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Child Essentials · Child Sponsorship · COVID-19 · Emergency Response · Kenya · Kiribati · Pacific · Papua New Guinea · Sri Lanka · Timor-Leste · Vietnam · May 07, 2020

How ChildFund donors are helping children and communities around the world to tackle COVID-19

Thanks to our monthly donors and sponsors, ChildFund is responding to COVID-19 in 60 countries worldwide. Having established, solid local partnerships in place and being part of an international alliance is key to ChildFund New Zealand in helping children thrive....

Kenya · Youth · Apr 03, 2020

ChildFund New Zealand supporters fund a new youth centre in Kenya

ChildFund exists to help children and youth to thrive. This is exactly the reason why a new youth development centre is under construction in Emali, a community in Kenya where more than 2,000 Kiwis are sponsoring children and youth through...

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...

Emergency Response · Kenya · Livelihoods and Income · Mar 11, 2020

Locust Emergency: Healthy crops mean bigger swarms of desert locusts

It was a clear December day in northern Kenya when, suddenly, a black carpet filled the sky. Locals knew they were coming: After a period of ideal breeding conditions in 2019, swarms of desert locusts emerged and began making their...

Child Protection · Child Sponsorship · Kenya · Mar 02, 2020

Child sponsorship is helping keep street youth away from drugs in Emali

A ChildFund-supported programme for children living on the streets in Emali is helping children in Kenya break free of drug use, and to return to school. The rescue-and-recovery programme is aimed at youth under the age of 18 and is...

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. ...

Community Sponsorship · Education · Ending Violence · Health and Nutrition · Kenya · Livelihoods and Income · MFAT · Programme Visit · Road Maps · Sri Lanka · Team Updates · Vietnam · Water Sanitation and Hygiene · Zambia · Jul 03, 2018

Mapping the road ahead

Together with the communities we support, ChildFund New Zealand has developed a new way of doing things. A key challenge that we face at ChildFund New Zealand is how to truly empower communities instead of creating dependency from prolonged development...

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...