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Youth & Educators

Youth have an important role in addressing the world's most pressing issues, such as poverty, child exploitation and HIV and AIDS.
Youth have an important role in addressing the world's most pressing issues, such as poverty, child exploitation and HIV and AIDS.

Plan's Youth Engagement and Action program is building and strengthening a network of young people, youth groups and organizations, and adult allies who raise awareness and take action on issues that affect children and youth around the world.

YEA's mission is to build and strengthen a global youth-led grassroots movement that works for a world where all people have the right to live in just and sustainable societies.

We believe that young people have the power to make positive change, and that youth have an important role in addressing the world’s most pressing issues.

Get Involved

Check out YEA’s youth program, Youth United for Global Action and Awareness (YUGA), and start a chapter in your school or community center. Learn about what young people are doing all over the world and access resources to help get your chapter moving!

View our Events Calendar to see what’s going on in your area, and learn how to host a Walk for Wells in your community.

In the Classroom

Plan International and YEA have developed a variety of educational resources for both teachers and student groups about global issues.

Educators
Click here to view a variety of resources for incorporating global education in the classroom. Download one of our curriculum series developed in partnership with Weekly Reader, or borrow a film from our film library.

Enroll in our School-2-School Linking program and connect your classroom with youth in Plan’s program countries! Our Walk for Wells program also has accompanying classroom activities related to math, science, reading, and writing to educate students about WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) in developing countries.

Students
Click here for resources developed especially for students. Learn about the issues and share your knowledge with others to make positive change. Download toolkits with information about a variety of global issues including child exploitation, HIV/AIDS, and global poverty.

Read youth-friendly reports from Plan International for background information, or borrow a movie from our film library to show at your next YUGA meeting. Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to learn about the issues and stay connected with youth all over the world!

Stay Connected

Interested in receiving the most up-to-date news on what we're doing and how you can help?

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