FAQs

Check out our handy 10 Step Guide for steps to taking part in the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge!

The easiest way to fundraise for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge, is with your own online fundraising page. 

Set up your own personalised fundraising page, which you can link to your school or church team to reach your fundraising targets together. Share your fundraising page with your friends and family - you could even ask them to share the link on to their friends and family, or people they know would also love to support you. 

You can also use a World Vision 40 Hour Challenge Sponsorship book which you can get from your school or church World Vision 40 Hour Challenge organiser. If you’re not part of an organised team you can order a Sponsorship book here.
The official World Vision 40 Hour Challenge starts at 8pm on Friday 16th June and ends midday Sunday 18th June 2023.

If you’re unable to complete your challenge this weekend then you can choose a time that works for you! You’ll still make such a big impact just by being a part of it and fundraising. 

Thank you for taking up the challenge to help change everything for kids who urgently need clean water. Your fundraising will make a real difference.   

If you are fundraising for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge with your school, church or team:

  • If your sponsors have donated online by credit card or internet banking - nice work, we've already got your funds.
  • If you've collected any cash or cheque donations, give them to your World Vision 40 Hour Challenge organiser as soon as possible, along with your Sponsorship Book and they will bank the money for you.
  • If you're the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge organiser, use your team’s 2022 40 Hour Famine Deposit Book or Deposit Slip to bank your team cash donations at any ANZ branch by 30th June 2023 (last day of term 2). Please ensure the bank includes your team’s unique reference number so we can track your fundraising.
  • If you've lost your team's 2023 World Vision 40 Hour Challenge Deposit book you can order another one by emailing your full name, team name and address to: books@worldvision.org.nz.
  • Alternatively, you can transfer the funds directly into the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge account: 06-0101-0323407-02. Important: please include your unique reference number (found on the front of your Deposit Book) or school name so we can track your fundraising.
  • Group organisers – using the postage-paid sticker provided, please send your completed Sponsorship Books and Organiser Record Sheet back as soon as possible to: Freepost Challenge, World Vision New Zealand, Private Bag 92078, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142. Alternatively, you can destroy your Sponsorship Books by putting them in a secure recycling bin. 


If you are fundraising for the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge as an individual:

  • If your sponsors have donated online by credit card or internet banking - nice work, we've already got your funds.
  • If you've collected any cash or cheque donations, deposit these at any ANZ branch by 30th June 2023 using the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge Deposit Slip included with your Sponsorship Book.
  • Alternatively, you can transfer the funds directly into the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge account: 06-0101-0323407-02. Important: please include your unique reference number (your Sponsorship Book number) or your full name when banking your funds so we can track your fundraising.
  • Send your completed Sponsorship Book back to World Vision New Zealand as soon as possible using the postage-paid sticker provided. Freepost Challenge, World Vision New Zealand, Private Bag 92078, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142.
The money you raise in this year’s World Vision 40 Hour Challenge will change everything for children who urgently need clean water close to home. 

You’ll give students hand washing stations with running water and soap so they can protect themselves from diseases. You’ll help children learn how to use water safely so it doesn’t make them sick. You’ll build new water systems so entire villages have clean water close to home. You’ll bring emergency water to refugee camps so children searching for safety have clean water to drink. You’ll train local people to help keep clean water flowing for years to come.

Every drop of action counts.