Impact Stories

This picture says a lot. It was painted by one of the kids in the Kickstart Art programme supported by SpinningTop. The children were asked to draw what their town looked like. When you look closely, the details tell a harrowing story.

When he was eight years old, Austin's class became part of the Garden to Table programme. Austin fell in love with cooking immediately. Now he dreams of chef's whites.

Veronica Shale is Executive Director and Chief Cheerleader for our partner charity, Fair Food. We had a chat with her to learn where her drive and passion for the cause comes from, and what led her to Fair Food.

Te Amorangi is in Year 11. She has been involved with Ngā Rangatahi Toa's Creative Youth Development programmes for 3 years. Here's what she has learned about herself, and her thoughts about the future.

Wellington’s NICU cares for more than 1000 of the hospital’s tiniest patients each year, the vast majority of whom will go home with their relieved and proud parents. Behind them are devoted nurses who have worked long hours, employing the latest technology and techniques, caring their best to give these newest of New Zealanders the greatest shot at life.

"A piss-stained t-shirt smeared past my puffy face, and over my head, and onto the ground. And I followed it. Onto the ground in a tragic heap. “I couldn’t hold myself up any longer. I was alone with my baby, and I couldn’t stand up.” Find out how our partner charity, Bellyful, helped.

The experience and unique challenges for young refugees and migrants arriving in Aotearoa New Zealand are complex. Younis Ahmat Abdallah arrived in New Zealand from Chad via a Sudanese refugee camp when he was 12 years old. Watch Younis’s journey from being a cat to becoming a cheetah!

Like most places in the Pacific, health care in Tonga is staffed by amazing people working with limited equipment and resources. This is especially challenging when caring for children in need of hospital care so a team of unlikely organisations came together to make a difference.

We got an email from the Chief Executive of UpsideDowns. It was too good not to share and is an amazing demonstration of the real-world impact One Percent Collective’s donors have on Kiwi lives.

You may have seen news snippets of what’s been happening in Myanmar over the past few months. Despite the brutal devastation there as a result of an ongoing military coup , coverage is limited. Read an update on the situation in Myanmar from ADC Microfinance Board Member, Fiona Natusch.

Hearing issues affect 1 in 4 New Zealanders, but the numbers are much higher among people who are homeless. Audiologist, Dr Lisa Seerup, grew up in Flint, Michigan. Now she and DCM are working together to address the effects that poor ear health and hearing problems can have on taumai's ability to acquire permanent accommodation and employment.

Some of the classroom walls were collapsing the tin roofs were leaking and there was just one unhygienic long drop toilet for over 120 children. Here's how SpinningTop helped.