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The 30 Hour Famine is a World Vision event in 21 countries. It started in 1971 when 17-year-old Ruth Roberts and 14 friends in Calgary, Alberta staged an event in a church basement to see what it was like to be hungry and raise money and awareness for children suffering during a famine. The funds raised went to World Vision. [1] [2]
Before the famine begins, Katie hides food in one of the gym washrooms, and while doing so is confronted by someone wearing the costume of the school mascot, a carpenter called The Nailer. The Nailer throws a knife into Katie's forehead, and hides her body. Hours later, with the famine in full swing, The Nailer picks off straggling students.
After the event in Calgary, the 30 Hour Famine spread among youth in the United States, Australia and other parts of the world. [10] By 2015, tens of thousands of young people in 21 countries were involved in the movement. [ 11 ]
World Vision was founded in 1950 in the United States by Rev. Robert Pierce, a Baptist missionary who had worked in China, focusing on aiding children in need.The first child sponsorship scheme commenced in 1953 to aid children in Korea following the Korean war and subsequently established in other countries.
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Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? is a best-selling [ 1 ] 1967 book by William and Paul Paddock. The brothers describe the rapidly growing population of the world, and a situation in which they believe it would be impossible to feed the entire global population within the short-term future.
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