At Cure Kids, our purpose is simple. Every single day, our researchers are driven to find cures and better treatments for serious illnesses and diseases that affect thousands of children in New Zealand. Our vision is a healthy childhood for everyone, so we focus on raising funds to enable high-impact medical research to find the cures our kids need. Since Cure Kids was established by Rotary in 1971 as the Child Health Research Foundation, we have helped save and improve the lives of thousands of kids both here in New Zealand and around the world. We have invested more than $40 million in research which has helped shape and change the way children who live with serious diseases and health conditions are diagnosed and treated. The breadth of the work we support is wide; just some of the projects we have funded,or are currently funding, include childhood cancers, inherited heart conditions, cystic fibrosis, sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI), stillbirth, burns, and child and adolescent mental health, among many others.