DIY famine (suggested period: Jan. 1 ~ July 31, 2008)

Welcome any students of the 5th grade and above to organize a famine group on campus as long as you are all in good health. However, a children's group must be led/supervised and accompanied by a teacher or parent throughout the famine. Groups of 30 people and above are qualified as "DIY famine".
  • To organize a DIY famine on campus, register as a group leader on the famine website: www.30hf.org.tw. World Vision will conduct leader's training sessions for Mandarin speakers, or you can take the correspondence training instead. You will learn guidelines and instructions of organizing a famine.
  • To be part of a DIY famine group, sign up with your group leader. A registration fee of NT$100 per person is required. World Vision will provide you with guidelines and instructions for doing the famine.

Mini famine

If you do not have enough people, do a famine at home as individual or organize a mini famine group. Please sign up online and pay the registration fees of NT$100 per person. World Vision will provide you with guidelines and instructions for doing the famine.
  • Welcome primary school and kindergarten children to be part of the famine. However for primary students under the 5th grade and kindergarten kids, skipping a meal is not recommended. Instead these young kids can skip snack for a day and learn about the famine and hunger issue guided by teachers. Or teachers and parents can lead an alternative famine group; kids can give up their favorite enjoyment for a day to save the money for making a donation, such as "I don't eat chocolate today,""I don't drink beverage today," or "I don't play games today."

I fast, you donate! -- famine fundraising

  • To help feed the hungry children, each famine group set up a target for raising funds. Every member to collect donations from your friends and family who care and wire the money to World Vision before Sept. 30, 2008.
  • Use World Vision's credit card form, postal remittance form, barcode slip, etc. for donations. Tax-deductible receipts will be given.


Log onto the 30 Hour Famine blog on

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/wvt30hf2007and share your thoughts
 
     
 

"I had done the famine before and been very touched by the peers' enthusiasm and love! So I decided to organize a famine group myself to spread the love. My family were very supportive, especially my fifth-grade little sister. My parents and four sisters all signed up for my group. My friends and I raised money by making and selling some handcraft with straws. We all have gained so much from organizing the famine. We had been passive participants, but this time we learned a great deal about leadership and teamwork. Next year I will do it again; moreover, I'm going to ask the whole school to sign up."-- Chang, Yen-rong, Tainan University of Technology.

"Occasional fast for a few hours is good to our health, and the 30 Hour Famine is a very meaningful campaign. Most urban children of today have surplus food to eat, so to skip a meal once in a while should be no problem to them. In the famine event our students learned to appreciate and share what they have."-- Liu, Mei-er, Principal of Xinsheng Primary School.

"I used to be indulged in computer games and lost in a virtual world. My desires for material comfort could never be satisfied. When I saw in the video clips of World Vision that the hungry children were trying so hard only to survive, I was shocked! The famine had changed my life. I quit the games and started to ask myself what I really wanted to be. I also learned to spend my time and money on the right things." -- Lee, Bo-hung, Youth Ambassador of the 17th 30 Hour Famine (Organized a cycling famine group and rode a bike with 30 young cyclists from Taichung to Lushan.)

 
     
 

Food crises, natural disasters, conflicts, diseases, etc. all cause hunger. In 2008 World Vision Taiwan supports humanitarian relief projects in 17 countries including North Korea, Kenya, Southern Sudan, Laos, India, Afghanistan, and Mongolia, as well as families facing emergencies in Taiwan.