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40 hours? Challenge accepted!
Ready to join thousands of epic people challenging themselves to raise funds for a cause that matters? To help tamariki facing the biggest global issues of our time? Let’s go, Aotearoa!
For 50 years, Kiwis like you have stepped up to lead change. This year, we’re raising funds to give kids in Solomon Islands food for today, and a future for tomorrow. Every dollar will make a difference. 40 hours? Challenge accepted!
Sign up
Creating your own personal fundraising page makes it easier than ever to raise funds.
Start fundraising
Sponsor yourself first! Then share your page with your friends and whānau so they can help you reach your goal.
Plan your challenge
We're challenging you and your mates to go completely offline for 40 hours. Are you up for the challenge?
Provide a better tomorrow for kids like Polyne.
Nine-year-old Polyne lives with her mum, her dad and four siblings in Solomon Islands. For generations, families like hers have lived off the land, relying on fishing and farming for all their food. But now it’s hard for Polyne to get enough food to eat. Climate change means rising sea levels are flooding community gardens, killing crops and fishing is harder.
Right now, tamariki like Polyne are struggling to get enough food each day. But you can help! You can provide kids like Polyne with food for today, and a future for tomorrow. Learn more about Polyne's story.
This year, we’re challenging you to go completely offline for 40 hours.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge?
The World Vision 40 Hour Challenge is one of New Zealand’s largest youth fundraising campaigns.
Every year since 1975, tens of thousands of young Kiwis have taken a stand through the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge to raise money and bring hope to thousands of children living in poverty in more than 40 countries.
So far, more than 3 million New Zealanders have participated and over $80 million has been raised – helping to transform thousands of lives both here in New Zealand, and around the world.
This year, we’re challenging you to go 40 hours, completely offline. Choose something hard to switch off from! How about your phone, social media, gaming, the internet or even electricity? A 40 hour sacrifice for you, can make a life-long difference for children like Polyne in Solomon Islands.
We’d love for you to join us!
How does the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge work?
The World Vision 40 Hour Challenge is a fun way for rangatahi to make a positive difference. This year, we’re challenging you to go completely offline for 40 hours to help raise funds so that communities like Polyne’s in Solomon Islands have enough food to grow up healthy and strong.
Unplug, disconnect, and get together with your friends and whanau – all while making a life-long difference! Join thousands of others taking on the challenge from 8pm Friday 13th June to 12pm Sunday 15th June.
Every hour you go offline, and every sponsor you ask to donate to your challenge, helps provide kids in Solomon Islands with food for today and a future for tomorrow! Are you up for the challenge?
1. Sign up and complete your online fundraising page.It's the easiest way to get donations that make a difference. You can also raise cash funds with your My Donation Tracker that your teacher or Youth Pastor in charge will have. If you are not in a school or youth group team, you can download it here.
2. Start fundraising
Let your whānau and friends know that you’re doing the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge and ask them to sponsor you. Share your fundraising page on social media and ask your friends and whānau to support you!
3. Do the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge!
This year, the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge will be taking place from 8pm Friday 13th to 12pm Sunday 15th June 2025, but if those dates don't suit you, you can pick ones that do.
4. Thank & bank!
Collect and hand in all you money you’ve raised make sure it is all banked by June 27th 2025. Pat yourself on the back and know that you've done a fantastic job, giving kids in Solomon Islands food for today, and a future for tomorrow! Don’t forget to thank everyone who supported you and let everyone know how much you raised and what a difference it will make!
Can I donate to a World Vision 40 Hour Challenge participant or a team online?
Yes! It is easy to donate online through their fundraising page.
You can click “Donate” on the home page and use the search bar to find the fundraiser or team you wish to donate to.
Is the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge the same event as the 40 Hour Famine?
Apart from the name, everything else remains the same. The instructions, and the event itself, are all a continuation of the World Vision 40 Hour Famine that’s been around for 50 years.
