The Taiwan chapter of the Christian charity World Vision announced Wednesday that Academia Sincia will participate for the second consecutive year in World Vision's 30- Hour Famine event this year by hosting a 12-hour 'DIY famine camp' to inspire people to care for those in need. 'This year, academic elites will once again go without food for 12 hours, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. July 10, and learn about humanitarian issues,' World Vision Taiwan said in a press statement. According to World Vision Taiwan, as many as 300 people from Taiwan's top academic institution have signed up for the event, three times the number that attended last year. A midday party will be also held during the DIY famine camp that day, featuring news anchor Hsiao Zi-shin who will share his experiences from his trip to Rwanda last April to cover the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide there and World Vision's interventions in the aftermath, the press release stated. Members of Academia Sinicia's Belly Dance Club and Er Hu Club, as well as pop singers Tsai Chin and Amber Kuo, will entertain the participants in the anti- famine drive, it added. Now in its 20th year, World Vision's 30-Hour Famine program will feature a series of activities this year to raise funds to combat the global food crisis. The events will include a Famine Hero Rally Aug. 15-16 and a DIY Famine challenge that will encourage individuals to fast for 12 to 30 hours on their own. The 30-Hour Famine program is one of World Vision Taiwan's three principal fund- raising activities, the other two being a sponsorship program for disadvantaged children in Taiwan and other countries and an assistance fund for development projects in Taiwan and elsewhere. The Taiwan chapter of World Vision was established 43 years ago. 