Four years ago, 6-year-old Gilo’s future was bleak. She was severely malnourished following a long drought in the eastern area of Kenya where she lives. Today, her health has improved, she is getting the food she needs to grow well, and she is attending school.  With the help of ChildFund New Zealand and other members of ChildFund

At four in the morning, Oleksandr’s mother enters his room and says: “You shouldn’t go to school today because the war has come.” Thirteen- year-old Oleksandr is then forced, like so many other children in Ukraine, to experience the trauma of war up close. The day before the war broke out, Oleksandr and his classmates

The security crisis in Burkina Faso, caused by an escalation in violence by armed groups, has resulted in more than a million internally displaced persons and the closure of schools. Around 60 percent of those displaced are children. If nothing is done, many students may drop out of school permanently. Worse still, they will be

Rosemary was born and raised in Kivori. She has been a ChildFund volunteer for almost six years. She is warm, kind and takes pride in being part of helping build a healthier community.  “When people have a health emergency, they run to me. They recognise me as a community health volunteer – it gives me

Today, 1 in 2 children and more than 1 in 3 women live in countries where they experience some form of exclusion. Without drastic change, it will take 182 years to achieve a level of adequate inclusion for them. An annual report published by ChildFund member WeWorld finds a world that is still profoundly unequal,

ChildFund New Zealand is supporting a dairy factory in Kenya that is providing sustainable incomes to farmers and their families. At its peak, Masimba Dairy Processing Centre in Emali, a rural and semi-arid area of Kenya, can collect up to 14,000 litres of milk per day. The factory is critical for farmers and their families

At Eden Park stadium, no seat was empty as more than 40,000 people cheered on teams during the finals of the Rugby World Cup 2021. One team emerged victorious, but for child rights organisation ChildFund, this was also a victory for women and girls in rugby everywhere. ChildFund Rugby is the first-ever Principal Charity for

If you’ve found yourself wincing at the prices you see in the grocery store lately, you’re not alone. What we don’t often think about are the global effects of food inflation, especially on children. The rising price of food is a complex problem driven by everything from supply chain issues to government spending to higher

“It is only 700m to my school, but it takes me almost an hour to get there,” said 12-year-old Ny, a first-grade student at Muslims Language school in the Chhluong District of Cambodia. Ny is a bright, energetic boy. Like his peers he likes to play and go to school. But at the age of

Lan*, aged ten, is a fifth-grade student from the Dao ethnic group. The nearest school to her home is still 12km away. During the weeks, she lives away from home with her younger sister and cousin in a small shack near the school. She has done this since she was eight years old. The shack