“Ever since I can remember I’ve had this dream of changing the world for the better.” Can you imagine if everyone in the world felt this way? Zahra, another one of our amazing Speakers’ Bureau girls, says this dream was her motivation to join the Because I am a Girl movement and her commitment to raising [...]

Julia, one of the members of our Speakers’ Bureau Dream Team (as I like to call it) knows exactly why she joined the Because I am a Girl movement: “It is more than just getting the government to sign a piece of paper and assigning Sept 22nd the day of the girl. It is about [...]

On Saturday night, I had to make a speech. AAAaaaaak! (*Speakers’ Bureau Girls, I don’t know how you do it!). But, it was for a good cause: Because I am a Girl, of course! A Toronto Women’s Choir, the Cantores Celestes, held a concert this weekend and donated $1000 of ticket sales to Because I [...]

Check out this great video where athlete and model Aimee Mullins talks about disability and girl power. She’s got it in spades!

Join us for the Markham Women’s 5K & Girls’ 1K on Sunday, May 9th, 2010. We are raising funds to support the Tanzania Girls School Residence Project through the Because I am a Girl campaign at Plan Canada. We are offering a women’s-only 5K Run/Walk and a 1K Run/Walk for girls under 12, on a [...]

Maneesa says that watching the Because I am a Girl commercial on TV was a “wake up call”. “I have been through, seen and heard of a lot of discrimination against girls and the ad went straight to my heart. I realized that I am a confident, young women and I have a voice. I [...]

Maddy, age 8, is the youngest in a long line of Plan supporters. Her mom, Sara Sterling, remembers her family sponsoring a Plan Foster Child when she was young, and now she has gotten her husband and daughter involved as well. “We always keep the picture of our foster child on the fridge” says Sterling. [...]

Seven years ago, Lynette Trott had never rock climbed. This month, she’s climbing Everest. And she’s climbing it for Girls. After reading a magazine article on Plan’s Because I am a Girl campaign, she was moved enough to tackle the highest mountain on earth for the cause of girls around the world. On her site, [...]

Today I was thinking about the fact that even though I’ve only been involved with Because I am a Girl for a few months, I’ve already been able to meet so many girls that are doing amazing things for girls around the world. From fundraising to awareness raising, these girls kick butt! There’s Beatrice who [...]

Meet Marie Dumay Miracles.  She’s a perfect example of how the Because I am a Girl approach works. Today, Marie is a Civil Engineer, and the Deputy Mayor of her home town in Haiti.  But, it wasn’t always clear that Marie would be able to reach this level of success and have the chance to [...]