Plan International Finland

Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation that works together with children, young people, supporters and partners to strive for a just world, where we are all equal.

Plan has been operating in Finland since 1998. Plan International was founded in 1937.

Plan has no religious or political affiliations. Tens of thousands of Finns support our work and share our mission to remove poverty and fulfill children’s rights and equality for girls across the globe.

We believe that gender equality is central to achieving long-term change. We have a vision of a world that values girls, promotes their rights and ends injustice.

In addition to development projects and child sponsorship in developing countries, we also work on a national level in Finland, focus on corporate partnerships, advocacy work and communication. We not only listen to children but ask them to actively participate in our work and make decisions for themselves.

Plan International Finland receives funding from individual donors, corporate partners, The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the EU and the UN. Through Plan, your help is delivered quickly and reliably. Plan International works in over 80 countries.

Please visit our Plan International website for more information on Plan’s international work.

How we work

Plan International Finland is an independent part of Plan International. Our work is guided by Plan International’s new five-year strategy to improve the lives of 200 million girls. Our strategy supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Our work is also guided by Plan International’s international safeguarding guidelines and those supplemented by Plan International Finland, as well as Plan International’s Code of Ethics and other operational guidelines. Our staff and stakeholders are committed to our guidelines, and we have an independent Whistleblowing reporting channel through which anyone can safely and confidentially report any concerns of non-compliance.

As part of the Global Plan, we are committed to the Pledge for Change, an initiative to renew the role of NGOs in humanitarian aid and development.

As an employer, Plan International Finland is a member of the Social Employers’ Association of the Confederation of Finnish Industries and complies with the collective agreement for social sector organizations.