# Plan Canada > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Plan_Canada > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Plan_Canada.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Canada > Source revision: 1332762374 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Non-profit organization}} {{For|the Mexican policy in Chiapas|Plan Cañada}} {{Multiple issues| {{Promotional|date=February 2020}} {{Independent sources|date=February 2020}} }} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} '''Plan International Canada''' is the Canadian arm of the relief organization [Plan International](/source/Plan_International),{{cite web|url=http://plancanada.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=201|title=About Plan|publisher=Plan Canada|accessdate=February 8, 2010}} a [not-for-profit](/source/Non-profit_organization) [global movement](/source/Social_movement) that promotes [social justice](/source/social_justice) for youth and their families in around 75 [developing countries](/source/developing_country). Plan International and Plan International Canada have no stated [political](/source/Political_affiliation) or [religious affiliation](/source/religious_affiliation). Plan International is a member agency of the [Humanitarian Coalition](/source/Humanitarian_Coalition).{{cite web |title=Humanitarian Coalition - Who we are |url=http://humanitariancoalition.ca/about-us/who-we-are |accessdate=October 17, 2012 |publisher=The Humanitarian Coalition}} ==History== {{Main|Plan (aid organisation)}} During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), the organization became known as the "Foster Parents Plan for War Children" and worked in [England](/source/England), helping [displaced children](/source/Diaspora) in Europe. Foster Parents Plan opened new programs in [less developed countries](/source/Less_Developed_Countries) and was renamed "Foster Parents Plan Inc.". Foster Parents Plan of Canada was incorporated in 1968. In the 1980s, [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Germany](/source/Germany), [Japan](/source/Japan), and the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) joined [Canada](/source/Canada), the [US](/source/United_States), [Australia](/source/Australia), and the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) as donor countries. Plan was recognized by the [Economic and Social Council](/source/Economic_and_Social_Council_of_the_United_Nations) of the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations). In the 1990s, Plan offices opened in [France](/source/France), [Norway](/source/Norway), [Finland](/source/Finland), [Denmark](/source/Denmark), [Sweden](/source/Sweden), and [South Korea](/source/South_Korea). In the 2000s, the name Plan International was changed to "Plan". In 2006, Foster Parents Plan in Canada also changed its name to Plan and the logo was updated. In 2011, with support from the [Canadian government](/source/Government_of_Canada), Plan called on the UN to adopt October 11 as the [International Day of the Girl Child](/source/International_Day_of_the_Girl_Child).{{Cite web|url=https://plan-international.org/because-i-am-a-girl|title=Because I am a Girl - History|website=Plan International}} Plan International's [Because I Am a Girl](/source/Because_I_Am_a_Girl) initiative launched on the first International Day of the Girl in 2012. In 2015, Plan rebranded again as [Plan International](/source/Plan_International). ==Projects== In November 2007, Plan Canada traveled to Haiti with [R&B](/source/R%26B) singer [George Nozuka](/source/George_Nozuka) to film a documentary on [restavek](/source/restavek)s in Haiti. In July 2008, Plan Canada launched its Global Food Crisis Report. In December 2008, Plan Canada shipped [medical supplies](/source/medical_supplies) to [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe) to treat people during the [cholera outbreak](/source/2023%E2%80%932024_Zimbabwe_cholera_outbreak). In January 2009, Plan Canada's partnership with The Girls' Rights Program resulted in a Girls' Rights Tour. In May 2009, Plan announced its intent to distribute {{Currency|300,000|IDR}} in aid to [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka). In April 2009, the company received {{Currency|900,000|CAD}} from [''Slumdog Millionaire''](/source/Slumdog_Millionaire). In January 2011, Plan Canada's [Because I Am a Girl](/source/Because_I_Am_a_Girl) won a Gold Cassie in the not-for-profit category.[http://cassies.ca/winners/2011/cassies.ca/winners/2011Winners/winners.html "2011 Winners"]. Cassie Award website Plan Canada also partnered with the clothing company Olsen Europe to establish the Friendship Collection. Plan's short film, ''Flood Children of'' [''Holdibari''](/source/Haldibari_(community_development_block)),{{Citation |title=Flood Children of Holdibari |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJFVqCoA4yA |access-date=2023-03-08 |language=en}} won first place in the 2009 World Bank's Social Dimensions of Climate Change section of their film festival. ==References== ==External links== * [https://plancanada.ca/ Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130824042506/http://becauseiamagirl.ca/ Because I Am A Girl] Category:Children's charities based in Canada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Plan Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Canada) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Canada?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.