Plan Regional Office for The Americas (ROA) works in 12 countries in Latin America with the most vulnerable children, families and communities to achieve lasting improvements in their quality of life.
They take the child centered community development approach, supporting communities to develop the structures and skills needed to provide a safe and healthy environment, in which children can achieve their full potential.
This can be achieved only if children’s best interests are at the heart of everything they do, and if children themselves actively participate in the process.
Where they work in the Americas
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Bolivia |
Guatemala |
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Brazil |
Haiti |
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Colombia |
Honduras |
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Dominican Republic |
Nicaragua |
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Ecuador |
Paraguay |
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El Salvador |
Peru |
Priorities
In the Americas, approximately 2 out of every 5 people who live in extreme poverty are children under the age of 12. Around 82,000,000 children aged under 12 and 36,000,000 adolescents aged 13 to 19 live in poverty.
Another 6,000,000 boys and girls are victims of serious abuse every year. At the same time, 80,000 children and adolescents die as a result of domestic violence.
As a human rights-based organization, Plan’s approach is dedicated to facilitate the capacity-building of states and their institutions, families and civil society, and the children and youth themselves to promote and uphold child rights.
Action Plan
To this end, Plan’s strategic framework for the Americas defines 5 action lines for response in the region:
Plan is committed to respect, defend and promote the rights of children and youth. All of Plan’s programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean have been defined in response and adapted to the political, economic and socio-cultural context of each country. The programmatic areas are the right to:
