Tag Archives: 30 Hour Famine

30 Hour Famine: A crash course in global hunger

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Guest blogger in Causes

This weekend, thousands of students across the country will participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine — an event where teenagers fast for 30 hours, learn about global hunger, and raise funds to feed and care for hungry children around the world. Nicole, a home-school mom and youth leader, started doing the Famine when she was 16. Nicole offers some incredible insight, having seen the Famine from the perspective of both a student and a leader. We asked her to share why she does the Famine....

What does true hunger look like?

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Michele Tvedt in Causes

I am a textbook “hangry” person. When I get hungry, I get angry. It’s not a pleasant experience for those around me, and it leads me to snack about every two hours. My closest friends know that without food in my body, no decisions will be made, and the conversations will not be pleasant. So, I end up talking about the issue of hunger a lot — usually my own. The proper definition of the word “hunger” is “a compelling need or desire for food” or “the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food.” I recognize that my hunger pales in light of what others go through, and the endless access I have to food...

The story the photos will never tell

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Michele Tvedt in Stories

Someone once said that a picture is worth a thousand words — but as I sit here looking through photos from my recent trip to the Horn of Africa, I don’t think that’s true. This picture is of Falima, a 25-year-old Somalian who recently entered the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. She is holding her son, Abdullah, while her 3-year-old daughter, Fauhuya, hides behind her....

Horn of Africa crisis: 14 strategies to make an impact

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Carla Swanson Gawthrop in Disaster Relief

Horn of Africa crisis: Strategies to make an impact

(Editor’s note: In an international campaign to raise awareness about the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, World Vision offices around the world are coming together to tolerate #faminenomore. Will you join us?) Why help? Why raise awareness? What could I possibly do to make an impact for the 12.4 million affected by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa? [From the photo above] When the maize crop failed yet again this year, Hadija Hassan Abdi, 28, took her children and hitched rides for 8 days and nights until she reached the safety of Burtinle camp in Somalia. Along the way she begged for food for her children from strangers. She has been in the camp only...

Fast facts: Hunger

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Lindsey Talerico-Hedren in Causes

Mothers in Kenya's drought-stricken Turkana district wait in line for malnutrition evaluations and interventions administered by World Vision at a local health clinic. ©2011 Abby Metty/World Vision

Editor’s note: June is National Hunger Awareness Month. This weekend, more than 8,000 students across the country will participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. They’ll experience hunger firsthand, while raising funds to care for children who face this stark reality every day — going to bed hungry. In the past half-decade, global food prices have reached historic highs. The grocery store — and restaurants, when we can afford them — account for greater portions of our paychecks. Eating in or eating out costs more now than it did even seven or eight years ago. But where increasing food prices are merely a source of frustration for Americans, they can be devastating to people who live in poverty in other...