Plan Philippines’ goal in the next 5 years will be for all children within our influence to enjoy their right to education. To achieve this, we focus on fulfilling 4 fundamental needs:

• improved  access and quality of children’s education
• keeping children healthy and well nourished
• protecting children and enabling them to protect themselves
• engaging children in all matters that affect them

Education

This programme covers early childhood education, primary and secondary education (formal and non-formal), vocational training and technical education.

We target children who are not enrolled in school, children with disabilities including learning difficulties, children who have dropped out of school, working children, children caught in emergencies, and children from poor households and indigenous communities. We help children to acquire life skills.

Health

Plan Philippines works to reduce the incidence of preventable diseases among children.

We do this through improving community health practices and health service delivery to effectively respond to the health, nutrition and sanitation hurdles that communities face.

Plan is implementing the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach which educates communities about the importance of sanitation and helps them to construct and maintain their own latrines.

Child protection

This programme helps reduce the incidence of abuse, neglect and exploitation of children in the home, schools and communities. Interventions ensure children are safe, protected and capable of managing risks.

Examples of interventions include educating parents on child protection, establishing women and child protection units to manage abuse cases, raising awareness of the importance of birth registration, responding to emergencies and advocating progressive campaigns.

Plan Philippines works towards building disaster-resilient communities. Our main focus is disaster risk reduction and preparedness. Initiatives include working with communities to do hazard and vulnerability assessment, mapping and planning.

Disaster preparedness and risk reduction are integrated across our programmes. 

Children and youth engagement

A great deal of child poverty is a direct result of poor or weak governance. This programme will work towards building the confidence and capacities of children,  community-based organisations and governments  so they can work together  in matters affecting children. This promotes child-friendly leadership and management in villages and municipalities so that children’s voices are heard and their agenda are given priorities in development programmes.