News and Stories – Tagged "Programme Visit"– ChildFund New Zealand

Goal 10 - Reduced inequalities · Kenya · Programme Visit · Road Maps · Team Updates · May 25, 2022

Programme officer Matt Fowler's message from Emali, Kenya

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, a field visit has been a long time coming for the ChildFund team but finally our programmes officer Matt Fowler is in Emali, Kenya. He has been working alongside our partners to help them become self-sufficient in locally-led, child-focused development.

Child Sponsorship · Kenya · Programme Visit · Jun 25, 2020

"We were amazed at what ChildFund did with the sponsorship money"

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...

Child Sponsorship · Kenya · Programme Visit · May 21, 2020

"Meeting Jacintah is a day I will never forget"

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...

Child Sponsorship · Kenya · Programme Visit · Mar 13, 2020

“Laughter, joy and hugs” in meeting Joyce

Have you ever thought about visiting your sponsored child? For long-time ChildFund sponsor, Denise Silver, meeting Joyce in Kenya was an event she will never forget. Read her story, below. I have always had a genuine love for children and have been involved...

Child Sponsorship · Emergency Response · Gifts that Grow · Livelihoods and Income · Programme Visit · Team Updates · Water Sanitation and Hygiene · Zambia · Dec 06, 2019

Video: What is it like to visit your sponsored child?

Have you ever wanted to visit your sponsored child? That's exactly what our colleague, Marie Chan, experienced when she traveled to Africa last month as part of a monitoring trip to our dedicated programme area, Luangwa, Zambia. Not only did...

Child Sponsorship · Programme Visit · Sep 27, 2019

It gives you such a great connection with your sponsored child

It was a dream come true when long-time ChildFund team member and child sponsor, Marie Chan, visited Zambia in late October, where she met her 11-year-old sponsored child, Gift. Despite the 40-degree temperatures, mosquitoes and very bumpy roads, Marie says...

Child Essentials · Child Participation · Child Protection · Community Sponsorship · Education · Ending Violence · Programme Visit · Mar 13, 2019

Online safety: It’s a global concern

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...

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...