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Our Partners

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Find out how we work with our partners to achieve more for children and girls. We partner with young people, local organisations, communities and companies to transform children’s lives.
Find out how we work with our partners to achieve more for children and girls. We partner with young people, local organisations, communities and...

Seeing is believing: becoming CEO for the day helped me see my power

https://plan-uk.org/stories/seeing-believing-becoming-ceo-day-helped-me-see-my-power
Young women like Penelope took up leadership positions as part of the Girls’ takeover through plan international UK. Today she continues to practise the power she harnessed that day.
Young women like Penelope took up leadership positions as part of the Girls’ takeover through plan international UK. Today she continues to practise...

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Plan International is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.
Plan International is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can...

UK provides critical boost to humanitarian aid but support for girls education falls short

https://plan-uk.org/press/uk-provides-critical-boost-to-humanitarian-aid-but-support-for-girls-education-falls
The Government has today published statistics showing how much the UK spent on international development in 2019. Responding, Rose Caldwell, Chief Executive of Plan International UK, said:
The Government has today published statistics showing how much the UK spent on international development in 2019. Responding, Rose Caldwell, Chief...

Public sexual harassment

https://plan-uk.org/our-work/protection-from-violence/public-sexual-harassment
Girls should feel safe wherever they are. Free to walk to meet their friends. Free to exercise outside. Free to wear the clothes they want to. And all without the threat of public sexual harassment.
Girls should feel safe wherever they are. Free to walk to meet their friends. Free to exercise outside. Free to wear the clothes they want to. And all...

“I was kept to work as the servant”

https://plan-uk.org/stories/i-was-kept-to-work-as-the-servant
Domestic slavery robs girls of their freedom and potential. Angel was only five years old when she was enslaved in Nepal. Today, she’s expanding her business and providing a future for her daughter and her community.
Domestic slavery robs girls of their freedom and potential. Angel was only five years old when she was enslaved in Nepal. Today, she’s expanding her...

Cut to UK Aid will devastate the lives of girls and risks the education of over 900,000 children

https://plan-uk.org/press/cut-to-uk-aid-will-risk-education-of-900000-girls
The UK Government today announced that it intends to cut the UK’s overseas aid commitment from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5% for 2021. This comes on top of cuts already made since the Covid crisis began.
The UK Government today announced that it intends to cut the UK’s overseas aid commitment from 0.7% of GNI to 0.5% for 2021. This comes on top of cuts...

Government went ahead with aid cuts despite knowing women and girls would be severely affected

https://plan-uk.org/press/government-made-aid-cuts-despite-knowing-women-and-girls-would-be-severely-affected
Today (March 8), the International Development Select Committee used parliamentary privilege to publish the Equalities Impact Assessment that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) undertook in March 2021, before the Government went ahead with its decision to cut the aid budget. 
Today (March 8), the International Development Select Committee used parliamentary privilege to publish the Equalities Impact Assessment that the...

Plan International UK partners with Indian Restaurant Chain Mowgli

https://plan-uk.org/press/plan-international-uk-partners-indian-restaurant-chain-mowgli
Global children’s charity, Plan International, has partnered with the renowned Indian street food restaurant chain Mowgli, to build two schools in India to help increase access to quality and inclusive education for children and girls throughout India. 
Global children’s charity, Plan International, has partnered with the renowned Indian street food restaurant chain Mowgli, to build two schools in...

Mowgli street food founder’s trust funding crucial girls’ education in her Indian home city

https://plan-uk.org/press/mowgli-street-food-founders-trust-funding-crucial-girls-education-her-indian-home-city
Nisha Katona MBE, founder of the UK’s first national Indian food chain recently visited two schools being transformed in her ancestral home city Varanasi, India, thanks to funds raised through her restaurants.  
Nisha Katona MBE, founder of the UK’s first national Indian food chain recently visited two schools being transformed in her ancestral home city...