# Jersey Overseas Aid grants nearly £1 million to Plan International UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/18/jersey-overseas-aid-grants-nearly-1m-plan-international-uk/
- Published: 2017-04-18T00:19:30+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) has made a grant of just under £1 million to global 
children’s charity Plan International UK to help transform the lives of thousands
of people in Ethiopia.**

 

The three year project help 88,000 people in 12 communities gain sustainable, long
term access to safe water and sanitation, as well as providing enhanced school facilities
for more than 30,000 school children at 20 primary schools. It is being run in the
country’s Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region.

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As part of the project, each school will be provided with a supply of menstrual 
hygiene materials, 40 water, sanitation and hygiene committees will be trained up
and latrines with hand washing facilities will be built in each school.

 

[Jersey Overseas Aid](https://www.joa.je/) is an independent international aid agency
funded by the States of Jersey whose aim is to help to reduce poverty and provide
humanitarian aid in disasters and emergencies around the world.

 

A spokesperson at Jersey Overseas Aid, said: “We are proud to partner with Plan 
International UK, supporting this incredibly important cause and delivering a vital
programme which will impact thousands of lives.

 

“This project is also important for us as it marks a transition for JOA towards 
supporting larger, longer-term, higher-impact development projects.”

 

Tanya Barron, Chief Executive at [Plan International UK](http://www.plan-uk.org),
added: “We’ve partnered with Jersey for more than twenty years and are proud to 
be working with them on this project…

 

“Girls can be particularly affected. For example, walking long distances for water
and lack of materials when they start menstruating can lead to many pupils dropping
out of school. By improving access to water, it will break down the barriers young
people face when it comes to learning.”

 

## Applying to Jersey Overseas Aid?

 

JOA does not normally accept unsolicited grant applications for development projects.
Instead, around 60 pre-approved agencies, including Plan International UK, are invited
to bid for support at different times of the year.

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