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Whether you live in a remote village in Kenya, on a Pacific island, or here in Aotearoa, water truly is life. World Water Day on March 22 is a great reminder to all of us about how precious water is and how small changes to the way we use it can make a big difference. By Carolyn Brooke.
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A war zone is no place for a child to grow up.
Seeing your family and friends torn apart by violence is hard to understand for anyone, let alone a vulnerable child. There are millions of people who have crossed the border into neighbouring countries, and millions more who are desperate for refuge.
ChildFund is responding to this emergency by launching an integrated emergency programme in Ukraine and Moldova.
ChildFund Rugby is part of ChildFund's Sport For Development programme – a set of partnerships with sports organisations around the world to help vulnerable young people realise their rights and have opportunities to play, learn and grow through sport.
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Meet ChildFund Kiribati's Country Director, Teima Onorio. Not only does she lead the ChildFund team in the delivery of local programmes, but she is a busy mum, wife and community member.
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This week, the New Zealand humanitarian sector, along with the Ukrainian community of New Zealand, sent an open letter to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Immigration, requesting urgent support for those impacted by...
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Despite the horrors around them including bombing and starvation, ChildFund’s partners remain on the ground in Ukraine helping children and families.
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by Bonar Bell, ChildFund New Zealand Just over a decade ago, I spent a few months living in Eastern Europe, volunteering in community schools, meeting with local families over meals, getting to know them, and their children. At that time, I was amazed by the...
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Participating in ChildFund Kiribati's Building Blocks basic literacy programme has been an absolute life changer for 17-year-old Tooti.
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By supporting our work in Cox's Bazar, you're helping vulnerable Rohingya refugees to access education, life-saving devices, disaster preparedness, psychosocial counselling and child protection programmes. Give today and have 4x the impact.
ChildFund New Zealand is building a boarding school dormitory in a remote area of Vietnam to accommodate students who otherwise couldn't go to school due to the long distances and difficult terrain they have to travel to get there.
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