[Video] A special message for you this Donor Love Month

February is Donor Love Month at Plan International. It’s our time to celebrate you!

Every day, you bring hope, opportunity and joy to the children and young people who need it most. To show our appreciation, our team created a short thank you video just for you.

How your support makes a difference

Your kindness shapes real change around the world. Here are just a few of the ways you have made a difference for girls and young people.

You helped girls like Fatmata to learn and grow

With your support, school feeding programs reached more than one million children, including 11-year-old Fatmata from Sierra Leone.

ā€œNow, when I come to school, I know I will eat,ā€ Fatmata says. ā€œI don’t worry about food anymore. Now, I worry about passing my exams.ā€

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Fatmata (right) can concentrate on her education thanks to a school meal program in Sierra Leone. | Ā© Plan International

You brought clean water to Eci’s village

Eci, 14, used to spend every morning carrying water from the river to her home, hiking a dangerous path and often arriving late to school. ButĀ with your support,Ā Plan built the infrastructure to help bring clean water to her village in Indonesia.

ā€œNow, in the mornings, I’m never late, and the teachers don’t ask us to bring water to school anymore,ā€ Eci shares.

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Eci no longer faces dangerous walks to the river to collect water for her family. | Ā© Plan International

You created ripples that last for generations

Former Plan International sponsored child Nancy knows from experience how a child can transform when they feel supported and valued. The encouragement she received from her sponsor gave her the confidence to pursue her dreams.

Today, Nancy teaches at a Plan-supported early childhood development center in the Chalatenango region.

"Perhaps life placed this project of caring for young children in my hands to give back what I received in my childhood," Nancy reflects.

As an educator, Nancy feels she can give back the support she received as a child. | Ā© Plan International

Watch Nancy’s storyĀ here.

Thank you

Because of you, more children, especially girls, and young people are free to learn, lead, decide and thrive. From all of us at Plan International — thank you for believing in every child’s potential. Together, we won’t stop until we are all equal.

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