Plan International is an international development and humanitarian organisation that works with children and girls in over 80 countries to help create a world where we are all equal. Its work advances children's rights and equality for girls, so that vulnerable children, especially girls, can learn, lead, decide and thrive.

The organisation was founded in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge. Today it works across Africa, the Americas and Asia, combining child sponsorship and grassroots community work with partnerships with local organisations, the private sector and international institutions, and with policy influencing at local and global levels.

Its focus includes girls' rights, tackling discrimination against girls in education, health, work and family life, work in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and disaster preparedness and recovery.

Plan International in Bangladesh

Plan International has worked in Bangladesh since 1994. Its programmes focus on health, education and economic security in metropolitan Dhaka and four districts: Dinajpur, Gazipur, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari. Working with 30 partner organisations, its work benefits more than 3.5 million people.

Global headquarters: Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. Bangladesh office: Dhaka.