The next steps in this Journey involve asking people for donations.
We have just sent personal emails to six people. Fingers crossed they can donate and we'll get closer to meeting our target of $500, maybe even BLAST through it!
Then we have to raise $40, which is enough to feed a family of five for a month.
Done, done and done... we've raised $170 already in only two days.
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This cool little video follows a "day in the life" of a child living with chronic hunger.
Morgan: It was funny when the man said is that a hyena and I also like it when the girl fell over because she couldn't really see where she was going because the man was in the way in the strikenoculars. It was sad about that the girl always had to eat the same thing, never anything different, it was also very sad that they were very hungry so they couldn't concentrate during school.
Hamish: I liked when the man thought there was a hyena chasing her, but it was just a baby with the strikenoculars and when his mum said that she was a good runner. It was sad that they didn't have much food and when the man thought that she was eating and drinking real food, but she was just playing pretend.
Morgan: The video makes me want to sponsor two times or one hundred times because you think about all those poor kids with no food or water.
Hamish: The video makes me want to cry one hundred times and I wish that I could give the little girl some of my yummy strawberries to eat because she doesn't have much food and strawberries would be really special for her.
If you watch the video and want to do something about it, you can join the 40 hour famine yourself, or you can sponsor our efforts here. The money goes to help communities grow food more effectively and to be self sufficient in times of drought. This also gives kids more time to play and go to school and be kids.
The 40 hour Famine helps hungry kids like Burtukan
Ok, so anyone who has registered for the 40 hour famine will find there's this "My Journey" thing to go through, various steps that World Vision suggest you take in the 40 hour famine.
First one is to create your fundraising profile: Done! (this is where YOU go to sponsor us ;-) )
Next we have a video to watch.
I'm saving this for when the boys are here this evening, but I'm sure I'll need tissues, and I know it will help reinforce to the boys just how lucky they are to have been born in Australia to parents that have a regular income, a roof over their heads, supermarkets, schools, cars etc.
I'll get them to help write a response to the video over the weekend.
