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Register for the Sunday Mail Suncorp Bridge to Brisbane fun run today. Then set up your own fundraising appeal online, and help raise money for Plan priority projects.
Media Releases
Sri Lankan children are back to school too thanks to Victorian Government $1.2 million tsunami grant
As children around Australia returned to school last week, 3000 Sri Lankan children - whose schools were damaged or destroyed by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami - are back to school with smiles stretching half-way around the world to Australia, thanks to international development agency Plan and a $1.2 million grant from the Victorian Government.
Features
Year of the Rat profitable for rural families in China
Today is Chinese New Year which begins the Year of the Rat in 2008. Chinese mother Hao Lang from a poor rural village in Shaanxi province has a lot in common with the Rat.
Photo Galleries
VIETNAM: Plan's work in 2006
Video Gallery
Hear My Voice - Youth Media Documentary (preview)
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Global Child
Global Child Winter 2008
In this issue...
- Early learning in Asia
- What is Early Childhood Care & Development and why is it so important?
- Native rice brings prosperity to farmers in the Philippines
- Child Sponsorship: India's Mysore community celebrates sustainability
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