Change Children’s Future by Education

In Lai Chau Province of Vietnam, children there struggled  to return to school even though the schools gradually resumed classes. Teachers had to go on a six-hour journey with food, stationeries and other gifts to visit the children’s families in remote villages, just to persuade the parents to let their children continue their studies. With the efforts of teachers, we are pleased to see a greater number of students return to school ! From the end of October to early November in 2021 as the lockdown was easing slowly, Plan International purchased and delivered 10 screens and projectors for two Vietnam schools to improve the learning environment of approximately 800 students and to change their future by education.

Menstruation Will No Longer Be a Curse to Nepali Girls

Menstruation is considered as “unclean” in Nepal. Other than facing severe discrimination, Nepali girls are even isolated in menstrual huts where they might get hypothermia in winter. The unreasonably high selling price of sanitary pads in Nepal also forces girls in poverty to use old cloths as substitutes, which might lead to illness. With the support from our donors, Plan International launched the “Breaking Silence” project in Secondary School in Nepal. Educational activities on menstruation were organised and hygiene management facilities including new toilets, hand washing stations, sanitary vending machines and small incinerators were built so that girls can enjoy a carefree period in school.