Scroll through our story to discover the difference KidsCan makes for up to 200,000 Kiwi children.
“We've got children who have no shoes, shoes they have outgrown, or shoes that are falling apart”
— TeacherWe provided over
pairs of shoes to
children last year
“It's easier for parents to keep their kids home rather than send them to school knowing that they're going to get wet.”
— TeacherWe provided over
jackets to children last year.
“Our children are coming to preschool hungry, because they haven't had breakfast or dinner the night before.”
— ECE TeacherWe provide
nutritious foodto tens of thousands of children every day.
“Kids don't learn if they're cold, or if their pukus haven't got food in them.”
— Teacher“Our job is to take away the stress from kids' lives, and let them grow.”
“ These children are our future, and we need to do the best for them now. ”
— KidsCan donorAvailable for purchase in the following retailers: Countdown, Smith & Caughey's, Recycle Boutique, Look Sharp Store, The Coffee Club, Mobil, Shoe Clinic, BurgerFuel, Harvey Norman, Toyworld, NZ Safety Blackwoods.
KidsCan believes that education is a child’s ticket out of poverty, and gives them the opportunity for a better future. But kids can’t learn when they are cold, wet and hungry.
So we partner with schools and early childhood centres across New Zealand to give the 1 in 5 Kiwi kids affected by poverty the essentials: food, clothing and health products.
Kids can’t learn when they’re hungry. So we provide nutritious, hearty food to our partner schools, which is then targeted and distributed to hungry children every day. Food items we deliver include bread, yoghurt, fruit, scroggin, baked beans, pasta, soup, and kids’ favourite: butter chicken with rice.
In 2020 KidsCan provided food for 40,000 kids each day.
We know that on wet, cold days some kids do not come to school, or they turn up wet and cold, not in a position to learn. KidsCan provides brand new warm jackets and quality footwear and socks to school children. Our jackets are distributed to the entire school roll, so all kids feel the same sense of dignity and inclusion, and our shoes and socks are given to those needing them.
In 2020 KidsCan distributed over 40,000 jackets and 25,000 pairs of shoes.
To help keep kids healthy and in the classroom learning, we provide schools with products including hand sanitiser and nit treatment. Our period care programme works to address the effects of period inequity. We give students access to free period products and education materials in a youth-informed model designed to reinforce dignity and respect.
In 2020 KidsCan distributed 135,000 packs of period products.
A quality early childhood education has a lasting impact on children’s wellbeing, learning, behaviour, and health. We partner with low-equity early childhood education centres to provide all preschoolers with freshly prepared meals, jackets and shoes as well as basic health items. This helps our tamariki have the best start possible in their learning journeys.
In 2020 KidsCan supported over 2,000 preschoolers across New Zealand.
We provide nutritious breakfast, snack and lunch foods to 40,000 hungry school kids every day.
We keep school children warm and dry with a fleece-lined jacket and comfortable shoes and socks.
We provide essential health items and free period products to school kids.
We give preschoolers a jacket, shoes and socks, health products and daily healthy meals.
We provide nutritious breakfast, snack and lunch foods to 40,000 hungry school kids every day.
We keep school children warm and dry with a fleece-lined jacket and comfortable shoes and socks.
We provide essential health items and free period products to school kids.
We give preschoolers a jacket, shoes and socks, health products and daily healthy meals.
Across New Zealand we
provide essentials to:
854
Schools122
ECEs200,000+
KidsOur KidsCan partners and business supporters share our vision of a better New Zealand for all Kiwi kids.
We work together to support tamariki in need at schools and early childhood centres across the country. The time and resources donated by our business community enables KidsCan to reach more children in need.
Run a marathon, hold a bake sale, organise a quiz night... the fundraising possibilities are endless! Every dollar you raise helps give all Kiwi kids a fair start.
Get in touch with our team to register your fundraiser today.
Run the city and join in New Zealand’s biggest, most iconic, colourful, cultural running celebration. Choose to run 5k, 11k, the full or half marathon. If you pledge to raise $1,000 for KidsCan, you will receive free entry, a KidsCan t-shirt and a post-race hospitality experience at our finish line marquee.
Support KidsCan in the New Zealand Sotheby's International Realty Hawke's Bay Marathon 2022. Take in the best highlights of the region, with flat easy running through local cycle trails, quiet country roads and pass vineyards and orchards. Register below to start your own fundraising page.
KidsCan has teamed up with Skydive Auckland to offer you a free skydive when you raise $1,000! Jump alone, or team up with a group of colleagues, friends or family and help raise vital funds needed to support Kiwi kids in need. If you're ready to take up the challenge, register below now and help us reach our $30,000 target!
The BDO Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is New Zealand’s largest cycling occasion, is arguably one of the country’s largest sports participation events, and is back on Saturday 27 November 2021. With a philosophy of inclusion, it’s excited to have a change of course this year to become a multi-charity event! Not only is the event looking to welcome around 5,000 riders and over 8,000 supporters but has also set the incredible goal to raise $100,000 for charities across the country including KidsCan!
For $30 a month, you can support a Kiwi kid and give them the essentials they need to learn.
Every donation KidsCan receives helps more Kiwi kids reach their potential.
Talk to us about how your business can support through monetary or in-kind donations.
Hold a fundraiser in support of KidsCan and raise money for kids in need.
