Famine Events

All the fun you can handle on an empty stomach plus more..
This EVENT is solely for Age 11-14 or Years 7-9(form 1-3)
Kicks off. FRIDAY 22nd May 7pm and finished Saturday 23rd May 10am for more info go to www.youthzone.org.nz and click Rock Solid Cl...

Whangarei Boys' High School is doing a 40 hour, non stop, relay around Whangarei to help raise funds for those less fortunate overseas.

This is not all we are doing though. We are also doing a bbq in central Whangarei, leg waxings of the house ...

We are going to have a refugee camp over the famine weekend for our school students wanting to get involved in the Famine! We will live in cardboard boxes (no blankets or pillows) and live off only rice and water. We will be talking about poverty thr...

MHMS is having an awesome sleepover with games and informational stuff about the famine. It'll be a great fundraiser, so get in behind us!! Our goal is $10,000!!!

Girl Guides in Puhinui District are having a sleepover to complete the 20Hour Famine and experience some of what it is like to live in Bangladesh.

Kakamai Guides will be taking part in a sponsored silence while at camp .... this could be hard....

We are gaming, all types of gaming including electronic, board and Warhammer, for 20 hours, from Friday 22 May to Saturday 23 May.

E whakaaro ana matou ki te whakahaere i tenei i roto i to matou kura, mehemea he kura atu ano o roto i te rohe o Tamaki e hiahia ana ki te hono mai ki a matou, tena imera mai!
Kaare ano matou kia whakatau i tenei wa, heoi he tino hiahia no a matou t...

Elim Christian College is playing non stop volleyball for 40 hours to raise money for the 40 Hour Famine. The event runs from 7am on Friday the 15th May untill 11pm on Saturday the 16th May. Entry to watch is by gold coin donation. Food will be for s...

The Checks
The Earlybirds
Neves
The Crash Vinyls

$5 Entry Fee
No Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking

Thursday 21st May 6pm - 9.30pm

Takapuna Grammar School Hall, Lake Road

Lunchtime, Friday 12 June

Get out your Air Guitar 'cos Air Bands is coming!
Contestants have one task: to perform a tribute using only 'Air instruments', while dressed in crazy (depending on the artist) costumes. The bands perform two songs: one ...

Rollin' 4 da Kidz is a community based initiative that seeks to open the eyes of our community to the poverty that exists in our world and in our country and also in our neighbourhoods. Rollin' 4 da Kidz is also an opportunity for young people to exp...

For our 40 hours we thought of buying 20 items and getting the teachers to choose 10 we can survive off. However they are blind folded and dont know what they are choosing. These 10 items are for 25 of us and are to last for the 40 hours. We are also...

Street Appeal - Famine crew hits the streets to raise funds for World Vision.

we had a mufti day and the theme was rags to riches it was $2 in mufti and $1 in theme we raised a lot of money

Merrilands Brownies will participate in collecting sponsorship, and participate in the 20 hour famine during a sleepover camp.
We will be learning about World Vision, while eating only Guide biscuits and drinking flavoured milk.

We are having a ROCK 'N' RAVE concert at Stratford High School on Saturday 16th of May. Its gonna be epic. A definite 5 Student Bands from around the Naki have jumped on board with us to ROCK at this. And then later on that night we are gonna RAVE in...

Saturday 23 May 1-3pm
Lots of people-sized board games and other novel activities for teams and individuals participating in the famine.
Register your team before hand or turn up with your famine booklet or a donation.
Entertainment vouchers ava...

Palmerston North Girls High School presents:
World Vision Variety Show. Showcasing Girls' High talent to the public. The show will take place at the Globe Theatre in Palmerston North on the 21st May starting at 7.00 pm. It will be a fantastic evenin...

Students running for 40 hours around the school. Starting on the 20th March at 6am and finishing at 10pm Saturday 21st March.

Our goal is to raise $68,000 for our World Vision project in Ibwera, Tanzania.

This year Aotea College is having it's very first runathon!!!!! We will be running around the school field for 12 hours! The runathon is taking place on the 6th of June and will start at 7am finishing at 7pm.

Wednesday 27th May 2009- Friday 29th May 2009 Tawa College will be holding two events – the first is a massive 24 hour survivor challenge for the junior students. There will also be, for the senior students, 30 hours of teaching - This is a World Re...

We auctioned off senior students as slaves for a day, to raise money for world vision.

If you are a Wellington Girls' College student sign up a team and compete in a sponsored day-long netball marathon to raise funds for World Vision. Otherwise come along to Civic Square on the day to show your support on 14th June!!

RAID starts at 7:30 pm Saturday 6 June, finishing 7:30am Sunday 7 June! Get your team of 6-8 people, find some crazy costumes and get ready to run/walk for 12hrs! Awesome bands & music to run along to. Prizes for best dressed team and for the team wh...

This year, Papanui Baptist Church is having a classic fundraiser, we're having a sausage sizzle on Sunday the 17th May 2009, after our second service. It's going to be AWESOME! As a church, we are hoping to raise over $6,000 for the worldvision 40 ho...

A jar full of jelly beans will be placed at the canteen and students have a guess for 50c, closest guess gets the jar of jelly beans!

A large number of our students are going to go barefoot for 24hours and end it with a social; couting down to the end of Barefoot and start of Fasting.

Switch 180 youth are having an “African Famine Experience"
Involving eating mainly rice and water, sleeping in cardboard boxes
And having games, challenges and projects to make the youth think about why we do the famine.

Tuesday 19th May. To raise awareness of slave trade and working conditions for children living in poverty we have organised a 'Slave Auction' at our school. The House Captains, Head Boy and Girl and various teachers will be sold to the highest bidder...

23rd May. Famine weekend! The Ashburton Youth Council has organised a concert featuring Doppler and other local bands. Proceeds made and donations received on the night will go to World Vision via the Ashburton College Famine Team. Tickets are $10 an...

we have taking a picture of the 40 hour famine logo (40) to every class and their goal is to fill it up. The class that raises the most will get a reward.

James Hargest Famine Leaders, Rebecca, Ben and Michaela, along with the head student will be in the Invercargill H&Js window display for the entire 40 hour famine, without food or technology, we will have people collecting so make sure you come along...