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to break free from poverty, for good.
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Please help kids in the world's most dangerous places.

<br>Please help kids in the world's most dangerous places.

Today, kids are fleeing war zones in places like Ukraine, facing starvation in parts of Africa and Afghanistan, and growing up in refugee camps without their parents.

These kids are just like the kids in your neighbourhood. Except their homes are being torn apart.

Right now, kids in danger urgently need your help to survive, recover and build a future.

Every $1 you give will provide $6 of life-saving support – food, water, medicine, shelter, protection and more. Your gift of $10 will become $60 now.

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Your support is vital to change children's lives.

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Give a Smiles gift

Give a Smiles gift and change lives! No other gift compares to a pathway out of poverty. Give a goat today and you'll provide nutritious milk and income to vulnerable families.

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<h4>Include a gift in your Will</h4>

Include a gift in your Will

September is Wills Month. A time that prompts us to stop and reflect on the legacy we want to leave behind. A gift in your Will can make a real difference, no matter how large or small.

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World Vision 40 Hour Famine

On the 1st-3rd July, incredible Kiwis like you helped kids who urgently need clean water. Thank you! There’s still time to support a fundraiser, see our Find A Fundraiser page to see how.

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<h4>Protect kids fleeing violence</h4>

Protect kids fleeing violence

Children like Malia are suffering from trauma after fleeing violence. You can help kids in crisis recover by providing child-friendly spaces, food, clean water, medicine and more.

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Together we can protect vulnerable children.


Thanks to the support of people like you, we focus on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Together we can protect children today, and empower them for tomorrow.

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70 years of experience

World Vision New Zealand is part of the World Vision International partnership. Together, we've impacted the lives of over 200 million children across almost 100 countries by tackling the root causes of poverty.
 

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Maximum impact

We ensure all resources entrusted to us bring maximum impact. In 2020, 83.9% of World Vision New Zealand's total operating expenses supported international programs benefiting children, families and communities in need.
 

<h4>Reaching the most vulnerable</h4>

Reaching the most vulnerable

We're dedicated to helping vulnerable children thrive. We work with communities in the hardest places in the world to be a child. Helping children caught in emergencies, extreme poverty, or facing abuse and exploitation.
 



 

Cheru's life has changed forever.

Cheru no longer needs to walk more than 6km a day to collect dirty water; now, her whole community have access to clean, safe water. Thanks to your kindness and generosity, we're reaching one new person, like Cheru, with clean water every 10 seconds. Read Cheru's story.

Cheru (6), Kenya



You can help transform lives by tackling the root causes of poverty.

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Child Protection

We work alongside communities to protect children who are vulnerable to abuse or exploitation like child marriage, child labour and trafficking.
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Clean Water

Reaching 1 new person every 10 seconds, World Vision is the largest non-government provider of safe water in the developing world.
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Education

Every year we provide millions of children with an education so they can reach their full potential and contribute to their communities.
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Nutritious Food

Every year, we provide more than nine million people with life-saving food assistance, including five million children.
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Family Income

Breaking the poverty cycle with economic empowerment, by strengthening families' capacity to provide for their children.
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Healthcare

We ensure the most vulnerable have access to healthcare services to help children and their families live long and healthy lives.
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Emergency Relief

We respond to disasters with life-saving speed and then stay to ensure the lives of disaster-affected families and communities are rebuilt.
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Advocacy

We relentlessly advocate for an end to violence against children and ensure the voices of the world’s most vulnerable children are heard.