Plan Brazil's Child Nutrition Project

Work on malnutrition, low access to clean drinking water, and sanitation is done through giving parents information and support to provide their children with nutrition and care, providing families with the tools to increase their income to feed their children, and helping families access clean water and improve sanitation. (See the Plan Brazil segment of the video below.) For example, through participator demonstrations at community and early child development centres, rural women are shown how to make a vitamin-based drink from food they can harvest locally - orange peel, carrots, soy products, lime, papaya, etc., showing them how to make what children need from their own resources.

Plan works with communities, intending to put them in charge of their own development, by assisting people in decision-making which directly affects their lives and helping local charities and community groups protect children’s rights. For example, Plan brings together a group of Babaçu palm nut breakers - indigenous and Afro Brazilian women - to discuss health and education and share practical information on ways they can make an income.

Nutrition, Children, Education

In addition to working on nutrition, early childhood education, and women's economic development, Plan Brazil works on child protection from societal violence and exploitation through child rights promotion including birth registration. In 2011, Plan concluded a survey on school bullying in Brazil, involving 5,000 pupils from across the country. The results are being used to make schools in the region safer and ensure they become more stimulating learning environments. Plan also addresses sexual and reproductive health for mothers and addresses the health of adolescents, with emphasis on the prevention of HIV and AIDS.