Aussie Girl - Chloe Maxwell - 40 Hour Famine

Fight Famine On An Empty Stomach

For Australians, 40 hours without sufficient food or drink seems almost impossible. However for the 11 million people in Ethiopia facing starvation, inadequate food or drink is the brutal reality of everyday life.

The World Vision 40 Hour Famine is fast approaching and together with a group of friends or colleagues you can make a huge difference that could change lives forever.

Since the introduction of the World Vision 40 Hour Famine in 1975, more than 400,000 Australians have joined the fight against famine by helping to raise more than $132 million to assist the people of Ethiopia.

This year the target is $5 million, a target that should be achievable given that in 40 hours Australians spend:

This money could provide more than 1,000 wells in developing African communities, immunise more than 425,000 African children against preventable diseases, and provide more than 200 kilometres of water pipe in Ethiopia to provide long-term drought proofing.

More alarmingly, in 40 hours Australians purchase 7 million fast food meals, coming in at a staggering $31.8 million. This sum could purchase 568,000 harvest packs that could provide food for a year for nearly 3 million starving people.

In 2003, World Vision is encouraging a team approach to the 40 Hour Famine and has laid down the challenge to sporting teams, reading clubs and community groups across Australia to get on board and send the message that the days of famine will soon be numbered.

This year's World Vision 40 Hour Famine kicks off at 8pm Friday 16 May and continues through to noon Sunday 18 May.


To find out more about how you (and your team) can make a difference visit www.40hourfamine.com
or call World Vision on 13 32 40.

* Consumer spending data is taken primarily from the Household Expenditure Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.


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