Organisation News

Well done Jess!

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Jess, one of our sponsors, just completed a half marathon to help fund her trip to Romania. Congratulations Jess! Happy birthday, and well done on the 21kms! To find out more or to support Jess, click here.

Charity Cookbook in time for Mothers Day!

Sat, 05 May 2012 03:19:00 GMT

The Paris Cookbook Fair Chefs Charity Cookbook has arrived just in time for Mothers Day! Net proceeds from the sales go to the Orphans Aid International Christchurch appeal. We're really excited about this fundraising venture that has had input from celebrity chefs around the globe. Thanks to each one of them and all those that have contributed. Read more about it here. If Mums not a cookbook person check out our other great gift ideas for Mum on our on-line shop or Trade Me store.

Keeping you up dated!

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:03:00 GMT

We've just posted out an Easter update. We'd love to be able to keep you updated several times a year with current happenings. We also send out a fabulous e-newsletter every two weeks. Sign up for the e-newsletter on this page. Send us your postal details through our contact us page to receive our newsletter.

Thanks for caring for those less fortunate!

Have a great Easter!! Celebrating our Risen Lord!

Paris Cookbook Fair

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:12:00 GMT

We are very excited that at the Paris Cookbook Fair last night, Gourmand and Evert Kornmayer launched a charity cookbook for Orphans Aid International. This great book is now available for purchase at the Fair. The proceeds will be used to support Canterbury. Thank you to everyone that has contributed the Paris Cookbook Fair and all the celebrity chefs who have donated their contributions!! Read the link for more information or visit our facebook page. We will be receiving some cookbooks in New Zealand at a later point.

Tauranga Rescue Outlet opens!

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:42:00 GMT

Great news this Saturday the 25th Feb at 10.30am our new charity shop in Tauranga will open. Its an exciting shop specialising in new and vintage gears. Our Rescue Outlet is at 100 Devonport road Tauranga. Call in and see us from this weekend!

Orphans sing Christmas Carol!

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:18:00 GMT

Merry Christmas from Romania! The beautiful children at the Casa Kiwi house in Romania wanted to share this traditional Romanian Christmas Carol with all of you. What great little voices! This was recorded for Christmas 2011. Click here to listen.

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:26:00 GMT

A huge thank you to all who have helped us by giving and distributing gifts this Christmas. More can be seen on our facebook page or by signing up to our regular e-newsletter. Its been a fantastic Christmas and its still not over! Russia celebrates their Christmas Jan 7th and Orphans Aid supporters have helped provide much needed support this year.

Those that have received a copy of the Rescue book for Christmas I trust you are enjoying it. Thanks for visiting our website.

Happy 2012!! To you all. Heres to many more children being rescued through you and me!

Did you hear the Radio Interview?

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:39:00 GMT

I had the privilege of being interviewed on Radio New Zealand National's Nine to Noon show on Tuesday. Did you catch it? If you didn't, feel free to listen to the MP3 on our website in the Downloads section! It may take a few seconds to load... Thanks!

RESCUE BOOK NOW AVAILABLE!!!!!

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:45:00 GMT

Sue's must read book "Rescue- Pursuit of the Ultimate Dream" is now available. This is great news. The book is available through this website please go to the shop page. Also through our Trade Me store, our Invercargill and Dunedin Op Shops our Queenstown office and from next week also available nationwide through the Manna bookstores www.manna.co.nz see the link for your closest store.

We've been receiving some great reviews from those that have had a chance to read it. An awesome gift idea for Christmas.

Thank you to the Vodafone Foundation!

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:36:00 GMT

A special thanks to Jenny Maher and the Vodafone Foundation. Sue has recently returned from Qatar where she was a finalist competing for The Grahame Maher World of Difference award. An award open to previous World of Difference winners and their charities. We are happy to announce that Sue received a runner up prize of £10,000 to assist us in our charitable work. There was over 2500 previous winners who were eligible to apply. Thank you to the Vodafone Foundation for your tremendous support. Congratulations to Sue. There is a news article about this on our Facebook page!

Book Release- Rescue Pursuit of the Ultimate Dream

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:59:00 GMT

Sue van Schreven has just written her book Rescue Pursuit of the Ultimate Dream. This is to be launched mid November. To pre order please visit Sues blog www.suesblog.co or revisit this website and a page will be uploaded very soon on to this site for ordering. Its going to be a fabulous read and we can't wait to launch it.....

Voting Closed Thank you for voting

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:53:00 GMT

Thank you to everyone that voted for Sue for the Grahame Maher Vodafone award. We are pleased to announce that Sue won the public voting and has now gone through to the next stage in the judging. Please visit our Facebook page for more details.

URGENT - PLEASE VOTE TODAY! We need your online votes!

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:14:00 GMT

Click here to vote for our CEO Sue van Schreven in the Vodafone Foundation Grahame Maher Award Facebook page. This is a amazing opportunity to gain HUGE sponsorship funds for orphans. We NEED your votes to get to the next stage. For more info click to visit our Orphans Aid Facebook Page. This is a fabulous way to help and it only takes a few minutes of your time. We only have till Friday 21st October to get the votes in! Please tell all your friends!

Launch of new blog!

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:31:00 GMT

Our Founder Sue van Schreven has launched her very own blog www.suesblog.co if you want more in depth news and views then follow Sue as she communicates behind the scenes happenings.

facebook updates

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:58:00 GMT

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