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Following the renovation of two early childhood development centres in Sri Lanka, through ChildFund New Zealand sponsorship funds, 85 children are now learning in a cleaner and safer environment.
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“I say a big thank you to ChildFund for taking me to the hospital, paying for the costs and helping me get well and a big thank you to my sponsor. I feel good now, I am much better and I have gone back to school. God bless you, thank you.”
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World Children's Day is on November 20th and ChildFund New Zealand is encouraging young people to think big, dream big and draw the future they want to live in with Unicef's #voicesofyouth challenge.
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Our vision is a world in which all children and youth thrive, enjoy their rights, and achieve their full potential. But what does it really take for us to achieve this kind of change in the communities where we work?...
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Children like 4-year-old Rishaan are eating more nutritional food and are healthier now thanks to their mums taking part in training through ChildFund's Lead Mothers' Programme.
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A ChildFund-supported programme for children living on the streets in Emali is helping children in Kenya break free of drug use, and to return to school. The rescue-and-recovery programme is aimed at youth under the age of 18 and is...
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It didn’t make the headlines, but the African nation of Zambia has been hit by a serious and life-threatening drought, and it’s affecting more than 2-million people. We met up with ChildFund Zambia’s new country director, Simba Machingaidze to talk about the situation....
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A major risk for vulnerable children and young people migrating to a new country is being abused or exploited during the journey or in their new jobs. By the time Norng Samen’s son returned to Cambodia after a harrowing 10-year...
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We aspire to live in a world free from violence, where all children have a voice and the ability to achieve their full potential. That's why an important part of our work is to educate children on their rights, and...
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On the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, we take a look at an online safety programme implemented by ChildFund in rural Laos. For most teenagers in New Zealand, time spent out of class is used for socialising with...
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