Protecting children and young people from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence is central to everything we do.
In 2011, Plan provided child protection training for 110,972 community members and staff of partner organisations across the world.
Many children experience abuse every day from people they know and trust and it threatens their survival, development and participation in society.
Plan was actively involved in the 2006 United Nations Study on Violence Against Children, which estimates that worldwide:
Plan does more than introduce short-term fixes for these problems. We raise awareness of children’s right to protection and work closely with families and communities.
We also deliver targeted programmes to address specific protection issues - such as child trafficking, corporal punishment in schools, female genital cutting and child marriage.
At local, national and international level we work to influence policies and make sure there is an adequate legal framework to protect children.
Learn Without FearSupport Plan's global campaign to end violence in schools, targeting corporal punishment, sexual violence and bullying. Find out more about our Learn Without Fear campaign »
Because I am a GirlJoin Plan's campaign to improve girls' lives. Girls face the double discrimination of their gender and age, and extremely high levels of violence, abuse, and harassment. Join the Because I am a Girl campaign »
Count Every ChildSee how Plan is helping millions of children to get an official identity - giving them greater protection against child trafficking, child marriage and child labour. Find out more about our Count Every Child campaign »
The story of Tante Mado and her struggle against female genital cutting in Guinea.
Young girls in Cameroon are escaping forced marriage and returning to the classroom with help from Plan’s Girls Ambassadors programme.
Birth certificates are helping to tackle child marriage in Bangladesh, where more than two thirds of girls are married before the age of 18.
A Plan centre in N’Zerekore, Guinea, is helping thousands of children who have been abused by traffickers to rebuild their lives.
More than 40,000,000 people across 32 countries, most of them children, now have access to vital health and education services, thanks to Plan's Universal Birth Registration campaign.
