Plan USA

Plan International USA is a publicly funded American non-profit charitable organization, deriving its income from a combination of individual contributions and private and federal grants.

She proceeds to the position being helped by Mustafa Kudrati for 10 months and Dr. Tessie San Martin, who served for 11 years and stepped down in 2021.

[9] In addition, the Plan USA Youth Advisory Board is a youth-led group that advises the organization on projects and participates in events.

[26] This approach amplifies the voices of vulnerable and marginalized girls by including them in all stages of a project life-cycle – from defining the problem to program evaluation.

[27] In October 2022, Plan USA’s We Are the Girls campaign launched in the U.S. to address gender inequality domestically and around the world.

[28] The campaign’s goal is to promote girls’ leadership to end gender inequality and fight its root causes through girl-led projects related to education, health, protection, youth equality and economic empowerment.

[29] The launch of the campaign was accompanied by partnerships with Unsplash, Z100 and UNIQLO to garner support for Plan’s $200 million goal and encourage people to sign the We Are the Girls pledge.

The organization is also featured in the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, published in 2009.