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Email the government for urgent humanitarian aid  On Monday 13 September, the United Nations is holding an urgent appeal for Afghanistan. This is an opportunity for governments across the world to provide much-needed funding to help people in Afghanistan....
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EMERGENCY UPDATE: Thanks to your support, ChildFund is able to reach even more children, youth and families with emergency response. Take a look at our report, below, to learn more about how your donations are helping children to thrive. Click...
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As part of the global ChildFund Alliance, our programmes reach some of the most vulnerable, excluded and deprived children in the world. In this letter, Dina Taddia shares about the recent situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and what ChildFund is doing.
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Thanks to nearly NZD $155,000 from New Zealand's Disaster Response Partnership programme, ChildFund will reach 2,000 vulnerable people in Timor-Leste.
With the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble, and the recent news that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands is on the horizon, it seems that the effects of COVID-19 on New Zealanders are beginning to disappear. And...
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Many Non-Government Organisations in New Zealand are waiting for damage assessments so they make a decision on how to best support a response. However, there is already concern about whether Fijian authorities will soon also have to deal with large volumes of unsolicited goods being sent by the New Zealand public.
Sending stuff can do more harm than good.
We can all agree: 2020 has been a strange year. Ever since the world learned about COVID-19, life has never been the same. Thanks to the support of our generous Gifts that Grow supporters, monthly supporters and donors, ChildFund has been...
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Our vision is a world in which all children and youth thrive, enjoy their rights, and achieve their full potential. But what does it really take for us to achieve this kind of change in the communities where we work?...
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World Food Day is celebrated annually on 16Â October. It is an International Day of Observance that aims to raise awareness of ongoing efforts to eliminate poverty, hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition.
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Over 21,000 children, young people and caregivers affected by the devastating central Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia in September 2018 have received life-saving help with thanks to 231 generous ChildFund New Zealand supporters. Donations raised over $23,000 to help families and communities recover...
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