British journalist covering the Spanish Civil War, teamed up with refugee worker Eric Muggeridge to provide food, shelter and education for some of the thousands of children orphaned by the war. During the Second World War the organisation they established, Foster Plan for War Children, worked in England with child refugees from all over Europe. By the 1950s, as Europe recovered from the war, the organisation began to open programmes in less developed countries. Plan, as it is known today, is now an alliance of 16 national organisations (from Europe, North America, Australia, Japan and Korea) that raise funds for work in 49 developing countries. Most of the funds are raised by matching donors to individual children, although Plan projects are designed to benefit the whole of the communities where they work. Worldwide, 1.4 million children are sponsored by Plan, including 24,411 Chinese children.
Plan makes a long-term commitment to the communities with which it engages, and projects usually last for 10-12 years. Work is organised around five major themes: Health, Learning, Habitat (a safe and healthy environment), Livelihood and Building Relationships.
In 1995 Plan started work in Yanqing County of Beijing Muncipality, partnership with the Chinese Association for International Understanding. Since 2000 it has developed a more extensive programme in Shaanxi Province, where it works closely with the Women’s Federation in several counties. Projects include:
- Training in maternal and child health for medical staff and communities; with special programmes on childhood immunisation, ‘eye, ear, nose and throat’ problem diagnosis, and HIV/AIDS
- School construction, provision of teaching aids and school equipment; payment of school fees; teacher training; inclusion of vocational education in schooling
- Vocational skills training and microfinance programmes for women (animal husbandry, crafts, marketing awareness training.
- Irrigation and drinking water supply and sanitation, with community operation and maintenance training.
- Advocacy for child rights
In the next year Plan will continue to integrate their methods of child centered community development into all their projects. A major event for 2006 is the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). During this week long activity selected student representatives from five Plan-supported schools in Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province will present proposals for improved education to attending government officials.
Each year Plan’s national organisations raise a combined total of more than USD 300 million. More than 80% of this comes from individuals, schools and other groups in 15 countries, who make a regular, monthly donation to sponsor a child. A further 15% comes from grants from governments, corporations and private foundations. Plan’s work in China is funded mainly by child sponsorship, but also receives grant support from the Netherlands government.
CKC 5/07
Links
http://www.plan-international.org
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