News and Stories
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.
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Sponsorship changes the life of a child, their family and their entire community. By sponsoring a child, you not only provide a community in need with generous support, but you're also able to see your donations make a difference by watching...
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At ChildFund, everything we do is in support of our ultimate goal: to help children and youth to thrive. For mothers like Rashmita, it was clear that her two-year-old daughter, Gita, wasn't thriving. She lacked energy and had many problems....
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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There is no denying it: in New Zealand, we are closely linked with those living in our neighbouring Pacific island nations. In fact, more than 20 percent of those living in New Zealand identify as either Māori or Pacific Islanders....
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