40 Hour Famine

I am asking for your support in a fundraising task I am undertaking this upcoming weekend. It is called the 40 Hour Famine wherein volunteers spend forty consecutive hours from (Sydney Time) 8PM 2010-08-20 to 12PM 2010-08-22 going without something. In my case, I have chosen to follow the spirit of the event and picked going hungry for 40 hours. I'll also be putting updates during the 40 hours on this very blog so you can follow along.

Why am I doing this?

Firstly, the funds my fellow participants and I raise are going to worthy causes, namely:
- Addressing climate change and increasing agricultural production in Nepal
- Tackling childhood malnutrition in Kenya
- Fighting child labor and trafficking in India
- Providing supplementary food support to families in Cambodia
- Assisting with food security in Laos.

Secondly, it is a personal experience for me. I have been extremely fortunate to live a privileged life free from want and often times filled with excess. I am treating this as a learning experience to go through what too many of our fellow human beings suffer on a daily basis. This period of want is willingly undertaken and very temporary, but many people all over the world experience this unwillingly and without foreseeable relief. I will not go into the details of how these problems persist and how many are affected, but I hope you will join me in doing something, even if it is only a small gesture, to provide relief for those who are in need.

You can find out more information and donate to the cause at here

UPDATE: Yes, you can use a US credit card to make a donation. You may be charged a foreign transaction fee based on which card you use, but the exchange rate of USD:AUD is roughly US$1 to AU$1.1

Thank You.