Starvation Solution

This weekend was 40 hour famine week, so we spent the evening thinking about people who are not as wealthy as ourselves.

In our first game we had to collect rice (gravel) from a centre station and run it back to our family (team). The only instrument that we had to collect the rice was a spoon.

Water is the second essential that a lot of people in the world struggle to have. In our second game we had to collect water for our family. This time the water had to be passed down our line in small cups. The winning team was the team with the most water in the bucket by the end of the time.



During the evening we also took the time to look at the clothes that we wear. We thought about the price for each article of clothing we wear. After adding it up it took us by surprise that a lot of us wear up to $150 in just one day!!! That amount of money can feed a family for a week, in some parts of the world!!!!

The aim of our next game was to collect and keep as many articles of clothing that we could for our f




And finally we ended with a yummy supper. Well........ a yummy supper for some of us. We were all split into different countries. The two people that were blessed enough to be born into a rich country had a yummy supper of muffins, chippies, chocolate, fizzy drink, they were served by professional waiters. The few of us that were born into a country of average wealth enjoyed a chocolate biscuit and juice and were able to sit on a chair by the table, but most of us were unfortunate enough to be born in a poor country. We were given no chairs to sit on, and had only water and a cracker to eat.
Hopefully all of us had the opportunity to think of others in less wealthy countries sometime during the evening. Only by thinking of the plight of others can we really appreciate what we have been blessed with in New Zealand.

Well we'll be looking forward to seeing you all again this coming Friday

Love
Your DropZone leaders