El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras: Climate Emergency Sub-Regional Manager

The Organisation: 

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Plan International's Response: 

In anticipation of accessing a fund to respond to the El Niño phenomenon prioritization criteria have been established to identify potential beneficiary countries. 

These criteria encompass impact assessment needs vulnerability as well as the response capacity of the country offices COs and the scalability of humanitarian funds. The willingness of countries to receive support is also considered. 

In this context, Plan International will intervene in: 

Central America:

1. Create a central unit leading and overseeing the implementation monitoring and evaluation of current contingency plans carried out by the COs in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. 
2. Coordinate with other humanitarian agencies and national and local authorities involved in the response to the El Niño phenomenon.
3. Organize coordination and harmonization actions for Plan International's humanitarian response among the three countries.
4. Represent the organization in communications with donors and National Offices NOs to promote new fundraising proposals that complement and expand the humanitarian response to the El Niño phenomenon in the subregion.
5. Design and implement a visibility strategy for Plan International in relation to the response ensuring adequate mainstreaming and application of a gender perspective with special attention to the specific needs of girls. 

South America:

1. Equitably distribute the remaining funds for direct implementation among the COs of Peru and Bolivia or Peru and Ecuador. 

This approach aims to maximize the utilization of current financial resources in each country to enhance the humanitarian response in the countries with the highest levels of risk and impact in both subregions, which also face similar humanitarian challenges and needs. Furthermore, it enables the continuation of preparedness and early response actions developed in the framework of the response to the hurricane season, e.g. Central America, and during extended periods of rainfall and flooding, e.g. South America. These actions also align with the scenarios of drought and human mobility that will be accentuated with the arrival of the El Niño phenomenon in both subregions. 

Duration of the Deployment: 

The initial duration of the deployment will be 6 months The deployment start date will tentatively be as soon as possible.