Plan International Rwanda has put aside over Rwf39 bn for the organisation’s main projects over the next five years.This was announced last week as the NGO unveiled its five-year strategic plan.The organisation is set to intensify its activities in programmes, including girls’ education, early childhood care and development, youth empowerment and advocacy and child rights.The organisation’s country manager, Peter van Dommelen, while presenting the action plan highlighted issues which he said were in line with government’s priority programmes."We are committed to work with the government to fight poverty and defend the rights of children among others,” he said.To defend children’s rights, the organisation hopes to conduct child registration in its areas of operation as part of the global campaign dubbed ‘Count Every Child’.The campaign also seeks to achieve universal birth registration in order to strengthen national Civil Registration systems and Vital Statistics (CRVS).Officials argue that it among others enables children to have inheritance rights, something they say is a challenge when children are not registered.The organisation is also conducting a five-year birth registration drive that aims at registering at least 15,000 children in Gatsibo and Bugesera districts.The launch of the strategic plan attracted various senior government officials, including the Executive Secretary of the National Children’s Commission, Zaina Nyiramatama.In her speech, Nyiramatama commended Plan International Rwanda for supplementing on government programmes, especially in supporting initiatives that empower children.She also urged parents to ensure that children’s rights are protected and promoted.Nyiramatama also cautioned couples against domestic violence, saying it’s one of the factors that have resulted into violation of children rights."When parents separate, children stand a high risk of missing education, a basic need to the current generation,” she said.