Our work in the Pacific Islands
Supporting our Pacific neighbours since 1994.
Supporting our Pacific neighbours since 1994.
There are thousands of children living without access to the basics in countries like Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. With your support, we can reach those most vulnerable and create lasting change for those who need you the most. Help children and youth in the Pacific Islands today!
Why your support is needed to help communities in the Pacific.
In Papua New Guinea an estimated 2.8 million children experience violent discipline in their home.
Kiribati has the highest infant mortality rates in the Pacific linked to diarrhoea, dysentery, and gastroenteritis from unsafe drinking water.
An estimated 580 mothers die each year. The lifetime risk of maternal death is eight times higher in PNG than in East Asia and the Pacific region on average.
As a community sponsor, you'll help children, their families and their communities to create sustainable change. You'll help provide support to projects that improve education, access to water and healthcare, and that keep children safe from harm. You'll be supporting communities in Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands to thrive!
In most countries ChildFund New Zealand supports, we work directly with the country office, who then work with local partners. From head office to grassroots, the teams are in regular contact to ensure we understand the community's needs and can channel your donations to where they're most needed.
Their mission is to help children in Kiribati thrive through improving education, family wellbeing, nutrition, disaster resilience and safe drinking water.
Offers short courses for trade and non-trade industries. Improving the skills of people in communities to enhance employment through education.
Through advocacy and partnerships, they provide local government services to empower the community with a focus on sustainability, democracy and governance.
ChildFund PNG has a strong focus on stopping violence against women and children.
Family and Sexual Violence Action Committee based in Papua New Guinea. The committee works towards reducing the suffering of violence with a focus on survivors facing violence at home.
A non-profit organisation in Papua New Guinea providing a free and confidential phone counselling service for anyone experiencing violence.
The local council in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Is a youth volunteer group representing the young people of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
We believe in creating sustainable change through long-term community programmes focused on achieving self-reliance.
Since 1990 we have been supporting communities in Timor-Leste. This support helps provide youth with the training and skills to help their futures.
We have been helping children and communities in Sri Lanka since 2011. We are on our way to helping Batticaloa reach self-reliance.
Our work in Kenya began in 2006. By 2026 children and communities in Emali will be sustainable and have unlocked self-reliance.