Today I started my week of hunger, my week of empathy. For those of you who don't know, I'm living below the extreme poverty line, which is a measly $2. I mean, in one sitting at a cafe most of us will spend 5 times that, and thats just a snack. This is what people are living with every day. Every single day of their lives, they live on less then $2 a day. And I'm just doing it for food and I'm starving, they have to use it for accommodation, travel (a lot travel to & from their extremely low-paying jobs), entertainment (if they get any.)
It's horrifying to think that 1.4 billion people in the world live like that. Right now.
Good on you Luke! I agree that it is an immense shame that so much of the world's resources are divided incredibly unequally. A world which has enough resources to supply everyone with a good life!
ReplyDeleteI cheer you on during your week of empathy, I hope you make it through.
It will, of course, give you an amazing and horrifying insight into the lives of disadvantaged people. I commend you in your decision to undertake such an experience.