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With your support, we will plant 50,000 Moringa trees to help communities toward self-sufficiency. Be in to win two FREE tickets to the Auckland Food Show at the Auckland Showgrounds from Thursday July 29 to Sunday August 1.Â
At ChildFund, we have a unique focus on improving the social and emotional wellbeing of youth and providing opportunities for youth to be educated, employed and meaningfully involved in their communities.
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Most Kiwis won’t be too familiar with Moringa, a mineral-rich, fast-growing and hardy tree that offers multiple food sources and health benefits. But with a growing focus on healthy foods, especially vegan and vegetarian, it's hard not to see this highly nutritious plant as the next best thing since kale, goji berries or chia seeds.Â
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ChildFund New Zealand has worked with communities in Emali, Kenya for over four years to successfully grow, harvest and sell the superfood Moringa, aka the “Miracle Tree”. Now, on the back of ChildFund supported business training, a local collective Emuka has taken Moringa to the next level by processing it into a range of market-ready products. Â
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“I am so happy and excited that my family and I have water right near our home. My children and I will now be spending more time together reading and playing. Earlier fetching water was such a stressful chore as one would be required to make/dig small wells on the river in order to get water. I am grateful for the water brought close to us.” Mwelu, mother of 5, Emali.
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Over the past three months, we have been collecting donations to help some of the millions of children who don't have access to education. Thanks to the generous support of Kiwis across the country, we are happy to share that more than $90,000 has been raised to date!
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Kiwi dairy farming expertise, delivered through a partnership between the New Zealand Government and ChildFund, has led to the opening of another milk collection centre in Emali, which will benefit tens of thousands of people in rural east Kenya.Â
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By gifting a sheep through ChildFund's Gifts that Grow catalogue, you are creating positive change for children in need. For children like nine-year-old Christina, pictured, life has changed significantly, thanks to a sheep provided through ChildFund's gift catalogue. Families in...
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In the communities where ChildFund works, we partner with local organisations who, with the support of our Kiwi donors, are able to create long-term solutions that help children and youth to thrive. In Emali, Kenya, families are vulnerable to drought,...
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ChildFund has been working in Cao Bang, Vietnam, since 1995, helping children and their families become self-reliant. In this mountainous region of Vietnam, climate change has had a huge impact, and it's not very easy for people to farm or grow...
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