News and Stories
Disease outbreak has always been a major risk to Kiribati’s communities where cramped living conditions, poor access to healthy food, water, and sanitation, and limited healthcare facilities mean that disease can spread quickly. Coupled with a lack of resources and...
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It didn’t make the headlines, but the African nation of Zambia has been hit by a serious and life-threatening drought, and it’s affecting more than 2-million people. We met up with ChildFund Zambia’s new country director, Simba Machingaidze to talk about the situation....
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"Is my sponsorship support making a difference?" This is question that all child sponsors wonder at times … and, recently, one sponsor took the time to ask us. We reached out to her sponsored child in Luangwa, Zambia. Here’s what...
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Have you ever wanted to visit your sponsored child? That's exactly what our colleague, Marie Chan, experienced when she traveled to Africa last month as part of a monitoring trip to our dedicated programme area, Luangwa, Zambia. Not only did...
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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...
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Vijayakumari, is a 26-year-old married woman living in the Valakkalai village, in Vavunathivu DS division, Batticaloa. Vijayakumari is very active and has two children, Laksmithan and Jeenutha. Lakshmithan is 5 years old and is currently attending preschool. Vijayakumari is a housewife...
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