Development organization Plan

Plan is an international humanitarian development organization that achieves lasting improvements in the quality of life of children in developing countries. Plan has no political, governmental or religious affiliations. Plan has been working for and on behalf of children for 70 years, and its awareness-raising activities in Finland began in 1998. Today Plan is active in 66 countries worldwide and has adopted 1.3 million godchildren, through which it reaches more than 15 million children and their families in developing countries.

Kemira and Plan co-operate to support children’s right to water, health and development by arranging concrete projects in different countries.

“A water related responsibility target was a natural choice for Kemira, which concentrates more and more on water related chemistry based on its new strategy”, says Leena Lie, Kemira's VP of Marketing and Communications. “Water is one of the most important prerequisites for life and clean water is a basic requirement for us. The right to water is also closely related to basic human rights”, she continues.

The Kemira - Plan co-operation also gives Kemira’s employees the opportunity to take part in the activities through Plan’s country organizations and to arrange for example events in the several countries where Kemira has representation. It is important that the co-operation is of shared interest among all employees and that everyone has the possibility to contribute.

“The co-operation with Plan in global development projects strengthens Kemira’s position as a good global citizen and gives the corporation an opportunity to contribute to the global well-being through its own water know-how”, says Harri Kerminen, Kemira’s CEO. ”The co-operation unites the core competences of Kemira and Plan in an excellent way”, Plan’s Secretary General Riitta Weiste adds.

Plan and Kemira: a Partnership for Water

Kemira works in co-operation with Plan, one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. Kemira and Plan work together to safeguard children's rights to water, health and development through special projects in Ethiopia, Bolivia and India.

The programme focusing on the survival and development of children in Ethiopia divides its efforts between improving water and sanitation services and preventing diseases of infancy and childhood.
An early education programme in Bolivia promotes comprehensive child development beginning at pregnancy. This includes training parents and foster parents in providing a stimulating environment, proper nutrition and clean water in early childhood, and in the importance of hygiene.
The objective in India is to contribute to rural school children in having good hygiene practices and adequate school water and sanitation (WASH) infrastructure and provide dedicated facilities for girls.

Learn more about Kemira's cooperation with Plan

	Kemira supports Plan to train Ethiopian parents on child-health issues Plan’s programme of health training and clean water supply has given opportunities for many Ethiopian children. The programme in Ethiopia supports the parents and community officials to prevent communicable diseases and malnutrition. Read more about Plan’s programme of health training and clean water supply in Ethiopia
	Child’s right to life often equals right to water Since summer 2010, water has been acknowledged as human right by the UN. Despite progress over the recent years in meeting the global development targets for clean drinking water, having to spend several hours a day collecting water remains the reality for millions of women and children living in developing countries. Read more about the right to water
	Plan Bolivia’s early childhood care project supports the development of under school aged children As part of the cooperation with Plan, Kemira supports the early childhood care and development project in Bolivia. The project works in 332 communities in 14 municipalities. More than 25 000 people, including children, teachers, community mentors, public health nurses and nannies, have participated in the project. Read more about the project in Bolivia
	12 months since the Haiti earthquake - Plan works for safety, schooling and jobs The young people of Haiti need protection, education and job opportunities if the earthquake-ravaged country is to properly recover, says children’s organisation, Plan International. One year after the disaster, the nation finds itself at a crossroads – but only strong and swift decisions by the government will take it down the road to a fair and sustainable future. Read more about the recovery in Haiti
	Plan’s and Kemira’s water and sanitation project in China gives promising first results Kemira supports children’s rights to water, health and safe growth with Plan through projects. One of the projects was a school and community project in Zhang Cheng village in China, which aims to improve availability of potable water and sanitation in the local primary and middle schools. Read more about the water and sanitation project in China
	UN has declared access to clean water and sanitation a human right Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right, declared the UN General Assembly on Wednesday July 28, 2010. Read more about water as a human right
	Kemira collected 37 388 euros for Plan International to help Haiti Kemira people felt for the earthquake victims in Haiti and participated in Plan International’s charity collection to help them. Read more about the campaign result
	Clean water saves lives Clean water is a human right: the right to life, personal development and an adequate standard of living is meaningless without water. If water is available and rights are respected, however, then water is capable of saving lives and even preventing population displacement. This is the goal in places like Ethiopia, where Kemira is working for clean water in partnership with the development co-operation organisation Plan. Read more about the importance of water in Ethiopia
	Plan helps earthquake victims in Haiti - Kemira matches employees' donations Kemira encourages its employees to respond to Plan's appeal and make a donation for Haiti, and Kemira will donate as much to double the sum the Kemira employees are collecting. Read more about the campaign

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