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Giving Kiwi kids the essentials they need to learn and keep up in school.

Demand for food, clothing and health products is increasing. We need your help to provide these essentials to children in poverty, so they can fully participate in their learning and have the opportunity for a brighter future.

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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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Winter is the hardest time of year for children living in poverty.

Cold, hungry, or unable to attend school at all, many fall behind—missing out on learning, and with it, the chance of a better future.

We help remove some of these barriers by providing food, jackets, shoes, and basic health items to over 1,100 schools and early childhood centres across New Zealand.

As we approach 20 years of supporting children, demand for our support is only increasing. Which is why this winter, we need your help to give 3,500 children the essentials they need to stay warm, nourished, and in school—so they don’t fall behind.

 

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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 Monday, 23 Jun 2025

KidsCan sees 15% spike in need for school food as winter approaches

New Zealand’s children charity, KidsCan, is experiencing a significant increase in demand for food, with orders up 15% compared to the same period last year, as the organisation enters what CEO and Founder Julie Chapman describes as the toughest time of year for families in poverty.
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.

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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