• 40HR Famine 20:30 report

    It’s now 20:30 and I’m ready to go to bed. I have that distinctive fasting breath. My body is ridding itself of poisons and stuff. It was hard to be part of a party and fasting. It emphasized to me…

  • Forty Hour famine 12:30 reflection

    It is now 12:30 on Saturday and the forty hour fast, known as forty hour famine, is well on its way. The fast started last night at 20:00. The idea of this particular fast is to place myself in the…

  • 40 Hour Famine

    World Vision South Africa has launched this year’s 40 Hour Famine. From 20:00 tonight till Sunday 12:00 one can opt to either fast from food or from technology. I decided to fast from food. The idea is then to get…

  • The experiment

    On our recent trip to Mozambique we did a very revealing exercise. For one day we tried to live within the food budget of an average local resident. Everyone in the team received 10 000 Meticais (R2.50 / 0.40$). With…