love hunger

What Is The Famine  

Students around the world loving God and fighting hunger.   Not your average group activity. This is your chance to join other groups of students all over the world in learning the truth about hunger, poverty, and injustice — then overcome it all with love. Worldwide, 925 million people are hungry. Every day, as many as 11,000 children under age 5 die due to hunger-related causes. That’s one kid every 8 seconds. The Famine gives your group a chance to do something about it — to rise up and serve the hungry.   Going hungry — so others don’t have to Every year, hundreds of thousands of students do the Famine. They go without food for 30 hours. They learn what it takes to overcome hunger. And they raise funds to help feed hungry children and families around they world. They refuse to be told they can’t make a difference. Every $30 raised by your group can help feed and care for a child for a month. And because the Famine is powered by World Vision, you’re not just feeding kids for today — you’re helping them and their families overcome poverty for a lifetime. Learn more about how the Famine works.   A life-changing experience When your group does the Famine, you’re doing more than raising money for a good cause. You’re stepping outside yourselves — to help save lives . . . and change the way you see the world. Along the way, your group will learn about hunger and make a difference in the lives of children living in poverty. And to top it all off, you’ll be drawn closer to God and one another as you experience hunger firsthand.

Fact: A child dies from hunger-related causes every 8 to 12 seconds.*

That’s as many as 11,000 children younger than 5 — killed every day. Some actually starve. The immune systems of others are powered down by malnutrition, leaving the door wide open for deadly diseases.
And hunger is only one threat facing kids. In all, more than 22,000 die every day — almost all of them from simple causes with existing cures: diarrhea, malaria, pneumonia, hunger, and more. That’s the real injustice — that the vast majority of these deaths are 100% preventable.

Fact: Globally, 925 million people are hungry.

That’s roughly 3 times the population of the U.S. going to bed hungry every night.
Why so hungry? Many families depend entirely on what they can grow, so they’re never more than one natural or manmade disaster away from hunger. Others work day and night, but still can barely afford enough food for their children

Fact: The poor spend most of their money trying not to starve.

Around 2.6 billion people live on less than two bucks a day. They’ve got to feed their families on this — not to mention pay for shelter, school, healthcare, and clothes. And guess what? Food prices just hit their highest level in history.
Faced with these realities, the poor are often forced to make difficult decisions. Buy medicine for their 3-year-old who has malaria, or food for the whole family? Send the kids to school or have them work to help earn money? Go from two meals a day to one? For many, these aren’t one-time choices. They’re life sentences — and the prison is poverty.

Fact: We can overcome hunger.

Hunger is bigger than us, but it’s not bigger than God. Jesus fed thousands of people with one boy’s small lunch. Imagine what he can do when we come together in his name to fight hunger.
You see, there is enough food in the world. But there’s also injustice, because that food is not equally available — even when people work hard for it. The poor need an advocate — someone who is willing to rise up, speak out, and serve the hungry. That’s where we come in. Together, our voices and actions can make a difference. And that’s why we go hungry … so others don’t have to.

*According to UN estimates, hunger is a direct or contributing cause in one-third to one-half of preventable child deaths.

God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.
—Matthew 5:6 (NLT)

here are a couple of girls from my old sunday

 school class in beaumont, who are

 participating in World Visons 30 hour fast. will you consider

 supporting this team?

you can make checks out to world vision and send them to

maidens of virtue

p.o. box 751

silsbee texas 77656

for more information go to http://www.30hourfamine.org/