News and Stories
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and to mark it at ChildFund, we look at the first year of a five year programme, funded by MFAT and NZ supporters, in the Solomon Islands to improve youth mental health and wellbeing.
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For the King'ola family of Emali in Kenya, the superfood tree moringa has changed their lives in more ways than one.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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ChildFund has been working with communities in South Tarawa, Kiribati, for nearly five years, establishing relationships with local families, Government and other community organisations.
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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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Like all mothers, Mary wants to keep her children healthy.
A major concern for the mother of three is her children becoming very ill with vomiting and diarrhea, a common and sadly sometimes devastating illness for children in Kiribati.
