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No quality education without trained teachers!
Let's take advantage of World Teachers' Day on October 5 to remind ourselves of their essential role. No matter where you are in the world, beautiful buildings and textbooks are not enough to ensure participation, growth and success...
Phnom Penh: construction of water drainage system changes lives of residents
At the end of this summer, we have completed two rainwater drains in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. For the inhabitants of these districts, it is a relief. The sanitation and drainage infrastructures are still largely lacking...
International Day of Peace: what future for Burkina Faso?
It is in a context of growing insecurity in Burkina Faso that we celebrate this year the International Day of Peace on September 21. Estelle Dahani, Planète Enfants & Développement's Burkina Faso Manager, explains with...
Lá Nails: a social enterprise in Vietnam to train women
The practical and short term training, in a real context (adapted for young people in great difficulties), has been set up at the Nhan Dao vocational training center, in Ho Chi Minh City. It is a training in manicure in a salon open to the public...
How to support us on Facebook and Instagram?
Celebrating your birthday, wedding, housewarming, retirement, graduation or any other occasion? Collect donations directly on Facebook for Planète Enfants & Développement or encourage your followers to support us...
Lowering compulsory education to 3 years: yes but...?
Among the novelties introduced by this law, the lowering of the compulsory education to 3 years old. Planète Enfants & Développement is pleased that early childhood is on the government's agenda, but wonders about the implementation of this law.
Cambodia: a social center to welcome children after school
If this Monday, September 2nd was the beginning of the school year in France, 2 million Cambodian children are starting their school vacations to go back to school at the beginning of November. In Cambodia, many elementary school are over-staffed. The students are...
Creation of the maternal assistant profession in Burkina Faso
Since October 2018, Planète Enfants & Développement has been working to create the profession of Maternal Assistant in collaboration with the Burkinabe government and two local associations in the province of Yatenga: the AGB (Association des Gardes Bébés), which...
In Nepal, there are questions about the weight of school bags
Buddi Shrestha, program director in Nepal, was interested in the weight of school bags carried by children in his country. The main cause is the books that continue to be carried between school and home. However, various studies have shown that...
You did 2018, you do 2019!
The Essential in a nutshell? Thanks to our donors and partners, we accompanied nearly 22,000 people in 2018! Children, women, families benefited from 35 years of Planète Enfants & Développement's expertise across 20...
Urmila, victim of human trafficking, tells her story
Every year, 2.5 million people fall into the trap of human trafficking. This is what happened to Urmila*, a 34 year old Nepalese mother of two, who was exploited for 11 years in the entertainment industry before she met Planet...
Vietnam: congratulations to Phat, new graduate
Check out the testimonial from our newest graduate in Vietnam, Phat! Since we began working with Nhan Dao and Hung Vuong Vocational Training Centers in September 2017, we have coached 250 youth to improve their employability and...
A word from our new President, Emmanuelle Bourgueil
Following the General Assembly of June 22, 2019, Emmanuelle Bourgueil was elected President of the Board of Directors of Planète Enfants & Développement. She answers our questions, an opportunity to know her better! 1- Why and since when...
Cambodia: go on a trip like Jean-Claude
Following a stay in Nepal in 1999, struck by the poverty in Kathmandu and touched by the deprived children, Jean-Claude V. and his wife decided to support our association. A long-time donor, Jean-Claude was seduced last fall by a new project...
Meeting with Rosine Kiema, Biibop representative, at the Lafi Bala festival
On November 2, 2018, Biibop won the Lafi-Bala Prize at the 15th edition of the Ouagadougou International Handicrafts Fair (SIAO) for its networking with Burkinabe artisans, its innovative nature, its social vocation, and its collaboration with...
Travel to Nepal with our eco-friendly bracelet
Have you always dreamed of going to Nepal, of trekking in the Himalayas, of walking in the streets of Kathmandu? We have the solution for you! Travel to the heart of Nepal wearing the eternal knot around your wrist, symbol of the Nepalese people...
Renovations start near Boeung Tumpun Lake in Phnom Penh
Always at the side of vulnerable families, with our local partners SKO and Habitat For Humanity, we are starting this week the renovation of 6 houses in a precarious neighborhood on the edge of Boeung Tumpun lake in Phnom Penh. The neighborhood is built on a hillside...
Nurseries in textile factories in Cambodia
"Mothers are forced to quit their jobs... or worse, to leave their children at home alone." One solution, crèches in factories in Cambodia Nathalie Dupont, Cambodia Director of Planète Enfants & Développement, explains how...
See, in professional training in Vietnam
"My father died when I was 4 months old. I live with my grandmother, who took in my brother and me. She is 75 years old and washes dishes in a restaurant in order to raise us. Thanks to the personalized accompaniment of Planète Enfants &...
Newsletter - April 2019
Check out the Planète Enfants & Développement newsletter for April 2019. To stay informed of all the news, feel free to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or...
Newsletter - April 2019
Check out the Planète Enfants & Développement newsletter for April 2019. To stay informed of all the news, feel free to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn or...
2 schools rebuilt and opened in Nepal
Despite very heavy rains last month that complicated the work, we are completing -at last- the construction of 2 schools demolished by the 2015 earthquake. All new buildings, antiseismic, will be able to accommodate 460 students in primary school at the beginning of the school year in May...
Testing new mechanisms at small scale: action research
In the human field, it is difficult to anticipate the results of an experiment from a theoretical point of view... Nothing replaces the implementation of real actions, coupled with a precise measurement of the results. In Burkina Faso, our pilot project...
12 "hard" schools supported by the Cambodian state
Our building activities continue to benefit education In Cambodia, PE&D helped develop the pre-school program over 10 years ago and created a community-based, locally managed, facility-based pre-school model...
PEPS, the new Education and Social Protection Program in Burkina Faso
Nearly 70 percent of the Burkinabe population is under 25 years of age and birth control is insufficient. However, beyond the demographic problem posed to this extremely poor country, family planning is essential to offer young women the choice of having a child.
Don't reinvent the wheel: capitalization
How can we adapt to a particular area, time or problem without starting from scratch? This is the challenge of capitalization: to document the essence of the experiences carried out, and to elaborate analysis and response grids based on the practices...
Enriching our expertise: partnership
Whether it is to apprehend new territories or new skills, we systematically seek complementarity with other actors. Nothing revolutionary, there is strength in numbers... In Vietnam, for example, we have just set up a...
In Nepal, boxing for personal growth
Today, March 8th, International Women's Rights Day, ends the mission of our ambassadors Kelly Bessis and Yasmine Kujawa, alias Ely Killeuse, whom we welcomed in Nepal. Kelly Bessis, inventor of a gentle practice concept...
A new middle school for 150 children in Burkina Faso
A few days ago, the foundation stone was laid for the future secondary school in Koubri, a department located southwest of Ouagadougou. In Burkina Faso, the principle of free and compulsory education for all children between the ages of 6 and 16, without...
Run of Heroes 2019, solidarity with children and families affected by climate disruption in Cambodia
Why participate in the Race for Heroes on June 23, 2019 with us? Because the Heroes' Run is a festive event that combines sport and solidarity to start the summer off right. Because you don't have to be a marathon runner to complete the event....
