Author: Plan Asia
File size: 1.8mb
Number of pages: 23
Published: 2007

2 years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami struck, the relief phase had given way to reconstruction and rehabilitation. Around this time many agencies published reports reflecting on their work and impact, and looking to the future. In that respect this report is no different and yet it goes a lot further. We wanted to find out just how effective our programs had been from the perspective of the people that matter to us most – children, but children as part of the larger community.

To get an objective assessment of our performance and effectiveness, Plan invited an outside consultant to review our programs and their impact. He travelled to India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand and asked: What aspects of children’s life have improved as a result of Plan’s work? Did Plan’s programs have any adverse affect on children’s lives? What external factors affected children’s lives after the tsunami?

His findings stirred an internal debate forcing us to re-evaluate and reflect on our programs from a different perspective. As a responsible international organisation, Plan is accountable to many individual donors, governments, and international organisations, but we’re also responsible to the communities and children we support. This report reflects that accountability.