What is Live below the line?
Live Below the Line is an innovative awareness and fundraising campaign that's making a huge difference in the fight against extreme poverty. Live Below the Line is challenging individuals and communities to see how much change you can make out of $1.50. By living off just $1.50 per day for food for 5 days, we will be bringing to life the direct experiences of living in extreme poverty and helping to make real change.
Why are we doing it?
Over 1.4 BILLION people in the world are living every day in extreme poverty (that's over 4 times the population of the United State. The world bank states the poverty line is drawn when an individual lives off of $1.50 a day. Keep in mind food is not cheaper in developing nations so a $1.50 worth of food in the US is $1.50 worth of food in a developing nation.
Why am I doing it?
I don't see a good reason why I can't.
How does it Work?
Ok so here are the basics:
- From May 7th – 11th, you can spend no more than $1.50 a day on food and drink.
- This means you have a total of $7.50 with which to buy all ingredients for your meals.
- The full cost of all the items you consume must be included in your budget. This means budgeting for whole packages of food such as rice, pasta, noodles and eggs etc.
- For items such as salt, pepper, herbs and spices, simply work out the cost of each item per ounce and budget your shopping proportionally. Separate your items before the challenge so there’s no need to be digging around in your pantry.
- One of the easiest ways to partake in the challenge is to share the cost of ingredients amongst a team, as long as no participant spends more than $1.50 a day or their total $7.50 budget. Working as a team will allow you to pool together funds and do more with your cooking.
- You can’t grab a snack from the pantry unless you include the cost of buying the item new in your budget.
- You can use food sourced from your garden as long as you can account for the price of production!
- No combination of meals on any given day can exceed the $1.50 spending limit. Remember this is a challenge to eat creatively – don’t at any point deprive yourself of three meals a day.
- You cannot accept ‘donated’ food from family or friends, but monetary donations towards your fundraising goals are acceptable, and encouraged!
- You are allowed to drink tap water – remember you should try and drink at least 6-8 glasses of water each day.
Who is involved?
What can you do to help?
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