bit by bit we are changing the world
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We ARe ChAnging the WoRld
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Contributors:
First and foremost, the biggest thanks go to our staff in the field. Without their tireless, inspiring work, we’d have nothing to write about! Many others helped bring these stories and this publication to life…
The Picture Garden
Chief Onga for visiting New Zealand
Rosanna Keam
Taus Ceramics
Innocent Packaging
Goodness Products
Belle and Beau
Mojo Coffee
Eat My Lunch
Ignite Sports
Overland
Healthpost
Amy and Harley
Esther, Favour and Promise from Uganda
Maddox, Aston, Lachlan and Ilir from Auckland
When her newborn daughter needed urgent heart surgery, Amy Thomsen knew she could rely on the New Zealand healthcare system. Harley needed a heart operation the day after she was born. A month later, she had open-heart surgery. It was a miracle that she survived, but because we live in New Zealand Harley received the very best medical care. Other mothers are not so lucky.
“The thought of not being able to give Harley what she needs… I can’t even dream what that would be like.” says Amy. “The one thing I’ve chosen to do is to sponsor a child, so that another mother can provide what their child needs.”
Tackling international poverty isn’t a case of here or there, them or us, have or have not. It’s about hope. It’s about celebrating successes. It’s about working together to create safe and healthy communities. It’s about addressing the huge inequalities that exist around the world.
Front cover artwork by Rueben Paterson. This print was one of a handful to be auctioned off for World Vision’s Forgotten Millions campaign earlier this year. With the Government’s pledge to match donations dollar for dollar, over $2.6 million has been raised for the refugee crisis.
one of the United nationals eight Millennium development goals focused on improving Maternal health. Since 1990, maternal mortality has fallen by 45% worldwide.
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Contributors:
First and foremost, the biggest thanks go to our staff in the field. Without their tireless, inspiring work, we’d have nothing to write about! Many others helped bring these stories and this publication to life…
The Picture Garden
Chief Onga for visiting New Zealand
Rosanna Keam
Taus Ceramics
Innocent Packaging
Goodness Products
Belle and Beau
Mojo Coffee
Eat My Lunch
Ignite Sports
Overland
Healthpost
Amy and Harley
Esther, Favour and Promise from Uganda
Maddox, Aston, Lachlan and Ilir from Auckland
When her newborn daughter needed urgent heart surgery, Amy Thomsen knew she could rely on the New Zealand healthcare system. Harley needed a heart operation the day after she was born. A month later, she had open-heart surgery. It was a miracle that she survived, but because we live in New Zealand Harley received the very best medical care. Other mothers are not so lucky.
“The thought of not being able to give Harley what she needs… I can’t even dream what that would be like.” says Amy. “The one thing I’ve chosen to do is to sponsor a child, so that another mother can provide what their child needs.”
Tackling international poverty isn’t a case of here or there, them or us, have or have not. It’s about hope. It’s about celebrating successes. It’s about working together to create safe and healthy communities. It’s about addressing the huge inequalities that exist around the world.
Front cover artwork by Rueben Paterson. This print was one of a handful to be auctioned off for World Vision’s Forgotten Millions campaign earlier this year. With the Government’s pledge to match donations dollar for dollar, over $2.6 million has been raised for the refugee crisis.
one of the United nationals eight Millennium development goals focused on improving Maternal health. Since 1990, maternal mortality has fallen by 45% worldwide.
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The journey towards eradicating global poverty is filled with good news stories. Four generations of New Zealanders have sponsored more than 143,000 children, so many of these stories are close to home.
A small island nation at the end of the world, be proud, stand tall.
The impact you have had is monumental, hopefully some of these stories show a little of what you’ve helped to achieve.
Whether it’s helping out in the garden or heading off to school, bright colours and attitude are definitely in fashion for these World Vision sponsored children.
fashionIn The fIeld
Chief Onga (pictured here) was so grateful for Overland’s help, he came over from Malawi to personally relay the stories of success from his village.
Buying shoes that lead to enabling girls to go to school, in classrooms with trained teachers? Purchasing organic health supplements online that lead to over half a million dollars donated to international projects? That’s a powerful use of your consumer dollar.
Bit By Bit we CAN change the world.
Sponsoring a child, lobbying governments, signing petitions or just being informed, there’s plenty of ways you can do your ‘bit’. As the world gets more and more connected, doing your bit is becoming much easier.
is currently sponsoring more than 60 children in Malawi, and together with companies like Healthpost, they’re making ethical buying easy by incorporating international charitable giving into each transaction.
Overland footwear
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The journey towards eradicating global poverty is filled with good news stories. Four generations of New Zealanders have sponsored more than 143,000 children, so many of these stories are close to home.
A small island nation at the end of the world, be proud, stand tall.
The impact you have had is monumental, hopefully some of these stories show a little of what you’ve helped to achieve.
Whether it’s helping out in the garden or heading off to school, bright colours and attitude are definitely in fashion for these World Vision sponsored children.
fashionIn The fIeld
Chief Onga (pictured here) was so grateful for Overland’s help, he came over from Malawi to personally relay the stories of success from his village.
Buying shoes that lead to enabling girls to go to school, in classrooms with trained teachers? Purchasing organic health supplements online that lead to over half a million dollars donated to international projects? That’s a powerful use of your consumer dollar.
Bit By Bit we CAN change the world.
Sponsoring a child, lobbying governments, signing petitions or just being informed, there’s plenty of ways you can do your ‘bit’. As the world gets more and more connected, doing your bit is becoming much easier.
is currently sponsoring more than 60 children in Malawi, and together with companies like Healthpost, they’re making ethical buying easy by incorporating international charitable giving into each transaction.
Overland footwear
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WEll donE nEW ZEaland!
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Places like Mali, Niger and Papua New Guinea. Places that don’t always have the most sanitary places to relieve yourself. Hence the importance of the toilet.
‘I love talking about toilets because it’s such a taboo subject’ she says. ‘People don’t talk about their toilet habits openly, so many don’t realise how a lack of toilets in a community can pollute water sources and increase the rate that diseases spread.’
Holidays to Fiji weren’t the typical beach resort style stay for Rosanna’s family. Instead of sitting on the beach or buying tacky t-shirts, she travelled there to help maintain a local village.
She says ‘That’s what got me really interested in development work, even though we were digging holes, carrying cement and making chicken coops. We were just mucking in where people needed it. I’d never really experienced anything like that before.’
That experience set Rosanna on a path to where she is today. After finishing high school she studied Politics and Geography at Auckland University.
Since then, she’s been working in development full time, visiting a wide range of countries and living in a few for up to 18 months at a time. Along the way, she has experienced a few ups and downs.
‘A lot of people think development is a linear, transactional process. You go in, fix something and then you’re done. The reality is it’s not like that. But that’s just the nature of it, if it was easy we would’ve fixed everything 20-30 years ago.’
However, it definitely has its rewarding moments too. ‘One of the things that has meant a lot to me is managing to get funding for clean water projects in West Africa.’
Rosanna would like to see her future specialising in water, sanitation and hygiene. Because we know she is fond of toilets.
‘Work makes me passionate, but I still need downtime. Visiting family is a great way to put work aside because we talk about things other than politics or development.‘
‘I’ve always been a big believer in taking a chance and going for it, no time for regrets.’
So if you ever meet Rosanna, don’t be surprised if she tells you all about pit latrines.
Take away the nice clothes. The nights out. Even take the power supply.
But don’t take the toilet, please.
isn’t a regular 28 year old. She’s a Country Manager at World Vision New Zealand, which means she’s been to parts of the world that aren’t exactly on the list of usual travel destinations.
Rosanna Keam
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Places like Mali, Niger and Papua New Guinea. Places that don’t always have the most sanitary places to relieve yourself. Hence the importance of the toilet.
‘I love talking about toilets because it’s such a taboo subject’ she says. ‘People don’t talk about their toilet habits openly, so many don’t realise how a lack of toilets in a community can pollute water sources and increase the rate that diseases spread.’
Holidays to Fiji weren’t the typical beach resort style stay for Rosanna’s family. Instead of sitting on the beach or buying tacky t-shirts, she travelled there to help maintain a local village.
She says ‘That’s what got me really interested in development work, even though we were digging holes, carrying cement and making chicken coops. We were just mucking in where people needed it. I’d never really experienced anything like that before.’
That experience set Rosanna on a path to where she is today. After finishing high school she studied Politics and Geography at Auckland University.
Since then, she’s been working in development full time, visiting a wide range of countries and living in a few for up to 18 months at a time. Along the way, she has experienced a few ups and downs.
‘A lot of people think development is a linear, transactional process. You go in, fix something and then you’re done. The reality is it’s not like that. But that’s just the nature of it, if it was easy we would’ve fixed everything 20-30 years ago.’
However, it definitely has its rewarding moments too. ‘One of the things that has meant a lot to me is managing to get funding for clean water projects in West Africa.’
Rosanna would like to see her future specialising in water, sanitation and hygiene. Because we know she is fond of toilets.
‘Work makes me passionate, but I still need downtime. Visiting family is a great way to put work aside because we talk about things other than politics or development.‘
‘I’ve always been a big believer in taking a chance and going for it, no time for regrets.’
So if you ever meet Rosanna, don’t be surprised if she tells you all about pit latrines.
Take away the nice clothes. The nights out. Even take the power supply.
But don’t take the toilet, please.
isn’t a regular 28 year old. She’s a Country Manager at World Vision New Zealand, which means she’s been to parts of the world that aren’t exactly on the list of usual travel destinations.
Rosanna Keam
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children in
Esther, Favour, Promise(L-R)
Uganda
children in
Maddox, Aston, Lachlan, ilir(L-R)
new Zealand
What is your favourite subject at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): My favourite subject is English. NOT Maths. I don’t like Maths.
Favour (11): Social Studies because that’s the subject where I learn about all the other countries in the world and what is happening in them.
new zealand
Ilir (10): I don’t really like maths either even though I’m good at it.
Lachlan (9): MATHS! I’d like to learn Social Studies too.
Who is your favourite teacher at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): Ms. Madina and Ms Biira because they’re nice to everyone… Especially me.
new zealand
Ilir and Lachlan (10, 9): Mrs Feenstra. She’s real kind.
What is your favourite colour?
Uganda
Promise (9): Purple!
new zealand
All: SAME! (purple)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Uganda
Promise (9): I want to work at an airport when I grow up. Everyone wants to be a pilot but I want to be the person who helps the planes land on the tarmac.
new zealand
Lachlan (9): Lots of things! An architect, a journalist... I used to want to work in an airport too. I wanted to be the one who wraps luggage in plastic.
Aston (6): Ecoscientist. ‘Cause I really like animals.
Maddox (5): Undercover policeman.
What do you like to do for fun?
Uganda
Esther (6): Dancing.
Favour (11): Singing, especially at church.
new zealand
Lachlan and Aston (9,6): We also like dancing and singing. Our house is pretty much tech-free.
Maddox (5): Playing on the climbing frame and… Playstation! I have four games. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, a race car one and a basketball one.
Ilir (10): Playing FIFA.
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What do you think African kids eat for lunch?
Maddox (5): Does that country eat the frog type of leaf sometimes? Lily pad? I think mum told me that one time.
Ilir (10): Fish and mangoes.
Lachlan (9): Millet.
What kinds of animals do you think African children keep as pets?
Maddox (5): Guard dogs.
Ilir (10): Lions?
Maddox (5): NO! They’d gobble you up! I know lots about the wild because I watch Bear Grylls at home.
Aston (6): Sometimes lions are kind…
How long do you think it takes the children to get to school?
Lachlan (9): Depends how far away they live.
Ilir (10): One and a half hours. That wouldn’t be nice because of all the dirt.
Maddox (5): Two or three hours, because they’re close to the end of the world.
How hot do you think it gets in Uganda?
Maddox (5): In the morning, 103 degrees. At night, about one degree.
Ilir (10): It could be minus!
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children in
Esther, Favour, Promise(L-R)
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children in
Maddox, Aston, Lachlan, ilir(L-R)
new Zealand
What is your favourite subject at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): My favourite subject is English. NOT Maths. I don’t like Maths.
Favour (11): Social Studies because that’s the subject where I learn about all the other countries in the world and what is happening in them.
new zealand
Ilir (10): I don’t really like maths either even though I’m good at it.
Lachlan (9): MATHS! I’d like to learn Social Studies too.
Who is your favourite teacher at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): Ms. Madina and Ms Biira because they’re nice to everyone… Especially me.
new zealand
Ilir and Lachlan (10, 9): Mrs Feenstra. She’s real kind.
What is your favourite colour?
Uganda
Promise (9): Purple!
new zealand
All: SAME! (purple)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Uganda
Promise (9): I want to work at an airport when I grow up. Everyone wants to be a pilot but I want to be the person who helps the planes land on the tarmac.
new zealand
Lachlan (9): Lots of things! An architect, a journalist... I used to want to work in an airport too. I wanted to be the one who wraps luggage in plastic.
Aston (6): Ecoscientist. ‘Cause I really like animals.
Maddox (5): Undercover policeman.
What do you like to do for fun?
Uganda
Esther (6): Dancing.
Favour (11): Singing, especially at church.
new zealand
Lachlan and Aston (9,6): We also like dancing and singing. Our house is pretty much tech-free.
Maddox (5): Playing on the climbing frame and… Playstation! I have four games. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, a race car one and a basketball one.
Ilir (10): Playing FIFA.
nz Only QUeStiOnS and anSweRS
What do you think African kids eat for lunch?
Maddox (5): Does that country eat the frog type of leaf sometimes? Lily pad? I think mum told me that one time.
Ilir (10): Fish and mangoes.
Lachlan (9): Millet.
What kinds of animals do you think African children keep as pets?
Maddox (5): Guard dogs.
Ilir (10): Lions?
Maddox (5): NO! They’d gobble you up! I know lots about the wild because I watch Bear Grylls at home.
Aston (6): Sometimes lions are kind…
How long do you think it takes the children to get to school?
Lachlan (9): Depends how far away they live.
Ilir (10): One and a half hours. That wouldn’t be nice because of all the dirt.
Maddox (5): Two or three hours, because they’re close to the end of the world.
How hot do you think it gets in Uganda?
Maddox (5): In the morning, 103 degrees. At night, about one degree.
Ilir (10): It could be minus!
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children in
Esther, Favour, Promise(L-R)
Uganda
children in
Maddox, Aston, Lachlan, ilir(L-R)
new Zealand
What is your favourite subject at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): My favourite subject is English. NOT Maths. I don’t like Maths.
Favour (11): Social Studies because that’s the subject where I learn about all the other countries in the world and what is happening in them.
new zealand
Ilir (10): I don’t really like maths either even though I’m good at it.
Lachlan (9): MATHS! I’d like to learn Social Studies too.
Who is your favourite teacher at school?
Uganda
Esther (6): Ms. Madina and Ms Biira because they’re nice to everyone… Especially me.
new zealand
Ilir and Lachlan (10, 9): Mrs Feenstra. She’s real kind.
What is your favourite colour?
Uganda
Promise (9): Purple!
new zealand
All: SAME! (purple)
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Uganda
Promise (9): I want to work at an airport when I grow up. Everyone wants to be a pilot but I want to be the person who helps the planes land on the tarmac.
new zealand
Lachlan (9): Lots of things! An architect, a journalist... I used to want to work in an airport too. I wanted to be the one who wraps luggage in plastic.
Aston (6): Ecoscientist. ‘Cause I really like animals.
Maddox (5): Undercover policeman.
What do you like to do for fun?
Uganda
Esther (6): Dancing.
Favour (11): Singing, especially at church.
new zealand
Lachlan and Aston (9,6): We also like dancing and singing. Our house is pretty much tech-free.
Maddox (5): Playing on the climbing frame and… Playstation! I have four games. Star Wars, Indiana Jones, a race car one and a basketball one.
Ilir (10): Playing FIFA.
nz Only QUeStiOnS and anSweRS
What do you think African kids eat for lunch?
Maddox (5): Does that country eat the frog type of leaf sometimes? Lily pad? I think mum told me that one time.
Ilir (10): Fish and mangoes.
Lachlan (9): Millet.
What kinds of animals do you think African children keep as pets?
Maddox (5): Guard dogs.
Ilir (10): Lions?
Maddox (5): NO! They’d gobble you up! I know lots about the wild because I watch Bear Grylls at home.
Aston (6): Sometimes lions are kind…
How long do you think it takes the children to get to school?
Lachlan (9): Depends how far away they live.
Ilir (10): One and a half hours. That wouldn’t be nice because of all the dirt.
Maddox (5): Two or three hours, because they’re close to the end of the world.
How hot do you think it gets in Uganda?
Maddox (5): In the morning, 103 degrees. At night, about one degree.
Ilir (10): It could be minus!
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the United nation’s Sustainable development goals include an important section on economic development. it aims to ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.’
loves motorbikes. From a young age he found a skill with wiring and repairs, and dreamed of a future as a mechanic.
Things changed dramatically when, in primary school, both Kasim’s parents passed away. The dream of becoming a mechanic seemed further and further away until at age 12, a New Zealander sponsored Kasim. With this support, he was able to attend vocational training school to learn how to build and repair motorcycles.
Kasim’s mechanics shop is now a hive of activity in Uganda. He is also currently training 22 young apprentices from a local orphanage.
“I want to help them all” says Kasim. “I am most proud of my knowledge because I am now known by everybody, and I can use my skills to make money, and help others. These students, their life was bad. They had nothing to eat, and no knowledge to improve their situation. Now they are happy, they have smiles.”
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the United nation’s Sustainable development goals include an important section on economic development. it aims to ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.’
loves motorbikes. From a young age he found a skill with wiring and repairs, and dreamed of a future as a mechanic.
Things changed dramatically when, in primary school, both Kasim’s parents passed away. The dream of becoming a mechanic seemed further and further away until at age 12, a New Zealander sponsored Kasim. With this support, he was able to attend vocational training school to learn how to build and repair motorcycles.
Kasim’s mechanics shop is now a hive of activity in Uganda. He is also currently training 22 young apprentices from a local orphanage.
“I want to help them all” says Kasim. “I am most proud of my knowledge because I am now known by everybody, and I can use my skills to make money, and help others. These students, their life was bad. They had nothing to eat, and no knowledge to improve their situation. Now they are happy, they have smiles.”
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is a secondary school student in Rakai Kooki, Uganda. This sassy young lady knows what she wants.
‘My favourite subject is science – I would really like to be a nurse. I want to work in theatre because I want to be able to treat and help people.”
Concocting a future
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the number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide has fallen by almost half, down from 100 million in 2000. As we move forward with the United nation’s new Sustainable development goals, the focus remains on education. one of the goals is to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all.’
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is a secondary school student in Rakai Kooki, Uganda. This sassy young lady knows what she wants.
‘My favourite subject is science – I would really like to be a nurse. I want to work in theatre because I want to be able to treat and help people.”
Concocting a future
Scovia
the number of out-of-school children of primary school age worldwide has fallen by almost half, down from 100 million in 2000. As we move forward with the United nation’s new Sustainable development goals, the focus remains on education. one of the goals is to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all.’
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tAus CErAMiC
Taus Ceramic is a collection of modern, beautifully-crafted ceramics thrown by hand on a wheel in the Auckland garage of Kiwi Tim Grocott. His newest range of pieces are made from a low-fire rich red terracotta clay, meaning that they consume less energy to fire than most other ceramic work while retaining functionality. With each piece made unique by the different physical marks left by the hand of the maker, these are perfect for all you ceramic connoisseurs out there.
taus.co.nz
innoCEnt PACkAging
Innocent Packaging supply trendy cafés across New Zealand with customisable coffee cups and lids made from renewable resources like corn starch that’ve been sourced from responsibly-managed plantations. Straws, cutlery and even bin liners are now included in their sweet product line-up. The company also do their best to ensure that their packaging is disposed of at commercial composting sites rather than landfills. Your used Innocent coffee cup may end up as compost on the farm of a grower in the upper North Island!
innocentpackaging.co.nz
goodnEss ProduCts
Goodness turn the good stuff from Mother Nature into damn fine affordable skincare products. Certified Organic Chia Seed Oil is the hero and heart of the range. Avocado, coconut and powdered volcanic pumice from NZ are used instead of nasties like sulphates. More good news? Their products aren’t tested on animals, are biodegradable, and come in recyclable packaging. With moisturiser, cleanser, face scrub and evening cream, Goodness leaves your skin, your pocket, and the planet healthy and glowing.
goodnessproducts.com
EAt My LunCh
Lunch tastes better when shared, and even better when shared with a Kiwi kid in need. New Auckland-based start-up company Eat My Lunch makes wholesome lunches fresh daily and delivers them directly to workplaces and schools. For every lunch ordered online at a reasonable price of $10, a lunch is given to a kid in a low decile school. Join the likes of Lorde and ‘Buy one. Give one.’
eatmylunch.co.nz
Mojo CoFFEE
This delicious, single-origin coffee blend coffee is a collaboration project between Mojo Coffee and World Vision. It’s made from the some of the last beans grown on Vanuatu’s Tanna Island before Tropical Cyclone Pam hit, and proceeds from their sale are helping to re-build the livelihoods of coffee farmers who were affected. Buy a 250g bag for $12.50 or 1kg for $45. Available in plunger or beans.
shop.mojocoffee.co.nz
bELLE And bEAu
Striped shirts are a wardrobe staple, and Auckland-based brand Belle and Beau not only do them well, they do them sustainably. Belle and Beau create effortless, superior-quality basics here in New Zealand using only 100% Certified organic cotton, merino and dyes. They’re also free from conventionally used toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. Style clearly doesn’t have to be at the expense of the planet.
belleandbeau.co.nz
Good sTuff
“It ’s all because I have a friend in new Zealand”
...says 15 year old Prok from the Stong community
in Cambodia.
Knowing that many young girls from Cambodia are trafficked into the sex trade in Thailand, Yam worried Prok had been forced to earn money this way. The savings group had been able to save more than Yam would have been able to earn, so she couldn’t understand how else her daughter would have been able to get access to this money.
World Vision staff went to visit Yam, and explained that yes, the money was from the collective Children’s Savings Group. Prok is now finishing primary school, and is enrolled in secondary school. With her mother receiving regular care and medication, Prok can concentrate on her studies, and play with the other children. Yam says she still worries about her illness, and what Prok will do without her, but she takes comfort in the fact that Prok has friends in New Zealand.
Prok’s father died of AIDS 11 years ago, and her mother suffers from the virus while trying to provide for their family. Worried about her mother, Prok dropped out of school to be her full time carer. Both Prok and her mother Yam knew education was important, and missing out could be harmful to Prok, but they needed to pay for medication, and basic everyday necessities. ‘She is like an alarm clock to me, waking me up every day and giving me my medicine’ says Yam. It was only after Prok joined the savings group that she began to see a way out of their situation. At the end of the first cycle of saving Prok took home her share, which was enough to cover her school fees, and medical care for her mother. Yam immediately feared the worst.
is a strong young leader in her community and proudly shares that she is sponsored by a New Zealander. She leads the local children’s Savings Group which has 22 members and meets regularly to learn about savings, and pool their money.
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the fifth of the 17 United nations Sustainable development goals is to ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.’
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tAus CErAMiC
Taus Ceramic is a collection of modern, beautifully-crafted ceramics thrown by hand on a wheel in the Auckland garage of Kiwi Tim Grocott. His newest range of pieces are made from a low-fire rich red terracotta clay, meaning that they consume less energy to fire than most other ceramic work while retaining functionality. With each piece made unique by the different physical marks left by the hand of the maker, these are perfect for all you ceramic connoisseurs out there.
taus.co.nz
innoCEnt PACkAging
Innocent Packaging supply trendy cafés across New Zealand with customisable coffee cups and lids made from renewable resources like corn starch that’ve been sourced from responsibly-managed plantations. Straws, cutlery and even bin liners are now included in their sweet product line-up. The company also do their best to ensure that their packaging is disposed of at commercial composting sites rather than landfills. Your used Innocent coffee cup may end up as compost on the farm of a grower in the upper North Island!
innocentpackaging.co.nz
goodnEss ProduCts
Goodness turn the good stuff from Mother Nature into damn fine affordable skincare products. Certified Organic Chia Seed Oil is the hero and heart of the range. Avocado, coconut and powdered volcanic pumice from NZ are used instead of nasties like sulphates. More good news? Their products aren’t tested on animals, are biodegradable, and come in recyclable packaging. With moisturiser, cleanser, face scrub and evening cream, Goodness leaves your skin, your pocket, and the planet healthy and glowing.
goodnessproducts.com
EAt My LunCh
Lunch tastes better when shared, and even better when shared with a Kiwi kid in need. New Auckland-based start-up company Eat My Lunch makes wholesome lunches fresh daily and delivers them directly to workplaces and schools. For every lunch ordered online at a reasonable price of $10, a lunch is given to a kid in a low decile school. Join the likes of Lorde and ‘Buy one. Give one.’
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Mojo CoFFEE
This delicious, single-origin coffee blend coffee is a collaboration project between Mojo Coffee and World Vision. It’s made from the some of the last beans grown on Vanuatu’s Tanna Island before Tropical Cyclone Pam hit, and proceeds from their sale are helping to re-build the livelihoods of coffee farmers who were affected. Buy a 250g bag for $12.50 or 1kg for $45. Available in plunger or beans.
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bELLE And bEAu
Striped shirts are a wardrobe staple, and Auckland-based brand Belle and Beau not only do them well, they do them sustainably. Belle and Beau create effortless, superior-quality basics here in New Zealand using only 100% Certified organic cotton, merino and dyes. They’re also free from conventionally used toxic pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. Style clearly doesn’t have to be at the expense of the planet.
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Good sTuff
“It ’s all because I have a friend in new Zealand”
...says 15 year old Prok from the Stong community
in Cambodia.
Knowing that many young girls from Cambodia are trafficked into the sex trade in Thailand, Yam worried Prok had been forced to earn money this way. The savings group had been able to save more than Yam would have been able to earn, so she couldn’t understand how else her daughter would have been able to get access to this money.
World Vision staff went to visit Yam, and explained that yes, the money was from the collective Children’s Savings Group. Prok is now finishing primary school, and is enrolled in secondary school. With her mother receiving regular care and medication, Prok can concentrate on her studies, and play with the other children. Yam says she still worries about her illness, and what Prok will do without her, but she takes comfort in the fact that Prok has friends in New Zealand.
Prok’s father died of AIDS 11 years ago, and her mother suffers from the virus while trying to provide for their family. Worried about her mother, Prok dropped out of school to be her full time carer. Both Prok and her mother Yam knew education was important, and missing out could be harmful to Prok, but they needed to pay for medication, and basic everyday necessities. ‘She is like an alarm clock to me, waking me up every day and giving me my medicine’ says Yam. It was only after Prok joined the savings group that she began to see a way out of their situation. At the end of the first cycle of saving Prok took home her share, which was enough to cover her school fees, and medical care for her mother. Yam immediately feared the worst.
is a strong young leader in her community and proudly shares that she is sponsored by a New Zealander. She leads the local children’s Savings Group which has 22 members and meets regularly to learn about savings, and pool their money.
Prok
the fifth of the 17 United nations Sustainable development goals is to ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.’
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2 x 390g cans of red kidney beans, drained1 medium onion, roughly chopped2 tsp fresh ginger1 tsp coriander seeds1 egg1 handful of curry leaves1 1/2 cups chick pea flour1/3 cup waterVegetable oil for deep frying
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1. In a food processor, place the kidney beans, onion, ginger, coriander seeds, curry leaves and salt. Blend until you have a smooth paste. Add the chickpea flour and blend until combined.
2. Add most of the water and pulse until just blended. It should have the consistency of thick yoghurt. You may not need all the water.
3. Heat the oil in a shallow pan or wok. Test the temperature by cooking a little of the batter. It should gently bubble when placed in the oil and float to the top.
4. Place heaped teaspoons of mixture into the hot oil. Brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
5. Serve with a spicy tomato sauce or fresh coconut chutney and wedges of fresh cucumber.
‘Hope - Recipes for Life’ is coming out before Christmas next year. Through a collection of recipes and the personal stories of those who shared them, the cook book shows the development work taking place in communities in India, Malawi, Nicaragua and Vanuatu with support from World Vision. Photography has been done by Stephen Goodenough. All the proceeds are going to World Vision.
Check out www.recipesforlife.co.nz for more info!
A group of Kiwis travelled to India, Malawi, Nicaragua and Vanuatu earlier this year on a quest to create a recipe book to bring home some of the flavours they experienced. Here is one of their favourites from a community located in the northern coastal area of India, Korukonda.
Popular in street stalls and railway stations, Babara Vada is a crunchy vegetarian snack or side dish with a light, fluffy centre. It also features as one of many dishes shared during a special celebration in Korukonda that takes place every November. Families and friends get together to cook, eat, play and sing. The coriander seeds add a kick of flavour.
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Igniting sporting Passion
Trying to fit in, you attend a community event with other refugee background young people. You don’t really know anyone and there’s about five or six different languages spoken. Then out comes the football. According to Alex Britton, programme manager for Fusion, that’s when the smiles start.
‘It’s an easy way for kids to connect, just by playing football or any other sort of sport. They don’t know each other at the start, but by the end they’re all friends.’
Ignite Sport have been running the Fusion programme for the last five years for refugee background young people from all over the world. So far they’ve brought together young people from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Columbia, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, The Congo and Sri Lanka.
‘We introduce them to a wide range of sports: football, volleyball, netball and ultimate frisbee. But one they all really love is speedball.’
As well as picking up new skills and making new friends, Alex says there’s an even more positive outcome of Fusion. ‘It gives them a support network and community that they can struggle to find. Together, they can be a hugely positive part of the community.’
Ignite has partnered with Red Cross NZ to make the programme happen. New Zealand’s refugee quota is currently 750 annually and the Red Cross helps all of them adjust to life here through their resettlement centre in Mangere. From there, refugees are then integrated into communities in Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu, Wellington and Nelson.
As well as helping refugees here, Kiwis have supported those fleeing conflict overseas by raising over $2 million in donations for World Vision’s Forgotten Millions campaign.
You’re 11-years-old, fleeing your homeland because of war or disaster, surviving a harrowing journey to somewhere you may never have heard of before to start a new life. Your family are with you, but nothing else is familiar. Everything is new and strange. You’re a refugee.
one of the Un’s 17 new Sustainable development goals is to ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.’
Taste Babara Vada
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Servings: Makes 35
IngRedIenTS
2 x 390g cans of red kidney beans, drained1 medium onion, roughly chopped2 tsp fresh ginger1 tsp coriander seeds1 egg1 handful of curry leaves1 1/2 cups chick pea flour1/3 cup waterVegetable oil for deep frying
dIReCTIOnS
1. In a food processor, place the kidney beans, onion, ginger, coriander seeds, curry leaves and salt. Blend until you have a smooth paste. Add the chickpea flour and blend until combined.
2. Add most of the water and pulse until just blended. It should have the consistency of thick yoghurt. You may not need all the water.
3. Heat the oil in a shallow pan or wok. Test the temperature by cooking a little of the batter. It should gently bubble when placed in the oil and float to the top.
4. Place heaped teaspoons of mixture into the hot oil. Brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
5. Serve with a spicy tomato sauce or fresh coconut chutney and wedges of fresh cucumber.
‘Hope - Recipes for Life’ is coming out before Christmas next year. Through a collection of recipes and the personal stories of those who shared them, the cook book shows the development work taking place in communities in India, Malawi, Nicaragua and Vanuatu with support from World Vision. Photography has been done by Stephen Goodenough. All the proceeds are going to World Vision.
Check out www.recipesforlife.co.nz for more info!
A group of Kiwis travelled to India, Malawi, Nicaragua and Vanuatu earlier this year on a quest to create a recipe book to bring home some of the flavours they experienced. Here is one of their favourites from a community located in the northern coastal area of India, Korukonda.
Popular in street stalls and railway stations, Babara Vada is a crunchy vegetarian snack or side dish with a light, fluffy centre. It also features as one of many dishes shared during a special celebration in Korukonda that takes place every November. Families and friends get together to cook, eat, play and sing. The coriander seeds add a kick of flavour.
of hope
Igniting sporting Passion
Trying to fit in, you attend a community event with other refugee background young people. You don’t really know anyone and there’s about five or six different languages spoken. Then out comes the football. According to Alex Britton, programme manager for Fusion, that’s when the smiles start.
‘It’s an easy way for kids to connect, just by playing football or any other sort of sport. They don’t know each other at the start, but by the end they’re all friends.’
Ignite Sport have been running the Fusion programme for the last five years for refugee background young people from all over the world. So far they’ve brought together young people from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, Columbia, Syria, Sudan, Ethiopia, The Congo and Sri Lanka.
‘We introduce them to a wide range of sports: football, volleyball, netball and ultimate frisbee. But one they all really love is speedball.’
As well as picking up new skills and making new friends, Alex says there’s an even more positive outcome of Fusion. ‘It gives them a support network and community that they can struggle to find. Together, they can be a hugely positive part of the community.’
Ignite has partnered with Red Cross NZ to make the programme happen. New Zealand’s refugee quota is currently 750 annually and the Red Cross helps all of them adjust to life here through their resettlement centre in Mangere. From there, refugees are then integrated into communities in Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu, Wellington and Nelson.
As well as helping refugees here, Kiwis have supported those fleeing conflict overseas by raising over $2 million in donations for World Vision’s Forgotten Millions campaign.
You’re 11-years-old, fleeing your homeland because of war or disaster, surviving a harrowing journey to somewhere you may never have heard of before to start a new life. Your family are with you, but nothing else is familiar. Everything is new and strange. You’re a refugee.
one of the Un’s 17 new Sustainable development goals is to ‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.’
Taste Babara Vada
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For your rEFErEnCE:
the Millennium development goals produced what has been described as the most successful anti-poverty movement in history. They are a set of eight goals that the United Nations community committed to achieving in 2000, all aimed at improving the lives of people living in the developing world by 2015. The goals cover critical areas related to human development including poverty, health, education, female empowerment and environmental sustainability. However, the MDGs have also been criticised for failing to reach the world’s most vulnerable people at the extreme margins of society. This includes child labourers, victims of early marriage and those living in fragile or conflict affected environments.
the sustainable development goals are a new, universal set of goals, targets and indicators that the United Nations countries will be expected to use to frame their agendas and political policies over the next 15 years. The SDGs follow and expand on the Millennium Development Goals which were launched in 2000 and expire this year. The SDGs cover what UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls six ‘essential elements’ including dignity, prosperity, justice, partnership, plant and people.
Thank you for reading, thank you for helping, thank you for continuing to work with us to reach children in need.
There are some pretty amazing people and organisations in New Zealand doing some epic things, and their stories deserve to be told. This magazine is Issue #1, and our attempt at sharing some of those stories. If you like what you’ve seen, or have suggestions for improvements, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Give us a call on 0800 800 776 or [email protected]
Bit by Bit we can change the world
Give me Discomfort,discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships. So that we may live from deep within our hearts.
Give me Anger,anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people and our earth. So that we may work for justice freedom and peace.
Give me Tears to shed,Tears for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war. So that we may reach out our hand to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.
Give me Foolishness, enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world. So we can do what others claim cannot be done.
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For your rEFErEnCE:
the Millennium development goals produced what has been described as the most successful anti-poverty movement in history. They are a set of eight goals that the United Nations community committed to achieving in 2000, all aimed at improving the lives of people living in the developing world by 2015. The goals cover critical areas related to human development including poverty, health, education, female empowerment and environmental sustainability. However, the MDGs have also been criticised for failing to reach the world’s most vulnerable people at the extreme margins of society. This includes child labourers, victims of early marriage and those living in fragile or conflict affected environments.
the sustainable development goals are a new, universal set of goals, targets and indicators that the United Nations countries will be expected to use to frame their agendas and political policies over the next 15 years. The SDGs follow and expand on the Millennium Development Goals which were launched in 2000 and expire this year. The SDGs cover what UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls six ‘essential elements’ including dignity, prosperity, justice, partnership, plant and people.
Thank you for reading, thank you for helping, thank you for continuing to work with us to reach children in need.
There are some pretty amazing people and organisations in New Zealand doing some epic things, and their stories deserve to be told. This magazine is Issue #1, and our attempt at sharing some of those stories. If you like what you’ve seen, or have suggestions for improvements, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
Give us a call on 0800 800 776 or [email protected]
Bit by Bit we can change the world
Give me Discomfort,discomfort at easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships. So that we may live from deep within our hearts.
Give me Anger,anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people and our earth. So that we may work for justice freedom and peace.
Give me Tears to shed,Tears for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war. So that we may reach out our hand to comfort them and turn their pain into joy.
Give me Foolishness, enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in this world. So we can do what others claim cannot be done.
www.worldvision.org.nz