Protection from violence
We work to prevent and respond to violence against children and young people, because every child has the right to grow up living a life free from violence a…
Plan International Regional Hub for the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa.
Promoting children’s rights and equality for girls in 16 countries across the region
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.
The Plan International Regional Hub for the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa works in 16 countries to respond to key challenges facing children, especially girls, and young people in the region.
Based in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the regional hub supports cross-border humanitarian concerns as well as coordinates country and/or multi-country preparedness and response.
All the 16 countries in the region of the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa (MEESA) identify violations of children and girls’ rights as their biggest concern, caused by factors such as harmful cultural practices and legal/policy gaps. These form a strong basis for strategic choices by all countries to help improve programmes and achieve better outcomes for children.
We work together with children, young people, supporters and partners to strive for a just world, where we are all equal. To do that we tackle the root
causes of the challenges and inequalities that children and young girls face. We’re there for children from birth until adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity.
MEESA’s region programme focus, therefore, aims at reaching over 37 million people, including girls, boys, children, youth and adults, in the different countries between 2019 and 2026.
We won’t stop until we are all equal.
Where we work
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