Living Below the Line
Source/Author: junior Caroline G
April 09, 2015
Junior Caroline G. is a member of Jane's Goodall's Roots & Shoots National Youth Leadership Council. At a recent meeting, she heard a fellow member mention the Live Below the Line movement, and decided to introduce the challenge in the Upper School:
"From April 27 - May 1, a few of my friends and I are eating and drinking on just $1.50 per day with thousands of others across the world in a global movement to help end extreme poverty. It's called Live Below the Line.
Since the movement began in 2010, over 25,000 people have taken the challenge, raising over $9 million for the world's leading anti-poverty organizations.
Now it's your turn.
$1.50 is the US equivalent of the extreme poverty line. Eating and drinking on so little gives a glimpse into the challenges faced by the 1.2 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line everyday for everything — that's food, medical care, transport, education - everything.
Find out more, and take the challenge at https://www.
I hope that you'll join us in this exciting challenge and help to fight extreme poverty. I know living off of only $1.50 may seem impossible, but it is how over 1 billion people in the world live. Let's come together to face this global issue in a positive and interactive way."
"From April 27 - May 1, a few of my friends and I are eating and drinking on just $1.50 per day with thousands of others across the world in a global movement to help end extreme poverty. It's called Live Below the Line.
Since the movement began in 2010, over 25,000 people have taken the challenge, raising over $9 million for the world's leading anti-poverty organizations.
Now it's your turn.
$1.50 is the US equivalent of the extreme poverty line. Eating and drinking on so little gives a glimpse into the challenges faced by the 1.2 billion people who have no choice but to live below the line everyday for everything — that's food, medical care, transport, education - everything.
Find out more, and take the challenge at https://www.
I hope that you'll join us in this exciting challenge and help to fight extreme poverty. I know living off of only $1.50 may seem impossible, but it is how over 1 billion people in the world live. Let's come together to face this global issue in a positive and interactive way."
