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  • Share the Vision winner!

    Congratulations to Melbourne’s Holly Phillips, who has won our Share the Vision competition! Holly has won a new iPad, donated by Channel 7. To enter the competition, we asked people to send us a picture of themselves wearing the 40 Hour Famine glasses and tell us their vision in 25 ...

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  • Competition winners: ideas to change the world

    Congratulations to the eight winners of our mini-giveaway! We asked “If you had 40 hours to change the world, what would you do?” A World Vision Australia panel deemed the following eight responses the most inspirational, and they’ll be receiving skin care gift packs: “I would change the world population’s ...

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  • Could you be our next Youth Ambassador?

    We’re searching for the next group of young leaders who want to make a difference!  World Vision is now accepting applications from this year’s 40 Hour Famine participants for the 2013 Youth Ambassador program. Next year’s Youth Ambassadors will see the impacts of poverty first-hand when they travel overseas ...

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  • Competition: tell us how you'd change the world in 40 hours

    The 40 Hour Famine is all about you – the next generation of world-changers. So, we want to hear your views on how we can change our world for the better. Answer this question in 25 words or less: “If you had 40 hours to change the world, what would ...

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  • Top 4 fundraising tips from our Youth Ambassadors

    Youth Ambassador Courtney carried a 10-litre water container around for five days to raise money for the 40 Hour Famine! This year’s Youth Ambassadors know all about raising money for the 40 Hour Famine. WA ambassador Courtney marked last year’s event by carrying a 10-litre water container everywhere she went ...

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  • Announcing this year's 40 Hour Famine awards! (Could you win a trip to Bali?)

    The rewards for fighting hunger in the 40 Hour Famine are pretty obvious. How good would it be to know you are helping hungry children? That you're supporting families in Ethiopia to grow more food? What a feeling!But did you know that there are actual, physical, so-real-you-can-touch-them awards that ...

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  • The countdown is on! What are you giving up?

    The 40 Hour Famine is a youth movement like no other. Not only do you get to raise much-needed funds for the world’s hungry, you also get to spread an important message to everyone you know – now is the time to end global hunger. What could be better ...

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  • Share your vision for a chance to WIN the new iPad!

    To kick off the 40 Hour Famine this year, we’re asking you to share your vision with us. How would you like the world to look?Just send us a photo of you sporting the 40 Hour Famine glasses (downloadable on our Facebook) and tell us in 25 words ...

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