Peru

Our plan in Peru

Plan is working at the grassroots level in Peru to empower communities to bring real and lasting change, so that their children have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

Plan started working in Peru in 1994 and currently has programs in more than 200 communities across a diverse range of regionsome which aim to address the followng issues affecting children:

• Limited access to healthcare and basic services
• Poor quality education
• High rates of disease
• Poverty and limited community and self-development opportunities
• Child rights
  

Plan’s programs and strategies to address these issues include:

Health

Plan Peru promotes improved health practices, including sexual and reproductive health awareness for adolescents.  Plan works to improve access to healthcare services, medical treatment and good nutrition to reduce the incidence of disease.

Education

With limited access to early childhood development, educational and vocational training services, Plan Peru works to improve access for all age groups, including an aim to achieve basic communications and mathematical competencies for children between six and twelve years of age.

Household economic security

Plan Peru works to improve children’s family economic situation and food security, and encourage greater community participation.

Child rights and participation

Plan Peru advocates the rights of children and works to build the capacity of families and the government to fulfill their obligations to protect and provide for children and adolescents.  Plan also encourages involvement from children and adolescents in decision making processes.

Country Facts

Country	Peru	Australia
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Population	27.6 Million	19.9 Million
Language	Spanish, Aymara and Quechua	English
Capital	Lima	Canberra
GDP per capita (USD/year)	2,490	$29,000
Life expectancy	70.2	80.3
Access to safe drinking water	83%	100%
Literacy	87.7%	100%
Source:	United Nations: Millennium Development Goals Report 2006