KidsCan news and updates.

Fundraising Thursday, 27 Apr 2023

A mini event with a huge heart…

Fifty intrepid teams embarked on a road trip like no other, in the Pork Pie Charity Run for KidsCan. Driving their beloved Minis – some more than fifty years old – they travelled 2,500km from Paihia to Invercargill in homage to the classic 1981 movie, ‘Goodbye Pork Pie.’

ECE Friday, 31 Mar 2023

The difference our programmes have made in those crucial early learning years.

''We have seen a huge turnaround for our children - from being unable to engage in learning to being able to sit and focus. From being agitated, anxious and sometimes aggressive to being calm and having a sense wellbeing.''

Schools Thursday, 30 Mar 2023

Gisborne principal on the impact of KidsCan Cyclone Gabrielle support

Lynn Burrell, principal at Rerekohu School, told us that the reality in Gisborne is overwhelming - much harder even than the Covid lockdowns. She knows there will be further hardship as living costs soar, but says parents are overjoyed at the support from KidsCan.

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.

Partnerships Thursday, 26 Jan 2023

The Warehouse Group is helping to give thousands of Kiwi kids a better start to the school year.

The Warehouse and Warehouse Stationery are donating 100,000 classroom essentials to KidsCan for 73 schools from Kaitaia to Invercargill. They are also making it easy for customers to help support, and until February 7, you can add $1 for KidsCan at their checkouts.

Fundraising Monday, 16 Jan 2023

'We are grandparents to all New Zealand’s mokopuna’

Share My Super founder, Liz Greive, shares with KidsCan her first experience of child poverty, why hardship in New Zealand is worse today than 40 years ago, and the role the community has to lift up the next generation

Partnerships Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022

Principal partner Meridian energy highlights of 2022

Meridian energy has been our KidsCan Principal Partner for over nine years. We are thrilled to have such an awesome partner who gets behind our work and delivers over and above on their support for KidsCan.