This is the big question on the lips of 1.4 billion people across the world who are having to live on less than £1 per day to cover ALL their needs: food, water, housing, fuel, clothing, medication, education etc
So, if you had to survive on £1 a day – how would you spend it?
The Live below the Line Challenge is a challenge to individuals to spend just £5 on food and drink over a period of FIVE days. Those who complete the challenge will not only raise funds for Christian Aid, they will also gain a personal insight into one of the challenges faced when living below the extreme poverty line.
Members of Ramsey Methodist Church accept the Challenge
Some members of Ramsey Methodist Church will be accepting the challenge during the week beginning 7th May, these include Rev’d Malcolm Peacock and his wife Sarah assisted by youngest daughter Jo and Christine Sugden (Senior Church Steward). The week will include a Live below the Line meal on the Friday evening 11th May at 6.30pm for which members of the congregation will produce a variety of meals to raise funds for Christian Aid. The idea is that diners will donate £2.50 for a 2 course meal whose ingredients will have cost less than a £1 per head…nutritious, tasty food is guaranteed.
The evening will include activities led by Rosemary Clarke, Director of the One World Centre and Kristina Krawford (Global Poverty Ambassador) and in addition to dining out participants will have an opportunity to better understand the daily challenges faced by those trapped in the cycle of extreme poverty. There will be activities for children.
Tickets for the evening are available from Christine Sugden on 817507 or folly@manx.net and should be booked on or before Tuesday 8th May.
The awareness raising aspect of this challenge will continue outside Ramsey Methodist Church on the Saturday morning 12th May from 10.00am with a variety of activities for children and adults highlighting the issues involved. All are welcome.
On island the monies collected from Christian Aid Week (house to house collections and other events) are going directly to clean water projects in Mali and will be matched pound for pound by the Isle of Man Government. The target Island wide is £30,000.
