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The Convention on the Rights of the Child is 18 this year! Photo by Annie Heslop

The Convention on the Rights of the Child is 18 this year! Photo by Annie Heslop

This is where you'll find the resources to help you get going. If there is something you need that is not here, please contact us at yuga@planusa.org and we may be able to help you find it.

2008 Campaigns
Issues
Other resources & guides
Educators
Volunteer opportunities

2008 Campaigns
Child Exploitation Campaign
Climate Change Campaign
Global Poverty Campaign
World AIDS Day Campaign

Issues
Are you looking for more information? We've compiled lots of data, stories and interesting facts that will satisfy even the most curious . . .
HIV/AIDS
Child Soldiers
Child Labor
Child Trafficking
Climate Change
Global Poverty

Download talking points on the issues {.pdf, 88k} to make a presentation.

Other resources & guides
Guide on How to Start a YUGA Chapter {.pdf, 437k}
Guide to Starting a School-School Link

Sign up for our Monthly YEA eNewsletter (see top of this page) for updates on issues, ideas for running YUGA meetings, workshops on topics, and other ways you can get involved. You can also check out back issues of the eNewsletter in our YEA eNewsletter archive.

Check out the YUGA Calendar of Events to find out what’s happening this month!

Take a look at our film library — we have dozens of films on global issues, many of them created by youth!

Listen to radio broadcasts on the issues.
Rwanda, child headed households
Togo, child trafficking
Uganda, child soldiers

Educators!
Download educational resources for your classroom and to help you and your students spread awareness and learn more about issues impacting the world!

Learn more about the countries where Plan has offices and the work we are supporting there.

Contact us for more information on classroom resources, interactive workshops and presentations, and support to bring global issues into your classroom in creative ways.

Volunteer opportunities!
Contact us for internship opportunities within Plan USA’s YEA program.

Amigos de las Americas and Plan USA are partnering to send interested youth to Latin America for volunteer opportunities. Amigos de las Americas
Amigos de las Americas is an international, non-profit organization with over 40 years experience in sending students to Latin America for summer community health projects. Now, AMIGOS and Plan USA have renewed their partnership to provide you with an overseas opportunity of a lifetime! Read this brochure about the AMIGOS experience {.pdf, 157K} to learn more. You can also contact us at Yuga@planusa.org for further information.

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