£1 A Day

I'm relatively constrained in organising BIG fundraising events to help me get to my £800 target. Working full time and leaving my job just a few days before the mega-busy Christmas period begins, means that I'm trying to utilise personal networks and family connections. However, that doesn't mean that I don't want to attempt some forms of personal challenge, and so next week I'll be living on £1 a day.

The Extreme Poverty Line is defined at being around £1 a day, and millions of people across the globe live on just this amount a day. In Lesotho, 57% of the population live in these conditions, an amazingly sobering fact. Raising people out of poverty is not about pumping money into areas. It's about empowering communities through sustainable methods, and this is the work that Skillshare International is committed to throughout Africa and Asia.

 For me, experiencing living on £1 a day from Monday 3rd December to Friday 6th December is not about expecting to understand what communities go through on a daily basis. Spending £5 on food over five days will be difficult, especially when I can often spend that on one trip to Sainsbury's  after work. This challenge is for me to experience the difficulty of living on so little. And to make it even more worthwhile, I'll be donating my average spend on food, drinks and groceries each week to Skillshare International.

Any help you can give to this amazing cause would be incredible. My Justgiving page can be found in the link below, and I will be sure to update throughout next week on my progress.

Click here for my Justgiving page.