Success Stories

Imagine coming face-to-face with the child you sponsor for the first time! It is a life changing experience.

"Meeting Jawamumu was an experience I’ll never forget. She was shy at first, but soon we were chatting like old friends. This is an experience I’ll carry with me all my life!" - Mrs Jocelyn Brown, Whakanui

Read some of our sponsor's stories about their trips below.

Visiting Mutunga and Mutheu in Kenya

1/02/2008

In August last year, Betty Brownlie visited her sponsored children Mutunga and Mutheu in Kenya. Betty was accompanied by her husband Bruce and their friends Sue and Brian Elliot, who were visiting their two sponsored children.

Visiting Faith and Mayiani in Kenya

1/06/2007

In 2007, Abbey Leggett had an amazing experience visiting her two sponsored children, Faith and Mayiani, in Kenya.

Visiting Wavinya in Emali, Kenya

2/02/2007

After an October visit to Kenya to meet her sponsored child Wavinya, 19-year old Juliet Begley from Arrowtown tells us all about her adventure.

Visiting Ndinda in Nairobi, Kenya

1/08/2006

Ndinda, whom Trevor Porter sponsors, is of the Kamba people - a poor rural tribe based to the east of Nairobi who face an ongoing struggle for survival.

Visiting Manilyn & Natthapon in South East Asia

1/02/2006

Last October I was privileged to visit Manilyn Cabante from the Philippines whom I have sponsored for 10 years, and Natthapon Dondun from Thailand whom I have sponsored for 8 years.

NZ Sponsored Tsunami Child - Achini

7/12/2005

Achini?s father, a fisherman who died in the tsunami, was at home when the waves came. Their house was only 100 meters from the sea and everything washed away.

NZ Sponsored Tsunami Child - Fathima S

7/12/2005

Fathima was an only child. Now just seven years old, she and her mother were caught in the waves but survived the tsunami. Her father was not so fortunate.

NZ Sponsored Tsunami Child - Fathima R

7/12/2005

Two year old Fathima will likely not remember her mother. She died after the tsunami hit her town on Dec. 26. An only child, she now lives with her father and her aunt?s family.

Cora's Story

23/08/2005

When Cora became a ChildFund sponsored child, she was a timid eight-year-old who suffered second-degree malnutrition. Today, she is a bright honor student, and a national leader for children's rights in the Philippines.

Ethiopia Famine Relief: The Recovery

22/08/2005

I?ve had to steel my nerves and my emotions countless times as part of my work which regularly places me in the midst of massive human suffering, but I could not help choking back a tear when a mother said to me, ?Thank you for saving my son.?

Larry and Evilyn McBride visit Tais in Brazil

22/08/2005

Larry's and my trip to see our sponsored girl, Tais, has been a dream that I thought would never come true. It was one of the most extraordinary, moving and humbling experiences of our lives, and one we will cherish for as long as we live.

Visiting Prashanti in India

22/08/2005

The Project Director Dr P.S. Reddy and all his staff gave us a wonderful welcome to the project and throughout our visit overwhelmed us with their hospitality and friendliness.

Visiting Asha in Emali, Kenya

22/08/2005

I recently had the privilege of spending two days in Emali with my sponsored child, six year-old Asha Abona Ali. What a tremendous two days that was for me.

Brian and Jay Holloway visit children in Thailand

20/08/2005

Some time ago we had the opportunity to visit our ChidFund children. Over the years we have sponsored three children from the same area, two of who are doing really well and left the scheme, and our current child is Watsakorn - she is now a bright little 14 year-old.

Small things with love - supporter visit

7/06/2005

Catherine Pittams left London after a seven year stint to return home to Hawera, New Zealand, en route she took a brief detour to Uganda, where she met a little boy who changed her life forever: