Foster Parents Plan PSA/Advert - 1980's

Genre: public service announcement

Description: Plan International USA is an international charity with offices in Warwick, Rhode Island and Washington D.C., United States. It is part of Plan International, a global organization founded more than 70 years ago. The stated goal of the organization is to end the cycle of poverty for children. Plan was founded in 1937 by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and refugee worker Eric Muggeridge. Originally named "Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain," the aim was to provide food, accommodation and education to children whose lives had been disrupted by the Spanish Civil War. During the Second World War, under the name "Foster Parents Plan for War Children," the organization expanded to work with displaced children throughout war-torn Europe. By the 1970s, Plan gradually began working with children throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. 1970s Plan International USA, was originally incorporated as "Foster Parents Plan, Inc.," in 1939 in New York to help connect U.S. donors to a continuously growing number of sponsored children in developing countries. It was one of the first Plan International federation members. By 2010, Plan’s donor countries had increased to 21. In 1974, the international parent organization Foster Parents Plan shortened its name to become simply Plan International. In the 1990s the U.S. organization followed suit, with a name change to "Childreach/Plan International" to avoid the program confused with local foster care programs, and then simply to "Plan USA." Metadata (from box): Foster Parents Plan 155 Plan way Warwick, Rhode Island, 02887 DOLORES (800) 327-0444 30 sec. 16mm col. snd. [end metadata] [voiceover] [music] Dolores lives in South America. Very poor, but one of the lucky ones. Dolores has foster parents here in our country. But other children are still waiting. You, or a group you belong to can become foster parents for a needy child overseas. Call Foster Parents Plan toll-free 800-327-0444. Become a foster parent. ffn027-2 From a 16mm print

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