Last week you heard from 9-year-old Maddy about her experiences in Tanzania.  Today, hear another perspective from Heather, a Plan staffer who travelled with Maddy and Sara to Tanzania on their recent trip.  She shares about why this trip was important, how girls in Tanzania are different from girls in Canada, what its like to [...]

Remember Haiti? At the beginning of this year, the crisis following the earthquake in Haiti was all over the news. But now, 7 months later, you only hear the occasional story. Plan was working in Haiti well before the earthquake, and continues to do so, focusing its efforts on children, communities and their families. Last [...]

I have been an advocate of Girls Rights since before I knew what “Girls Rights” meant. My mother left home when she was fourteen.  She faced abuse at the hands of my father.  She raised three children as a single parent, without a high school degree, on government assistance.  She was an amazingly capable mother, [...]

Today we met with some girls from the Britannia Secondary School in Vancouver. While at the school we were also surprised by a visit from Plan Canada’s newest spokesperson, Filipino-Canadian pop star, Elise Estrada.  Elise is very excited about being part of Plan’s Because I Am A Girl campaign and she is looking forward to [...]