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I shall copypasta this from my DeviantArt journal xD;




Don't be put off by this, because there is something you can do to help!
And don't worry, you're not the one who'll have to go through this 40 hour famine. I'll be the one suffering by starving myself for a weekend xD; (wish me luck~!)

All you have to do is donate a little bit of your time (and money) by clicking THIS LINK, selecting the first option and entering in the code like so:




When you're checking the number;




Should come up. (:

40AUD can help 5 children in Kenya or Cambodia for one month.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING THIS. *flails* heart


I shall update my progress here : D

so far: $121.05 Australian

EDIT:
What fund raising activities have you participated into? They don't have to be poverty-related ones.
What are your thoughts on fund raising? Have any good ideas on how to effectively fund raise?

Hey if she wants to do it and make the statement, why not? Fasting is a form of non-violent protest. It makes a statement and gets notice from others, and encourages people to donate their time and money to help.

I have no problem with this thread since it's something for a good cause. Good luck with your fast, I hope you are able to help the people who need it.

My goodness, it's not that hard to make discussion on your own.

For example, my friend is doing the same thing, but it's called the 30 hour famine.

Why do these Aussies have a bonus ten hours? Hahaha.... emo

Woah! We never did that at my school. But we did have an AIDS awareness day. A student would be assigned to walk the halls during class ringing a bell, and to walk around the whole school all day. When you heard the bell going past your classroom, it was a reminder that someone at that very moment was dying of AIDS. sad It always bummed me out when they did that, but it was an awesome powerful message.

Also, in middle school I did an after school program where we made quilts for children with serious medical issues. whee I had fun with that, and I learned how to make really simple but nice quilts (using a sewing machine).

In my experience it is church groups who do the 30-hour famine, and there is a lot of bible study and meditation interspersed in between the fun activities.

One year my youth group took a tour of the inner city during the 30-hour famine to see the lives of people who are actually starving every day, and then we went and did some work at the outreach church in the area, sorting donated clothing, cleaning and repainting the floor, and helping them receive a large bread delivery in preparation for opening the soup kitchen that night.

That 30-hour famine was a lot more meaningful than the ones where we do scavenger hunts, play "Bigger and Better" and theatre sports, and rent a gym for two hours to play basketball or whatever.

Apparently it's the 30-hour Famine internationally, 40-hour Famine in Australia and NZ, and 24-hour Famine in the UK.

http://www.30hourfamine.org/

I remember that ad. I was actually impressed that my high school made such a powerful statement about it. xd Anti-smoking week was great too. There was always a table set up in the main lobby with two REAL human lungs set up with air pumps in them. The people doing the presentaton would pump air through them to show the difference between the healthy lung and the nasty black swiss cheese lung. gonk Very icky....but also quite awesome.

I don't think it's about "undoing" it. I think the act of fasting yourself helps a person to appreciate what other people have to go through every day. It's like putting yourself in someone else's shoes for a bit. Also, if you do it for a charity, it gets people to take notice. It's like, "I care so much about this cause that I want to bring attention to it by empathizing with the situation." It's not like: I don't eat for a weekend=I solve world hunger.

Methinks you're generalising things too much.