National Famine Dates -  February 25 – 26 & April 29 – 30, 2011

The 30 Hour Famine is an international youth movement to fight hunger. Every year, thousands of students participate in World Vision’s 30 Hour Famine. Participants go 30 hours without food and get a real taste of hunger.

As they fast to help hungry children around the world, they participate in service projects benefiting their local communities - for example, volunteering at food drives, soup kitchens, or homeless shelters. 


To interview a World Vision spokesperson or connect with participating Famine groups in your area, contact
John Yeager at 253.815.2356 or jyeager@worldvision.org.

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How we can serve you

We offer the following resources to help you cover 30 Hour Famine events in your area:

  • Information on the national 30 Hour Famine campaign, as well as participating Famine groups in your city and region

  • Interviewees

  • Photographs

  • Quotes from World Vision leadership

  • B-roll footage of students participating in the Famine, children around the world being helped by World Vision, etc.

  • Written materials

  • Information on the 30 Hour Famine Study Tour


What is 30 Hour Famine’s Study Tour?

In August, a group of students and leaders took a trip to see with their own eyes how all of their hard work is helping to save lives in Bolivia- one of the most undeveloped nations in South America, where 64% of its people live in poverty. Every year; World Vision carefully selects a handful of students and group leaders to go on an incredible journey, “Study Tour,” to see their Famine funds in action. After a rigorous application and interview process, World Vision chose nine out of more than 100 students to be apart of this year’s Study Tour to Bolivia.

 In Bolivia, these nine students, accompanied by a group of trained leaders, spent time in three of some of the poorest communities in Bolivia- where famine, conflict, and other crisis have made these children vulnerable to hunger and preventable diseases. In South America, Bolivia has one of the highest infant mortality rates due to malnutrition.

The student’s on this Study Tour had the opportunity to live among these crisis-stricken people, experiencing their daily lives and witnessing how the money they have raised through 30 Hour Famine have changed and saved the lives of the majority of the people they encountered. These students went on an unforgettable journey. They saw hunger with their own eyes — and saw history being rewritten for hungry children and their communities.

Want to see for yourself?  Check out this video of the 30 Hour Famine Study Tour.