Sunday, May 6, 2012

Going under (the line)

About a year ago, some friends asked me to join them on a project. I joined them and for 5 days we all restricted our food budgets to $10TT ($1.50USD) per day. Live Below the Line is an initiative of the Global Poverty Project to increase awareness of the fact that 1.4 billion people today live on $1.50USD per day.

Nothing prepared us for what we were about to learn from this experience. We walked away five days later with the ability to relate to the physical and psychological effects of life on a very limited budget, much-improved shopping and meal-planning skills, as well as a supportive bond among the team members.

The time has come again to Live Below the Line, and our team The Power of One have taken on the challenge to increase awareness and raise funds for this cause.

We've been shopping for most items for the week, rice, split peas, saltfish, corned beef, dried red beans, blackeyed peas, potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, flour, salt, seasonings and more. With a year of this challenge under our belts, we were able to make much more informed decisions. We're actually looking forward to learning from this year's challenge, and hope you can help too.

You can support our efforts by visiting This Link, and clicking on the "Donate" button.

Stay tuned this week for more updates here, and on Sarita's blog.

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