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Having an impact around the world
Going hungry for 30 hours here in Canada can mean a changed life for someone beyond its borders. Here’s a sample of the programs young people will support this year, when they raise funds for the Famine.
Armenia: What will they eat tomorrow?
Five-year-old Arega’s father had a stroke and is now bedridden. His mother must provide for this impoverished family of seven, working as hard as she can. But still, she can’t be sure that her children won’t go to bed hungry. Some of the funds raised through the 30 Hour Famine will help improve nutrition for children in Armenia.
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Cambodia: Looking into a bright future
When she was 15, Sok was raped, ruining her reputation, pushing her out of school and toward suicide. Three years later, she was living at a World Vision trauma recovery centre receiving care, counseling and training as a hairdresser. A portion of this year’s 30 Hour Famine proceeds will go toward provided life-changing experiences to trafficked and sexually exploited girls.
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Guinea: Water that brings life, not death
In Canada, the death of thousands of children due to the lack of food, clean water or simple medical care would make news headlines. But in countries such as Guinea, it’s all too common. That’s why part of the proceeds from this year’s 30 Hour Famine will go toward improving the survival and growth of Guinean children under the age of five.
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Haiti: Born into chaos and despair
Some of the funds raised in this year’s 30 Hour Famine will go to help the people of Haiti, such as baby Catherine Charles. She was born just one hour after a massive earthquake devastated her country, killing more than 200,000 people. For those left alive in Haiti, the challenges have just begun.
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India: Tummies filled and bodies strengthened
Some funds raised through the 30 Hour Famine will go to India, to improve the nutrition and survival of children less than three years of age. Programs like this have already been successful in neighboring Bangladesh, where World Vision helped mothers work together to improve the health of their children.
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Pakistan: Learning the words for “dream”
In Pakistan, an estimated 5,000 children work the streets surrounding the country’s busiest bus terminal. The hours are long and the work, soul destroying. But for some 350 children enrolled in World Vision’s Manzil Drop-In Centre, the chance to learn, play and dream is just around the corner. Part of this year’s 30 Hour Famine proceeds will go to the centre to help.
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Peru: Sprinkles save lives…painlessly!
In Canada, kids clamour for “sprinkles” on their ice cream and cupcakes. The colourful grains of candy are big on fun but low on nutritional value. In Peru, some 30 Hour Famine proceeds will help reduce the prevalence of anemia in kids under five and pregnant mothers, by providing iron sprinkles for their food.
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Philippines: Learning their rights, leading the way
In the Philippines, World Vision teaches children about their rights, supporting them as they organize local children’s village associations. 30 Hour Famine proceeds will further empower young people in conflict-vulnerable areas of the Philippines to become advocates in their own communities.
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Swaziland: Helping communities care for AIDS orphans
Given the scope of the AIDS epidemic, even close-knit African communities struggle to care for all the orphans in their midst. Part of the proceeds from this year’s 30 Hour Famine will go to Swaziland, to improve the well-being of 8,000 such children.
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