When Survival Replaces Childhood

It’s a devastating thought – but for many children around the world, trying to survive eclipses any opportunities for fun and learning.

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The good news is – we can all do something to help!

For just $6, one hungry child will not have to worry about their next meal for a whole month. August 21, 2025 is Take Away Hunger Day. It’s an opportunity for Christians all around Australia to work together, and feed as many children as possible.

Take Away Hunger Day is a fundraiser event run by Feed The Hungry to reduce global hunger. Partnering with Australian Christian radio stations, thousands of children are guaranteed a nutritious meal for a whole month thanks to each Take Away Hunger Day.

Together, we can make a difference. With $6 you can help us provide a nutritious meal to a child for a whole month.

How does Take Away Hunger Day work?

Feed The Hungry is responsible for delivering meal packages to schools around the world, working to feed and nurture starving children in body, mind, and spirit. Take Away Hunger Day is focused on providing aid to refugee children in Uganda who were driven out of South Sudan by war and conflict; check out where else we serve.

All they need to think about is coming to school. They attend their classes and the prospect of a guaranteed warm lunch is incentive enough to stay, giving them the opportunity to develop their education and allow them to hope for a brighter future.

Simultaneously, the meals are filled with important nutrients and vitamins to encourage growth and helps them focus in class, helping them to learn. They also have the chance to hear the Gospel message and know peace, to live a full life in body, mind, and spirit!

Visit feedthehungry.org.au to donate today. How many children will you feed?

Watch the documentary

‘When Survival Replaces Childhood: A Documentary’ follows two boys on opposite sides of the world.

One has safety, school, and support. The other fights through hunger, just to make it through the day.

Watch what happens when their worlds connect through acts of kindness, and discover how you can make hope possible for children like Isaac.

How many children will you feed?

Food supplies are ready. Feed The Hungry just need your help to pay for delivery.

With your help, we can make sure nutritious meal packages are delivered to the hungry refugee children in Uganda. Children like Angok and his siblings who escaped the war in South Sudan and have made a new life in Uganda as orphans. His faith sustains his spirit and his lunchtime meals at school keep his body and mind healthy!

It is thanks to Feed The Hungry’s partners in the field and their supporters (you!) that these children have the chance to live a brighter, fuller life.

$6 is enough to provide a month-worth of lunches to one child. What can you do to help?

Together, we can make a difference. With $6 you can help us provide a nutritious meal to a child for a whole month.

Visit feedthehungry.org.au to donate today. How many children will you feed?

Feature image: Supplied (CMAA and Feed The Hungry)