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$15 FOR FLOODS.

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CRISIS APPEAL

Help us support flood-hit children.

Cyclone Gabrielle has devastated communities across Aotearoa. Now we urgently need your help to get extra food and clothing to schools and early childhood centres in the worst-hit areas.

 

We’re asking for $15, or whatever you can afford, so we can ensure kids are fed, clothed and settled as they return to school in the wake of the floods.

 

KidsCan already provides the essentials to children in a thousand schools and ECEs, so they can learn. We’re now braced for a surge in demand as extreme weather has wiped out homes, belongings and livelihoods. A huge thank you to Meridian Energy for backing this appeal. 

 

Help us make school a safe space for flood-hit tamariki.

$1,202,925 of $1,500,000

Our work

187,000 children live in poverty, going without the essentials like food and adequate clothing. We’re on a mission to change that.

Children can’t learn if they are cold, wet and hungry. So we work with schools and preschools around the country to deliver the essentials to children in need so they can get the best possible chance in life.

1,000

Schools and early childhood centres supported

49,000

Children fed every day

525,000

Jackets given since 2005

275,000

Pairs of shoes given since 2005

Our impact

What your support means for a child in poverty.

"KidsCan helped me out so much, with those little things of hope. When it's the only meal you're having a day, or your first new shoes, you can't even imagine the impact that has on kids. It's someone showing you they care about you. Just to feel like someone could see me and see what I was going through is really cool."

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News

KidsCan news and updates.

Schools Wednesday, 22 Feb 2023

KidsCan’s urgent appeal to help children in cyclone-hit regions

Thousands of children whose lives have been upended by Cyclone Gabrielle are in desperate need of help. KidsCan is launching an urgent appeal to help get clothing and food supplies to kids and their families via the schools and early childhood centres it supports.
Schools Monday, 30 Jan 2023

Teachers warn of a ‘cost of learning’ crisis as students return to school

It’s a tough start to 2023 – made even worse by the weather. More children need our help, but fewer people have spare money to donate. We have 48 schools waiting for support, where thousands of children are struggling without the essentials. If you can afford it, please help us reach them as soon as possible,” Chapman says.
Schools Monday, 30 Jan 2023

''Our students come back after the school holidays and they’re just really skinny. ''

We need to wrap these kids in support. No child should be hungry. We have KidsCan snacks for morning tea, so the kids are getting fed throughout the whole day. KidsCan is an intricate part of the fibre of our community.

OUR NATIONWIDE SUPPORT

KidsCan partner schools and early childhood centres.

Across New Zealand we
provide essentials to:

877

Schools

200

ECEs

210,000+

Kids