This Christmas, we’re asking you to see the world the way grieving children do, and help give them the support they’re longing for.
Child Grief Awareness Week reminds us that children feel loss deeply, and Christmas can make
that grief even harder. Your kindness can become the safe hands they need.
When a child experiences the death of someone they love, Christmas no longer looks the same.The lights feel brighter, but more dim at the same time. The rooms feel louder and too quiet. The traditions feel emptier. These are the quiet thoughts kids carry — often alone.
Christmas is a time when grief hits hardest.
Children supported by Kenzie’s Gift often show us the quiet ways grief settles in at Christmas, the moments when time seems to pause for them while everyone else moves forward.
These small glimpses inspired this campaign: an invitation for Aotearoa to see Christmas through their eyes, and to remember that every child grieves differently.
Your support ensures children get regular, ongoing therapy with trained child-psychotherapists, so they don’t walk through grief alone.
Maia is an 8-year-old navigating her first Christmas since her mum died. Her story is built from real experiences of tamariki we’ve supported. Some moments are raw. Some are quietly beautiful. All are human.
Your ongoing gift helps a child feel supported through grief, during Christmas and throughout the year.
A monthly donation provides ongoing therapy. It’s the single most effective support for grieving children. Your kindness becomes the safe hands they’re wishing for.
Specialist grief therapy for children and teens.
Tools and guidance for parents coping with their own grief while caring for their children.
Books, guides, and mental-health support created just for tamariki.
Grief doesn’t take a break for the holidays.
Your generosity means a child will have someone to talk to. Someone trained to help them make sense of the feelings they don’t have words for.
As a charity, we don’t receive any government funding and rely on the amazing generosity of our supporters to keep our essential mental health services running.
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Kenzie's Gift is a registered charity under the Charities Act 2005 (CC21425)
