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The health of mothers and children is interrelated and affected by multiple factors. Millions of pregnant women, new mothers, and children experience severe illness or death each year, largely from preventable or treatable causes. Many of our children and young people are not getting the nutrition they need, which is undermining their capacity to grow, develop and learn to their full potential.

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Watch how young women are breaking barriers and building bold futures. Through the Link Women Project, supported by LinkedIn India, Plan India, and UN Women Asia and the Pacific and the Pacific, are helping young women overcome challenges like limited mobility, digital exclusion, and restrictive gender norms. After a successful completion of Phase I, we are excited to start the Phase II in which we aim to empower 5,000 young women across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh with: Employability and soft skills Artificial Intelligence and cyber safety Entrepreneurship and digital tools Our goal: meaningful careers, economic independence, and stronger, inclusive communities. This is what real change looks like — led by women, supported by community, and powered by opportunity. UN Women UN Women India UN Women Asia and the Pacific LinkedIn India

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Prepare to get inspired! What happens when smart screens replace chalkboards in a small municipal school? When underprivileged students and their teachers get smart tech, STEM labs, and clean water, the transformation is inspirational! Coming soon – the journey of these school children, along with Sandvik and Plan India

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We believe that all children, particularly girls from poor and disadvantaged families, access and complete education from pre-primary to secondary levels, thus realising their right to inclusive and quality education.

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Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are among the leading causes of death in India. Digital health access, patient tracking, and community-level intervention can play an important role in effective prevention and management. Plan India’s Young Health Programme (YHP), in collaboration with NHM, NPCDCS, and BBMP, organized a Healthcare Orientation Program in Bengaluru yesterday, equipping 90 frontline healthcare professionals with advanced skills and tools to enhance NCD care. Experts like Dr Smita Rawat (Regional Health Office, Govt. of India), Dr Venketesh (BBMP-Govt. of Karnataka), and Dr Adarsh (NCD-Cell, Govt. of India) shared insights on strengthening early intervention, integrating NCD management into primary healthcare, and improving grassroots implementation. Dr. Myl Kumaran (WHO-NCD) introduced global best practices, while Dr. Pallavi Mishra (Swasthya Sankalp, IPE Global Karnataka) conducted a session on optimizing digital health tools like the National NCD Portal for better patient tracking and care. This milestone was made possible by AstraZeneca India’s unwavering support to the Young Health Programme aimed at strengthening India’s healthcare workforce and driving real, lasting change.

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A brighter path, powered by the sun In many rural parts of India, as the sun sets, streets fall silent. With limited electricity the day ends early — limiting mobility, human connections and safety, especially for girls and women in the public spaces. Project Ujala is leveraging abundant sunshine as a sustainable power source by lighting up strategic community spaces, and busy streets by installing solar lights in over 250 villages across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Uttarakhand. The 1,000 solar lights are more than street lights — they’re providing a dependable, low-maintenance public lighting system that enables: Girls and women to move freely and safely after sunset Communities to remain connected after sunset A greener, sustainable public lighting solution in remote areas In places where the sun always shines, solar is not just a solution — it’s an opportunity. Read More: https://www.planindia.org/

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Plan India Children Literary Festival

Plan India is back with the 2nd Edition of its flagship National Children Literary Festival (CLF) to be held at Hyderabad during 29-31 January. The Festival provides a platform for children to discover the joy of reading and reimagine gender in textbooks, stories, and images. It engages children to play a central role in ensuring that girls and boys are able to learn, lead, decide and thrive.

CLF’s goal is to promote child-led advocacy with educationists, policy-makers teachers’ associations, writers, story-tellers, and publishers thus promoting quality education, joyful classroom learning and gender equality in children’s literature, stories, and textbooks.

The 1st Edition of the National Children Literary Festival was organised in April 2018 in Lucknow which was participated by more than 300 school children, experts and development professionals from 10 states.

The 2nd Edition at Hyderabad would see the participation of 130 girls and boys aged 11 to 15 years from Plan India’s programmes in states like Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

Before the national event in Hyderabad, more than 100,000 girls and boys from schools in Plan India supported communities would participate in regional activities at the school, block and state levels. During the regional activities, children would engage in reading, understanding the concepts of gender equality and learning to communicate through creative writing and art workshops.

Objective of the National Children Literary Festival

Takeovers can help raise awareness, begin a meaningful process with stakeholders and create lasting change. In other words, we hope to:

Build the national collective of children, educationists, policy makers, teachers, writers, parents, and School Management Committees to promote reading habits in school children.

Provide a platform for children to interact with policy makers, educationists, teachers, writers, story-tellers and publishers for influencing and advocacy to publish low-cost, gender-sensitive and inclusive children’s books and stories.

Improve skills of children in using communications and media tools and enable them to use such tools for bringing social change at the local level.

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Meet Deepti, a 22-year-old passionate Youth Leadership Academy Ambassador from India. Growing up in a land of vibrant cultures and pressing challenges, Deepti’s determination to drive positive change is stronger than ever. From providing free education to children who can't afford it to advocating for environmental education in schools, Deepti is empowering local communities and championing sustainability. She believes in collective action for a cleaner, greener future, promoting solar energy and resource conservation. Watch the video to see how Deepti leads the way toward a more equitable and sustainable world! Plan International Asia Pacific Plan International Pilipinas

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NGO for Girl Child Education India-PlanIndia

Imagine the classrooms emptying. In India, 5.2% of students leave by middle school, 10.9% by secondary. With 24.80 Crore students, millions of futures lost. And, girls face disproportionate challenges. Support them in staying in school because education is the key stepping stone to success. Your tax-deductible donation to Plan India provides targeted support, root cause solutions, and advocacy. This tax season, be a lifeline. Invest in education, and claim your 80G tax benefits. Donate today and claim your 80G tax benefits - https://www.planindia.org/get-involved/make-a-donation/support-a-child-2/ (source - UDISE report)

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Millions of girls in India still face barriers like poverty, lack of resources, and social norms; that keep them away from learning. Why stop at 90.3% when we can reach 100%? Your tax-saving 80G donation can help bridge the gap and ensure every child has access to quality learning. Give today, change a life, and save on taxes. Donate today and claim your 80G tax benefits. https://www.planindia.org/get-involved/make-a-donation/support-a-child-2

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Plan India World NGO Day 2025

World NGO Day, This #WorldNGODay, we celebrate the unwavering commitment of our grassroots field workers and employees who work tirelessly to uplift underprivileged girls and transform communities. Our team is excited to share their everyday inspiration, challenges, and the joy of witnessing impact firsthand. From the field to the frontlines, their dedication creates real, lasting change every day. Whether it’s empowering girls through education, ensuring healthcare reaches those in need, or creating opportunities for a brighter future they are the driving force behind our interventions. Drop a in the comments to show your support. Join us in appreciating their incredible efforts!

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Plan India School on Wheels

School on Wheels (SOW) is an integrated approach towards improving the quality of education for underprivileged children. It seeks to ensure pre-primary and primary education for all children up to the age of 14 leading to their overall development.

The project has been implemented in the South Mumbai slums by Plan India’s partner NGO Door Step School. The key component of the project is a bus designed as a mobile class room to provide alternate educational facilities to street children and pavement dwellers. Efforts are being made to enrol these children in formal schools at the beginning of the next financial year. Other key components of the project include a community based educational programme, school partnership programme and working with adolescent children from the community.

 Since 2008, the project has so far directly benefitted more than 5,000 children between the age group of 3-18 years. Conducting four classes a day, School on Wheels has reaches out to more than 800 children a year. The parents have also started taking an interest, talking to the teachers about their child’s problems.

Apart from this, community based educational programmes were organised in seven slum communities with coverage of 524 children. 12 Balwadis reached 393 children (49% boys & 51% girls). 99% children associated with the project continued their formal schooling and did not drop out. 77% children were regular and had attendance of more than 50% with an average attendance of 20 children per class. Additionally, 756 children benefitted from attending computer classes and 726 children from Byculla Municipal School were supported through school partnership programmes. Approximately, 509 children from 1st - 4th standard were given reading lessons with 97% succeeding to reach the project target.

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Plan India swachh bharat swachh vidyalaya

In 2015, the Government of India launched Smart Cities Mission, an initiative to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life by enabling local development and harnessing technology. The mission also includes developing school infrastructure and improving classroom activities. Plan India, with USAID and Coca Cola India, launched the ‘Urban WASH - Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya’ (SBSV) project to support the Government of India’s Smart City Mission.

The three-year project which concluded in July 2019, has created a replicable model for developing need-based child-friendly WASH infrastructure in schools. It also advocated the effective use of this infrastructure and its eventual ownership by School Management Committees (SMCs). SBSV created age, gender and ability appropriate infrastructure in 20 schools each in three cities - Vishakhapatnam, Pune and Dehradun. All 3 of these will now scale the project across all government schools in their respective municipalities with support from Plan’s implementation partners.

 The project aimed at helping duty bearers, teachers, SMCs, community members and children in realising their right to equitable and sustainable access to improved sanitation facilities and safe drinking water. It also worked to increase awareness on the impact of open defecation and hygiene on health. It prioritised developmental aspects to ensure better enrolment, retention and development of the children and building a conducive learning atmosphere to promote continued education.

SBSV empowered Child WASH Parliaments (Bal Swachhata Samitis) to take part in the close monitoring, proper use and maintenance of school WASH infrastructure. The project engaged municipal and education department personnel for delivering on their responsibilities towards ensuring quality WASH in identified schools. The emphasis was on the participation of girls and engagement around menstrual hygiene management helped address dropout rates.

Plan India developed knowledge products and presented them to the government to ensure sustained maintenance of WASH infrastructure and continued hygienic practices. School WASH forums were established under the aegis of government officials, CSOs, multilateral organisations and the private sector for sustained impact and scalability. Of special note is the development of the children as agents of change to lead the interventions themselves.

Highlights

40 million rupees mobilised by Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) for SBSV model due to Plan’s efforts.

24,870 children (58.2% girls) provided access to potable water and safe sanitation

14% increase (13% for girls) in school enrolment

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In a remote village in Telangana, a young girl once had no choice but to drop out of school and marry early. But with support from Plan India, Sangeetha defied the odds. With support from someone like you Plan helped her become aware of her rights, and the confidence to say NO to early marriage. The support helped her continue her education. This is what your donation can make possible for other children in difficult circumstances. Donate today and get an 80G tax exemption while making a differenc -

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Support a Child in India with Plan India

Growing up in a family of 10 siblings, Rezina* had little access to education. When the Plan India team found her struggling with foundational learning, they promptly enrolled her in a supplementary learning center. With mentorship, academic support, and exposure to STEM education, she not only improved her grades but also successfully passed her 10th board exams—a milestone that gave her the confidence to pursue Science in higher studies. Today, she’s breaking barriers, studying Science—a field where girls from her community rarely go. Your support can help more girls like Rezina access education and change their future. Donate today and get an 80G tax exemption while making a difference -

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Plan india Youth leadership academy

Meet Girish, a 22-year-old Youth Leadership Academy Ambassador from India, deeply committed to river conservation. As a first-generation learner, Girish founded YOGI (Youth Organization for Green India) to engage young people in climate action, and he has mobilized over 1,000 youth for river stewardship.

His fight against illegal sand mining in the Girna River inspired him to work with renowned environmentalist Dr. Rajendra Singh, the "Waterman of India." Through initiatives like the Pawana Nadi Samvad Yatra, Girish is empowering communities to advocate for sustainable solutions to water issues. Watch more of Girish’s journey in protecting our rivers and creating a greener future for all!

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Plan India once without hope now a school topper

In a village in the hills of Uttarakhand, 17-year-old Archana exemplifies determination and transformation. Born into a modest household, Archana’s father worked as a daily-wage laborer, and her mother managed their home. The family struggled with limited income, and could not afford to send her to school. Despite these hardships, Archana envisioned a brighter future.

When she was 10 years old, the future seemed lost to her. Thanks to the generosity of an everyday hero who sponsored Archana through Plan India, Archana’s life turned around.

It was not just her education, but Plan India was able to support Archana, her family and her community through programs on quality education, gender equality, health, and nutrition. Archana and her family actively engaged in initiatives such as BAL Panchayat sessions, tuberculosis awareness, menstrual hygiene campaigns, and self-defense workshops. Events like International Girls’ Day inspired her to break free from societal constraints, while her parents, initially hesitant about her education, were persuaded by Plan India’s outreach to recognize its value.

This mindset shift led her parents to support her application to a school nearby, laying a strong foundation for her academic journey. Fueled by her hard work, confidence, and the skills she gained, Archana scored an impressive 93% in her Class 10 board exams. She became the first girl in her village to achieve such success, inspiring others and challenging norms.

Archana’s achievements sparked a change in her community, encouraging other families to prioritize girls’ education. Today, she continues her studies with the dream of becoming a teacher and providing financial stability for her family. Archana’s story isn’t just about her academic achievements—it’s a testament to the ripple effect of empowerment.

If you would like to be a part of such a journey for a child, Plan India would be thrilled to have you join us.

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