I te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, i haere a Hepburn ki Amerika Waenganui i te marama o Hui-tanguru 1989, ka tutaki ki ngā kaiārahi i Honduras, El Salvador, me Guatemala. I te marama o Paenga-whā, i haere a Hepburn ki Sudan me Wolders hei wāhanga o tētahi misioni i huaina ko "Operation Lifeline". Nā te pakanga ā-iwi, i whakakorea ngā kai mai i ngā whakahaere āwhina. Ko te misioni ko te kawe kai ki te tonga o Sudan. I kī a Hepburn, "I kite ahau i tētahi pono mārama: Kāore ēnei i te parekura māori engari he aitua i hangaia e te tangata, ā, kotahi anake te otinga i hangaia e te tangata <unk> te rangimarie". I te marama o Oketopa 1989, i haere a Hepburn rāua ko Wolders ki Bangladesh. I kī a John Isaac, he kaitango whakaahua o te UN, "I te nuinga o te wā ka rere ngā tamariki ki runga i a rātau, engari ka haere noa ia ki a rātau. Kāore anō au i kite i tērā. He nui te whānuitanga o ētahi atu tāngata, engari
pakanga ā iwi