The ChildFund Team
"Child suffering and poverty is an issue that is close to my heart, as all nations around the world can do more to nurture and protect children and so it is an issue that must be acted on now to create a better and more dignified future for all."
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“I remember sitting on the wooden floor of a one-bedroom pole home in a remote village in Southern Laos holding a six-month old baby who, with shallow breaths and high fever, was slowly dying from malaria. The local staff of the...
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“I had dreamed of meeting her for 13 years, and finally there she was standing in front of me. When I first started sponsoring Akullu, her grandfather was corresponding with me on her behalf as Akullu was only a little girl. I had watched her grow up through her letters, she’s grown into this incredible young woman.”
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“We all have a limited time on this journey of life. We come with nothing and we go with nothing. I believe it's important to be able to make a difference to the lives of others and to be able...
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“I believe in the Kaupapa that every child has the right to be secure physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually." As a child growing up in Sri Lanka’s war-torn northern part, Anushiya had a short but lasting impression of how life can be...
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Seeing her sponsored children grow alongside her own sons has meant the world to award-winning journalist and television presenter Hilary Barry and her family.
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“I really appreciate living and raising my family in New Zealand - we are so incredibly fortunate. While we have serious social challenges to address here, ChildFund New Zealand gives Kiwis an opportunity to demonstrate their global consciousness and support for the right of...
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"I want to help children that are vulnerable and do not have a safe environment. I know that what we do at ChildFund helps the children I worry about." I have strong technical accounting skills and I thrive best in...
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“I want to help children as people in a lot of third world countries don’t get any help from their Government and have hardly any means of assistance, donations from people in developed countries are a source of help.” For a wonderful year now I’ve been working at ChildFund New Zealand, after moving to New Zealand from...
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“I want to help children as children deserve our help to access the basics. I believe accessing education, and the stimulation, inspiration and opportunities it brings, is the key to breaking cycles and to brighter, healthier, stronger futures for children. Education is a key focus...
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