By Sarah Binnie
40-Hour Famine Committee Lead
The 40-Hour Famine 2021 at Westlake has been extremely successful. We held two really effective lunchtime events where we had a guest speaker and held an information event to inform the students about what is happening in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our other event was a lunchtime quiz and simulation event which also attracted a lot of students.
We had our 40-Hour Famine Committee (pictured left with World Vision Ambassador and former Westlaker Alyssa Wilson) going around classes to promote these events and to also encourage students to sign up for the famine. With all of the committee’s hard work in promotion, as a school we have raised $10,088.90 which exceeds our goal of $10,000 – which is a truly amazing effort.
Last year I attended a scholarship summit through the school and this meant that this year I got the opportunity to have an interview through LifeFM as they were running a 40-hour broadcast for the 40-Hour Famine (pictured top with LifeFM presenter Eloise in Percy the Caravan). It was an awesome opportunity to talk about what the 40-Hour Famine committee has done this year to inform the students at Westlake and also enabled me to encourage the listeners to participate in the famine.
Even though the 40-hour Famine weekend is over, the committee is still going around classes to encourage the students to continue fundraising and having such a strong impact on the lives of those in Sub-Saharan Africa.
