Source: World Vision
Rangatahi across New Zealand are gearing up to tackle a range of unique tasks for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge this weekend (13-15 June).
The nation’s largest youth fundraising event kicks off this weekend and is encouraging participants to go offline for 40 hours to raise funds for hungry children in Solomon Islands.
A rite of passage for young New Zealanders, the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge, gives rangatahi a platform to champion important causes and raise funds for those in need, while putting themselves to the test with a unique or difficult challenge.
There is no shortage of creativity in the challenges that will be undertaken for 40 hours this weekend, including:
- Living in a cramped dinghy
- Speaking only Shakespearian English
- Making 400 paper cranes
- Cooking 500 meals
- Running 100 kilometres
- Kayaking 40kms
- Going fully off-grid tramping
- Completing 40 acts of kindness
- Planting thousands of trees
This year ’s World Vision 40 Hour Challenge is calling on youth to give up technology and go “offline for 40 Hours” to unplug, disconnect, and get together with their fri
