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Prix Fixe Philanthropy: Live Below The Line Poverty Challenge

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Prepare to put your money where your mouth is.

On Monday, April 29, Australian-based Global Poverty Project is challenging U.S., UK, Australia, and New Zealand supporters to spend five days living below the world poverty threshold. In short? To pay no more than $1.50 USD daily ($7.50 for the week) on food and drink.

Up to the challenge? Choose from one of ten global partners to donate and raise funds for, find or form a local team, then get shopping. Here are the basics:

  • Working as a team will allow you to pool together funds and do more with your cooking. (So will this cookbook.)
  • 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 raid your pantry midweek.
  • You can use food sourced from your garden as long as you can account for the price of production. (Hint: Our CSA guide should help there.)
  • 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.

This year’s nonprofit partner organizations include Opportunity InternationalWorld Food Program USAHappy Hearts FundU.S. Fund for UNICEFThe ISIS FoundationGlobal Volunteer Network FoundationCAREThe Somaly Mam FoundationRainforest Foundation, and Milaap.

Sign up at livebelowtheline.comTrack participant journals here and follow them on Twitter at @LBLUS.

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