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Giving Kiwi kids the essentials they need to learn and thrive.

We provide food, jackets, shoes and health products to children in poverty so they can fully participate in school and early childhood education and have the opportunity for a brighter future. 

Give monthly.

A monthly donation helps us keep kids in need fed, warm and able to focus in class. Not once, but every day. For the long haul.

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Help give children in need the essentials they need to get to school and into the classroom in a position to engage in their learning.

Thousands of kiwi kids miss school because their families can’t afford essentials like food, uniforms, shoes and stationary. Many others arrive too hungry to learn.

We support 1,100 schools and early childhood centres with food, jackets, shoes and basic healthcare items but more children need our help. We need your support to provide more kids with the basics so they can go to school ready to succeed.

 

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Our Charity Work in NZ

1 in 6 children live in poverty, going without the essentials like food and adequate clothing. We’re on a mission to change that.

Last year thanks to the generosity of everyday Kiwis, we supported tens of thousands of NZ children

50,000

Jackets sent out

44,000

Pairs of gumboots, shoes & socks sent out

51,000

Basic health products

60,000

Kids fueled with food

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."

News

KidsCan news and updates.

Fundraising Tuesday, 10 Jun 2025

Small cars, big journey, enormous impact..

In 1981, Mini fever hit New Zealand with the release of the classic comedy film Goodbye Pork Pie, featuring two blokes in a stolen Mini making a cross-country dash to evade the chasing cops. In 2025, the film has become the inspiration for an epic KidsCan fundraiser — the Pork Pie Charity Run. This year, 50 teams of Mini lovers loosely followed the Blondini Gang’s route from Paihia to Invercargill over six adventure-filled days. The result? An incredible $469,137 raised. 
Schools Friday, 14 Feb 2025

The school community that has become a safe haven

By Leisha Byrnes, Lincoln Heights School Principal. We're always worried about our students during the holidays, but we’re pretty connected with our community, so our high-risk families have our staff’s phone numbers – including mine. They’ll ring us over the holidays, and we'll organise food parcels. We actually leave the school unlocked as well, so our parents and our kids see school as a safe place. They will come up here and use the playground, use the bike track.

ECE Wednesday, 5 Feb 2025

Meet the children you help every day

Step inside New Beginnings Preschool in Linwood, Christchurch, and you’ll be embraced. Little Gian will take you on a hunt for red paint so he can swirl his fingers in it. Joshy will show you his choice of nail colour as a teacher paints his nails. Fala and Ruby will show you their favourite hiding place, where they can both squeeze into a barrel.  

OUR NATIONWIDE SUPPORT

KidsCan partner schools and early childhood centres.

Across New Zealand we
provide essentials to:

949

Schools

203

ECEs

60,000+

Kids

How to help

Help Kiwi kids in need.

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