Plan India

Plan India implements various programmes to support marginalised communities and vulnerable children with a special focus on the girl child. The o Read morerganisation's theme areas of work include adolescent and maternal health, child survival and optimal development. The programme works towards improving the health of mothers, children and adolescents by adopting a life cycle approach and promoting optimal growth and development. In the areas of water, sanitation and hygiene, the organisation includes initiatives which involve adopting community-led approaches focusing on collaborative behaviours to drive change at school/Anganwadi Centres (AWC)/household level leading to an increase in the number of Open Defecation Free (ODF) villages and slums. Further, in the area of education (including Early Childhood Care and Education), the organisation works to ensure education for all children, particularly girls. This also includes enhancing the pedagogical skills of all teachers and establishing School Management Committees to support schools in delivering quality learning outcomes among children. In the area of employment, the organisation includes initiatives which aim to increase the income level of families through three approaches namely Community Managed Micro Finance (CMMF), Job Oriented Vocational Training (JOVT) and Vocational Training for Enterprise Promotion (VTEP) for youth, with special focus on young women. Additionally, Plan India's disaster risk management programmes aim to provide children and youth, especially girls and their families with the knowledge and skills to adopt child-centred disaster risk management and climate change adaptation (including environment protection) practices and grow up safely in resilient communities.