News and Stories
A better future is on the way for Lydia. She always dreamed of starting her own business and now, with support from ChildFund New Zealand sponsors, she has!
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While preventing COVID-19 has been a key focus for the ChildFund team in Batticaloa, there is still plenty happening there in our focus areas of health, education, water, sanitation, livelihoods and child protection to help children in need to thrive. Here is...
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With thanks to generous Emali child sponsors and monthly givers, a lot is happening there to help children thrive despite the ongoing disruptions from COVID-19. Preventing COVID-19 has been a key focus for the ChildFund team in Emali, but there...
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As a child sponsor, we encourage you to send out a variety of letters and cards (throughout the year) to your sponsored child. Receiving cards and letters means so much to them that their faces literally light up, with beaming...
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An impressive 1672 people across 91 village saving and loan groups in Emali, Kenya received training through ChildFund New Zealand in 2019. This is support from our child sponsors and child essentials monthly givers at work in Kenya! Village savings...
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For ChildFund New Zealand sponsors Rob Hunter and Gina Kamerbeek-Hunter a trip to Emali, Kenya was not only to meet one of their three sponsored children but to see first-hand the HUGE impact sponsorship has in the community. From seeing...
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Supporting awareness and advocacy against inhumane practices is one of the ways ChildFund New Zealand, with thanks to your support, works with communities and local partners to create safer communities for children. Over 400 children in Emali along with parents...
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Meet Wendy and Perryn Smith, who knew their money would help not only children in need but families too when they started sponsoring with ChildFund 15 years ago … and nothing has changed (except the size of their own family...
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Parents in Batticaloa kicked into action to create a cleaner learning environment for their children after forming a group with help from ChildFund's local partner and made possible through your support. A parents group for Karavetti South Primary School formed with...
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Meeting her sponsor child Jacintah last year in Emali will be in Rachel Le Blanc Smith’s memory bank forever, especially now as travel may be difficult for awhile. My day in Emali was very well planned. I was picked up...
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