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Building an equal world for girls
Building an equal world for girls
Plan International is a global children’s charity striving for a fairer world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.
We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes.
We won’t stop until we are all equal.
International Day of the Girl 2024
International Day of the Girl 2024
All girls deserve the chance to learn. But globally 40% of girls don’t finish school.
Poverty forces girls’ hands, often into marriage. War puts school out of girls’ reach. Discrimination holds girls back. But against all odds, girls are determined to learn.
Together we can match girls’ determination and create change. So that every girl can take a seat in the classroom – and stay there.
This International Day of the Girl, let's clear the way for girls to learn, so that every girl can finish school. Once and for all.
Become a sponsor
When you sponsor a girl, your donations help to provide what's needed for more girls to thrive. Like access to water and healthcare and the chance to go to school.
You also help build resilient communities that can support and protect girls as they grow. Communities which prevent child marriage and encourage girls to stay in school – even in crisis.
Start your sponsorship journey today and help more girls like Immaculate thrive.
'Dear teacher, I cannot come to school'
The odds are still stacked against girls when it comes to education. Especially as they move through adolescence.
Poverty. Periods. Safety. Access. Discrimination. These are just some of the obstacles that force girls out of the classroom.
We’ve captured some of these in imagined absent notes to teachers. Yet the stories behind them are very real.
Suhad, 14, is no longer going to school due to conflict in Gaza. Agham, 14, fled fighting in Sudan and now lives in a school – but isn’t learning. And Mariam* was forced into child marriage in Mali at age 15.
Read more about the girls behind the notes.
*Name changed to protect identity.
Ways to get involved
Make a donation
Together we can ensure children and young people get more of what they need to thrive. Whether you choose to give regularly or a single gift, you will be helping protect children’s rights and keep girls safe.
Leave a legacy
A donation in your will to Plan International UK is an incredible gift to future generations. Through your donation, you will be helping girls and boys learn valuable lessons that they’ll carry with them throughout their lives.
Become a sponsor
When you sponsor a girl, your donations help to provide what's needed for more girls to thrive. Like access to water and healthcare and the chance to go to school.
You also help build resilient communities that can support and protect girls as they grow. Communities which prevent child marriage and encourage girls to stay in school – even in crisis.
Start your sponsorship journey today and help more girls like Immaculate thrive.
Our focus
Learn about the main challenges facing children and how we work to support them.
Our focus
Learn about the main challenges facing children and how we work to support them.