Living below the line...in Lincoln
So having recently returned from India, I'm feeling passionate about some of the things I saw and experienced whilst I was out there.
One of the big things that touched me whilst I was living in Kokkal was how they survive on much little that us. I'm not talking about the relation between the British Pound and the Indian Rupee, but about the fact that many of us live lifestyles with comfort and an abundance of food and facilities that other people could never imagine. They are forced to live a much more basic lifestyle, living under the poverty line.
"The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a given country. In practice, like the definition of poverty, the official or common understanding of the poverty line is significantly higher in developed countries than in developing countries." [wikipedia]
This week I am challenging myself to live below the line, spending a maximum of £1 per day on all the food and drink that I consume. I won't be accepting freebies and any food I already have in the cupboards will be costed and accounted for in my daily budget.
I'm definitely going to have less variety in my diet than I usually would and choices are going to be more limited. I'm going to have to be a lot more organised than normal and think a lot more about what I am purchasing and spending my money on.
When I was in India we ate rice for pretty much every meal and when the supplies were low there wasn't much else to the meal. It was very humbling when in the last week in Kokkal the locals in the village all clubbed together, donating 50 rupees each (a third of their daily wage) to buy us some chicken - which they then cooked for us.
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| One of the amazing meals the generous people of Kokkal cooked us |
Raleigh International is working with ICS (the International Citizen Service) supporting a diverse range of UK young people and volunteers from developing countries to fight poverty, gain skills and change their own communities for the better. I went out to India with Raleigh and would like to raise funds to help support the work that Raleigh International does to help build and develop communities all over the world.
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