Plan International in Bogor

Plan International in Bogor

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor mayoralty has been chosen as the site
for Plan International's pilot project on children's and women's
welfare in West Java next year.

Next year's project follows a deal signed by the West Java
administration and Plan International in Yogyakarta, on March 9.

Bogor Mayor Eddy Gunardi said Saturday there were 270 needy
children between 12 and 15 years in Bogor. "They need proper care
as their parents cannot afford better education," he said in a
statement read during the expose of Plan International activities
at the mayoralty hall Saturday.

Plan International is a non-governmental organization dealing
with poor women and children in developing countries.

The NGO is funded by well-off people in Europe, especially The
Netherlands and Great Britain. The first Plan International
project in Indonesia was in Yogyakarta, where poor children and
housewives got training and financial aid to survive. (24/sur)