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Portrait: Sorya, Director of Kidora Nursery in Cambodia
Discover the portrait of Sorya, Director of the new Planète Enfants & Développement daycare center which should open its doors at the end of 2020 in Cambodia. Sorya joined our team in Phnom Penh because, like us, she is convinced that education is an asset...
An original new crib in Cambodia
Two months before the opening of Planète Enfants & Développement's first crèche in Phnom Penh, our team is busy on the field to welcome the children in this innovative space. This crèche will indeed mark the first step of a great project...
Civil status in Burkina Faso: the challenge of modernization
A recent study conducted in late 2019 by Planète Enfants & Développement and its partners in Burkina Faso highlights weaknesses in the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in some areas of the country. What are the first ways...
Life in Phnom Penh's Poor Urban Communities
In words and images, the Globe media offers a gallery of portraits in the very precarious districts of Phnom Penh where we intervene, along the Boeng Trabek canal. We discover the testimonies of inhabitants who live in shacks on stilts, in the mud...
"Imagine Schools" in Vietnam, our new project
40 vulnerable Vietnamese youth, ages 13-18, joined a learning pathway on the theme of "Living Together" at our 2 partner vocational training centers in Ho Chi Minh City in December 2019. An opportunity for these young people...
Children's Hand Hygiene: from Burkina Faso to Nepal
At the end of December, we visited the Jalupa school in the north of Kathmandu in Nepal, to present them the Yak project. Inspired by the "Mémoire d'éléphant" project in Burkina Faso, this project aims to encourage children to wash their hands and brush their teeth...
Heroes' Race 2020: confined but motivated!
With the Covid-19 crisis, the Heroes' Run is forced to adapt. If the event cannot gather all the participants in the park of St Cloud as planned, it will take place all together, in France and even in the world, on June 28th! What's new NEW DATE...
Festive days for the "Elephant Memory" project in Burkina
More than 1,600 people gathered from November 26 to 29 to inaugurate the "Mémoire d'Eléphants" program set up in four schools in Burkina Faso. Students, parents, mayors of the communes, local elected officials and members of the local community were present...
Maternal assistant: first 60 women trained
In Burkina Faso, a training course for maternal assistants. From November 18 to 22, we were preparing a pool of 18 educators to train 150 women selected in the town of Ouahigouya in the profession of maternal assistant. A training...
The International Convention on the Rights of the Child turns 30
On November 20, 2019, the International Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates its 30th anniversary. On this occasion, Planète Enfants & Développement wishes to recall its commitment to the defense of children's rights, to look back on the progress made since its signature and...
Interns' day on November 10: thanks Margaux and Emilie
On the occasion of the International Interns Day on November 10, 2019, Planète Enfants & Développement would like to honor Margaux and Emilie who have both done their internship in the association. We asked them some questions...
Cambodia - Early Childhood: 1st results of our study on childcare
Planète Enfants & Développement and its partner, CCR-CSR (Center for Children's Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility), presented the preliminary results of their study on "Child Care Services Supported by the...
Elephant memory, being tested in Burkina Faso
The health benefits of handwashing are well established. But how can we make sure that young children acquire this reflex when awareness campaigns are not conclusive? This is the objective of the program "Mémoire...
The Altrad Group mobilizes its employees for children in Nepal
50,000$. This is the amount that our partner Altrad is aiming for by committing its employees and subsidiaries to our side. This industrial equipment supplier supports the Maternelle de l'Espoir in Nepal. The school, located in Gongabu in the North of Kathmandu, welcomes a group of...
Biibop: 3 questions to Rosine Arzoumpoko KIEMA, co-founder and commercial director
How is the young educational material brand Biibop doing? Our social enterprise was officially launched last May and a dozen nursery schools in Ouagadougou have already placed their trust in us. The orders are coming in, it's motivating. The children but...
A new giant step forward for quality preschools in Cambodia
Planète Enfants & Développement and its Cambodian partner Bandos Komar have just been selected by the European Union which will finance the support of 100 community kindergartens in 4 provinces of the country. This is a great recognition of the...
Construction of a home for Chepang girls
Since 2015, we have been supporting a shelter for young girls from the Chepang community in Dadhing. It has become dilapidated and is a danger to the children. We are therefore launching the construction of a new boarding school with our local partner Prayas Nepal. The...
More support for women victims of violence
The Planète Enfants & Développement team continues its work to combat violence against women in Ho Chi Minh City. During the summer of 2018, we trained, with our local partner SCDI, 15 volunteers from the 3...
Meeting on the Tour Voile between a loyal donor and our partner Cheminées Poujoulat
Official partner of the Tour Voile 2019, Cheminées Poujoulat offered one of our faithful donors an exceptional day on the event. After a draw among our donors, Pascal had an appointment on July 20th in Nice, the day before the final...
Video: Stephanie's travelogue in Nepal
October 18, European Day against Trafficking in Human Beings So that abuse is not a cultural fatality, we fight to reduce domestic violence, empower women and girls. Discover the booklet...
Training: the right things to do to protect children in tourist areas in Vietnam
In early September, Planète Enfants & Développement conducted a training session for tourism professionals on the theme of child protection in Da Nang. Tourism is not the cause of the exploitation of vulnerable children, but...
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...
