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Child Sponsorship · Health and Nutrition · Kenya · May 15, 2020

Preschoolers in Emali, Kenya, learning and eating better thanks to sponsorship funds

Over 1,700 preschoolers in Emali, Kenya can now focus on learning instead of empty tummies, thanks to ChildFund New Zealand child sponsors funding a school meal programme. Sponsorship funds have enabled the purchase of 3,500 kilograms of Unimix and 700 litres...

COVID-19 · Health and Nutrition · Kiribati · Water Sanitation and Hygiene · Apr 07, 2020

On World Health Day, we think about Kiribati

Disease outbreak has always been a major risk to Kiribati’s communities where cramped living conditions, poor access to healthy food, water, and sanitation, and limited healthcare facilities mean that disease can spread quickly. Coupled with a lack of resources and...

Emergency Response · Health and Nutrition · Kenya · Livelihoods and Income · Feb 23, 2020

Desert locusts: The world’s most dangerous pest

When you rely on farming to provide food and income for your family, even the slightest environmental threat can be completely life changing. Now, imagine if everything that you’ve worked so tirelessly to grow completely disappears, right before your eyes. ...

Health and Nutrition · Timor-Leste · Jan 06, 2020

Heartbreaking reality of childbirth in Timor-Leste

Anita’s son was just a month-old when she noticed something was wrong. His health deteriorated after she took him to a hospital, where, sadly soon after, he died. Anita still does not know the cause. A lack of health information...

Child Participation · Health and Nutrition · Pacific · Papua New Guinea · Jan 06, 2020

Delivery kits saving mothers and babies in PNG

When ChildFund staff found Theresa, she was lying on the side of the road with her newly delivered baby in her arms. Family members had assisted Theresa as she gave birth in the middle of the night without medical instruments,...

Education · Emergency Response · Health and Nutrition · Kenya · Livelihoods and Income · MFAT · Mar 23, 2018

The Building Resilience Project in Emali, Kenya

Project Title: Building Resilience Project in Emali, KenyaDuration: 1 August 2013 – 16 April 2017 Evaluation: End-line Evaluation conducted by an independent researcher ChildFund New Zealand partnered with ChildFund Kenya and the Emali Dedicated Children’s Agency to support the Kamba and...

Child Essentials · Child Sponsorship · Community Sponsorship · Gifts that Grow · Health and Nutrition · Kenya · Livelihoods and Income · MFAT · Mar 19, 2018

Update of our Agriculture, Dairy and Economic Development project in Emali, Kenya

Our ADED (Agriculture, Dairy and Economic Development) project in Emali, Kenya aims to deliver a dairy processing farm to support dairy farmers. This will increase the milk productivity of their cows, enabling them to sell more milk in a safe...

Child Sponsorship · Education · Gifts that Grow · Health and Nutrition · Programme Visit · Vietnam · Youth · Mar 13, 2018

Visiting your sponsored child: Mark meeting Thuy in Vietnam

Do you sponsor a child with ChildFund New Zealand? Do you know that one of the many benefits of sponsoring a child with us is that you can visit them in their hometown? Read more about one of our child...

Child Sponsorship · Health and Nutrition · Sri Lanka · Water Sanitation and Hygiene · Feb 21, 2018

Nutrition in Early Childhood Centres in Sri Lanka

Vijayakumari, is a 26-year-old married woman living in the Valakkalai village, in Vavunathivu DS division, Batticaloa. Vijayakumari is very active and has two children, Laksmithan and Jeenutha. Lakshmithan is 5 years old and is currently attending preschool. Vijayakumari is a housewife...