Money For Malawi

Did you know that in Malawi many people, including children, are lucky if they have one meal a day. The meal is often only maize flour and water. They drink water from a well that may be dirty. Many people suffer or die from malnutrition and disease. World Vision is hoping to help them with the 40 Hour Famine Appeal.
To raise money for World Vision we had a rice day at school. Each child brought $3 or more to go to World Vision. We used our Maths, especially our knowledge fractions and volume, and had to work out our quantities. Each child was given 1/4 of a cup of uncooked rice. We needed 6 1/2 cups of rice in total. We added 13 cups of water to it and boiled it for 14 minutes.
Although it tasted yummy imagine eating it every day, once a day! We watched Seven Sharp and they interviewed people from Malawi.

We raised $92 and some children have raised money on their own.
World Vision are going to teach villages new ways of living sustainably. The money raised is providing them with seeds, cows, goats and chickens. They will be taught to use the foods and hopefully breed the animals so they can have more to help their people.