News and Stories
With a long-term vision of children and youth in the communities where we work thriving, it is critical that ChildFund New Zealand continues to adapt in order to meet the changing priorities of the world around us.
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After 16 years in the role, Paul has decided to step down as the Chief Executive of ChildFund New Zealand.Â
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World Rugby has announced the appointment of international development agency ChildFund as the principal charity partner for Rugby World Cup 2021, playing in 2022, a first in the history of the premier women’s 15s event.
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In this collaborative IDYP & ChildFund event, an expert panel will discuss how innovative development financing can drive sustainable development alongside the examination of traditional models of funding, where we are headed, and the tensions that exist in striking deals between the private and NGO sector through Impact Investing.
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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.
Youth Changemakers is about creating leaders in the community in Timor-Leste who will encourage positive change, the programme is evidence based and is collaborative.
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In Zambia, ChildFund is working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other national services to distribute information on COVID-19 through mobile campaigns and community radio stations, along with distributing posters and flyers. More than 3 million people have been reached by ChildFund’s COVID-19 response, with supplies and assistance.Â
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In September 2019, before COVID-19 closed borders all around the world, long-time ChildFund New Zealand child sponsor Juliet Wensley travelled to Uganda to meet her two sponsored. Here's Juliet's story.
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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