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When the Gujarat earthquake hit the news, New Zealanders helped by sending money to World Vision and other organisations. The 40 Hour Famine was one of the ways people raised money for the quake survivors. Maybe you even did the Famine yourself.
Every year thousands of New Zealand school students raise money for World Vision’s work by doing the 40 Hour Famine. Each student chooses to go without food, technology or something else that’s a challenge, and asks people to sponsor them for up to 40 hours. After the Famine weekend the students collect the money and World Vision uses it to help people around the world.
The money students raise in the Famine helps in three kinds of aid work: relief, rehabilitation, and development.
Months before the 40 Hour Famine fundraising begins, World Vision plans how most of the money will be used. This means project workers in each country can work out how they will best help the people. The 40 Hour Famine money usually funds each project for around three years so that the help is effective and long-lasting. Each year, on reaching the Famine total, the relief money goes to the latest emergencies, unallocated money offsets any losses from currency changes (after international costs) and goes to extra projects.
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