Bring your kids closer to GOD, and each other, in 30 intense hours.

30 Hour Famine is an international youth movement to fight hunger. It will bring your group closer together and to God, feed hungry children, and change our world forever. Students fast for thirty hours and raise funds to help feed and care for children around the world. By sacrificing and serving others,

they are learning to think outside themselves and see the world as Christ sees it.

Is your group participating? Why not? World Vision, as a partnership with your ministry, provides the materials for the 30 Hour Famine for FREE. You get an amazing and impactful event for your group at no cost to you. For many youth pastors, this is the most powerful event they do all year. Don't believe us? Read some of the stories they've sent in. Then get signed up today so your own group can grow closer to God and feed hungry children.

You get an amazing and impactful event for your group at no cost to you. For many youth pastors, this is the most powerful event they do all year. Don't believe us? Read some of the stories they've sent in. Then get signed up today so your own group can grow closer to God and feed hungry children.You get an amazing and impactful event for your group at no cost to you. For many youth pastors, this is the most powerful event they do all year. Don't believe us? Read some of the stories they've sent in. Then get signed up today so your own group can grow closer to God and feed hungry children.

One Youth Leader's Story...

From Jared:
Our famine experience was great. Our students grew closer together, closer to God, and gained a huge understanding of how much we have compared to people around the world.... (Read the rest of Jared's testimony, and get more youth leaders' Famine stories here.)

Special notice - Online Donations for Famine Participants!!!

New this year, your students can set up an online fundraising page for your 30 Hour Famine. The ability to start setting up those pages will be ready any day, so keep checking back. We'll post more information as it's available! Note: to set up an online fundraising page, students must be in a group that is signed up for the 30 Hour Famine for 2009! And this option will only be available between October 2008 and June 30, 2009.

Do the Famine!

Are YOU doing the Famnine this year? It's easier than you think to experience the life-changing event we like to call the 30 Hour Famine. Check out this site to find out why you and your group should Starve for Food. Questions, concerns, or comments: give us a call at 1-800-7-FAMINE.

For all our Famine leaders, get the info and resources you need right here.

Who is World Vision?

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

Motivated by our faith in Jesus Christ, World Vision serves alongside the poor and oppressed as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all poeple.

World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Preview Video for the Famine!

The 30 Hour Famine Promo video is online! The new Famine Preview video is here. Click here to see the Famine Promo video, posted on our home page.

Download Resources

Get resources for your 30 Hour Famine! Here is where you'll find items like:

Famine t-shirts!

Click here to get the 4-1-1 on our official provider of all cool Famine gear, Uth Stuph Clothing. They've got shirts from as low as $6.50, and you can even customize shirts for your group. And find out how THEY'RE helping feed and care for children!

Famine Sunday

Does your group share your Famine experiences with your congregation? If so, and if you want an opportunity to unleash the power of your group to change the congregation, click here and learn about Famine Sunday!

How Much Has Been Raised?

Famine groups all over the US are turning in funds to help provide food and care for children. See how many children your group is helping to feed and care for through your efforts with the 30 Hour Famine, and keep checking back, as more money comes in every week!

Study Tour - win a spot on the 2009 trip, FREE!

The 30 Hour Famine Study Tour went to Swaziland in July of 2008. Where will it go in 2009? Guess correctly, and you might get to go on the trip for FREE. Even if you don't win, the trip is an AMAZING experience. Find out how to qualify here, plus see a slideshow from the 2008 trip.

AIDS and Hunger

You know that roughly 26,000 children die every day due to hunger and related causes. And you probably also know that AIDS kills millions of people a year and orphans thousands of children every day. But do you know how the two issuesd are connected? Learn more here.

Fuller Seminary Curriculum

The "Hungry for the Kingdom" 30 Hour Famine curriculum is available! Many thanks to the Fuller Seminary Center for Youth and Family Ministry for providing this fantastic, four-part series just for YOU!Get the information on the Fuller Seminary Famine curriculum here. (Please note: this is the same curriculum that was offered in 2008.)

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