Behind the Scenes

On Thursday 22 August, the Christian media community came together to feed 120,000 hungry and vulnerable children. Forty-one radio stations and media platforms across Australia partnered with Feed the Hungry for this life-saving cause.

Take Away Hunger Day began when we went to Uganda to hear the harrowing stories of refugee children who had found safety in Uganda. We began speaking with our media partners and came to prayerful agreement on raising funds to feed 120,000 children on a single day: 22 August 2024.

This event is an extraordinary collaboration of over 40 organisations with a single goal. We couldn’t have done this without the next level support of Christian Media & Arts Australia. And a special thank you to Dunham+Company, Tiny Giants, Positive Media and Media Sales Australia for making this day possible.

Hours of training and inspiration were conducted by email, video conference and in person with radio presenters. Copies of the children’s personal stories were provided in written, audio and video form, all so our expert communicators could share God’s heart for the poor and needy with you.

Websites were created to facilitate your generous donations and a call centre was established to hear your acts of kindness. Your messages of support were relayed to the tireless station staff and volunteers who made the day such an incredible success.

Members from the Feed The Hungry team were live at some of the stations! Solomon Mwesige, director of FTH East Africa was live at 89.9 The Light Melbourne; Ben Evans, director of FTH Australia was live at Hope 103.2 Sydney; Stefan Radelich, chairman of FTH global was live at Vision Christian Media and 96.5 FM Brisbane.

We thank God for every radio station who gave freely of their gifts and talents for this day. God was faithful. You were generous…. 168,018 children were fed for a month!

Thank you to the Christian Media Community

• NATIONAL

  – Big Brave Life
  – GOOD TV
  – Luke and Susie
  – Inspire Digital
  – Vision Christian Radio
  – V180

• ACT

  – 1 Way FM (Canberra)

• NSW

  – Hope 103.2 (Sydney)
  – 98.5 theLight (Albury-Wodonga)
  – 99.7 Rhema FM (Newcastle)
  – 101.9 Wagga’s Life FM
  – Inspire by Hope 103.2
  – Life FM 100.1 (Bathurst)
  – Loving Life FM 103.1 (Grafton)
  – Pulse 94.1 (Wollongong)
  – Rhema Tamworth FM 89.7
  – Rhema FM 94.3 (Dubbo)
  – Rhema Central Coast 94.9
  – Rhema 99.9 (Port Macquarie)
  – Rhema 103.5 FM (Orange)
  – Rhema FM 106.5 (Manning Great Lakes)

• NT

  – Darwin’s 97 Seven

• QLD

  – 96five Family (Brisbane)
  – 91.5 FM Gympie
  – 91.9FreshFM (Gladstone)
  – 92.3 FM (Cairns / Mareeba)
  – 92.9Voice FM (Toowoomba)
  – 99.9 Live FM (Townsville)
  – 104.9 Lime FM (Mt Gambier)
  – Juice 107.3(Gold Coast)
  – Salt 106.5 (Sunshine Coast)
  – Rhema Wide Bay

• SA

  – 1079 Life (Adelaide)
  – 100.7 Riverland Life FM (Loxton)

• TAS

  – Ultra106Five (Hobart)
  – 105.3 wayfm (Launceston)

• VIC

  – 89.9 Light FM (Melbourne)
  – TheLight MIX
  – 96three FM (Geelong)
  – 1039 Life FM Gippsland
  – 105.1 Life FM (Bendigo)
  – Good News Radio 103.9 fm (Ballarat)

• WA

  – 98.5 Sonshine FM (Perth)
  – 103.9 Hope FM (Esperance)