kids Services
La Leche League New Zealand
To breastfeed happily, a mother needs confidence, the right information, and lots of time: time to talk with other mothers who are sympathetic to her needs and the needs of her baby. Our aim is to provide this service.
La Leche League (pronounced "Lah Lay-chay League") is an organisation founded by seven women who wanted to make breastfeeding easier and more rewarding for both mothers and children. The organisation offers information and encouragement - primarily through personal help - to women who want to breastfeed their babies.
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Kids Foundation of New Zealand
The Kids Foundation is the welfare arm of IDFNZ and is responsible for caring for suspected or diagnosed PID children, teenagers and their families, as well as bone marrow transplant (BMT) and liver transplant children.
The Foundation offers members practical, emotional, medical and social support.
Contact:
Kids Foundation of New Zealand
Postal Address:
P. O. Box 75-076,
Manurewa,
Manukau 2243,
New Zealand
Phone: (09) 523 5550, (0508) 300 600 (Toll Free)
Fax: (09) 523 5551
Email: gm@idfnz.org.nz
Website: http://www.idfnz.org.nz/
Cure Kids
Cure Kids (previously Child Health Research Foundation) was established over 30 years ago to address the lack of research into life-threatening childhood illnesses in New Zealand.
Since then, we have invested over $21 million in medical research. This research has helped save hundreds of young lives and has improved the quality of life for thousands of children.
We are more committed than ever to help find answers to the many cruel, life-threatening illnesses that devastate the lives of young children and their families.
Our Successes Include:
Parents Inc.
Parents Inc. Since this wonderful organisation was founded by Ian and Mary Grant in 1993, hundreds of thousands of people have interacted with us in some way.
Our vision is simple – “to positively impact every family”. Our hope is that this will become a reality for you as you experience what Parents Inc. has to offer. Great families build great communities which in turn build a great country to live in!
Contact:
Parents Inc.
Postal Address
PO Box 37 708,
Parnell, Auckland
Phone: 09 524 0025, 0800 53 56 59
Fax: 09 524 0029
Email: info@ParentsInc.org.nz
Immune Deficiencies Foundation of New Zealand (IDFNZ)
IDFNZ is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting children, teenagers and adults with diagnosed Primary Immune Deficiency (PID) disorders. A member of the International Patient Organisation for Primary Immune Deficiencies (IPOPI), its focus is on educating the public and health professionals about PID, lobbying, and ongoing medical and scientific research.
The Kids Foundation is the welfare arm of IDFNZ and is responsible for caring for suspected or diagnosed PID children, teenagers and their immediate families, as well as bone marrow transplant (BMT) children.
Kidney Kids Support Group
Kidney Kids is a group of New Zealand parents and children, who are dealing with kidney issues, and who get together to share problems, solutions, good times and sometimes even cake.
Contact:
Kidney Kids Support Group
Postal Address
PO Box 13732
Onehunga
Auckland 1643
Phone: (09) 574 2382
Mobile: 021 760 192
Fax: 09) 574 2378
Email: admin@kidneykids.org.nz
Website: http://www.kidneykids.org.nz/
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Ronald McDonald House Charities develops and supports programmes that help children live happier, healthier lives. We do this by thoroughly researching and understanding the needs of children and families in New Zealand, as well as learning from the Ronald McDonald House Charities family around the world.
Our programmes are not here to meet short term problems. All of them take years to develop and will remain in New Zealand offering care and comfort to families for as long as families need us.
National Screening Unit
The National Screening Unit (NSU) provides health screening programmes in New Zealand. A separate unit of the Ministry of Health, the Unit is responsible for the safety, effectiveness and quality of organised screening programmes. The Unit is currently responsible for the national coordination of five screening programmes:
- BreastScreen Aotearoa - screens women for breast cancer
- National Cervical Screening Programme - screens women for abnormal changes to cells on the cervix
Life Education Trust
As children grow they face a number of negative influences that can over time have an extremely negative effect changing their desires and leading, in the worst cases, to personal and social problems associated with poor health, low self-esteem and abuse of people and substances.
Life Education is a non-profit organisation. We teach health to over 200,000 primary and intermediate school children each year. We go into schools by invitation, not by right. We are linked into the school curriculum.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation began in 1980 in the USA with the fulfilment of the wish of a 7-year-old boy with leukaemia who wanted to be a policeman. Officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety granted his wish with a custom-made uniform, helmet and badge and even a helicopter ride. That one child’s delight in having his wish fulfilled provided the inspiration for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.