Plan believes that children have the right to shape their future. A key part of our work is to provide children and young people with opportunities to participate in decisions and plans which affect them. We work with them, their families and communities through our child centred community development approach to improve their lives, by strengthening local capacities and resources, and faciliate their empowerment to take their own development forward.
We work with civil society, local authorities, the government and the private sector. Our work influences issues at every level: from a local community's policy on education to the creation of international coalitions on children's rights.
Plan's work in the Dominican Republic is focussed around four strategic programs:
