30-Hour Famine 2021

World Vision Malaysia's 30-Hour Famine is a global youth movement against hunger and poverty. In light of the ongoing global pandemic, the 30-Hour Famine will introduce a new format in 2021, giving Famine Fighters the flexibility to fast, raise funds and fight for children in need anytime and anywhere, offline or online! For the second year in a row, our 30-Hour Famine ambassador will be Eric Chou (周兴哲).

World Vision Interventions and Beneficiaries

The funds raised through the 30-Hour Famine 2021 will support World Vision’s community development work, in India, Lebanon, Mongolia and Vietnam, providing children and families with Health & Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) and Livelihood assistance. This includes:

1. Improving nutrition knowledge and skills among mothers and caregivers of children under five.
2. Increasing access to handwashing facilities and safe drinking water in rural child care centres.
3. Improving access to markets for poorest-of-poor households as well as helping these households to work closely with local partners.
4. Supporting co-operative groups in accessing markets as well as facilitating savings groups. Co-operative groups are made up of many households, giving them access to collective savings and allowing them to sell their agricultural produce as a group. 

Malaysian Beneficiaries

Locally, funds raised through the 30-Hour Famine will go towards World Vision Malaysia’s community development work in Sabah as well as projects supporting vulnerable children and families in Malaysia:

1. Health & nutrition, education, livelihood and child protection projects in Mukim Tulid and Tatalaan, Sabah (World Vision’s Malaysia Assistance Fund)
2. Providing safety, permanency and well-being for vulnerable children who do not have any parental care and are at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation through the Community Placement and Case Management Programme (SUKA Society)
3. Safe placement project for at-risk refugee children and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence for immediate and secure protection (ElShaddai Centre Berhad)