End Somalia's Poverty with Live Below the Line
Could you live on just £1 a day?
Take part in Live Below the Line, challenge yourself to eat for just £1 per day for 5 days and experience the reality facing thousands of Somalis living in extreme poverty. Get sponsored during your challenge and help the Somali Relief and Development Forum tackle Somalia’s poverty through raising money towards crucial food and water well campaigns.
Don’t go it alone…
Encourage your friends, family and colleagues to join Live Below the Line’s challenge and support each other through the 5 days. Together you can make a real difference to the suffering facing thousands across Somalia. Do your part to end Somalia’s poverty – join the challenge today!
Click here to sign up to the challenge
Tips on fundraising
Sponsorship – Ask friends, family, colleagues, neighbours and whoever else you can think of to sponsor your challenge through donating on your fundraising page.
Get cooking! – Host a ‘Come Dine Below the Line’ event and ask your guests to donate, or why not run a ‘Bake Below the Line’ cake sale, with money raised going towards your fundraising efforts
Shopping bill – See how much you can raise through donating the difference of your food bill over the 5 day challenge.
About Live Below the Line
Live Below the Line is a fundraising and campaigning event dedicated to raising awareness about the reality of living in extreme poverty through challenging people to live below the poverty line for 5 days. With over 1.4 billion people existing in desperate poverty, the event gives a glimpse into the lives of those in poverty with the aim of raising awareness and funds to tackle the problem of global poverty. Click here for more information
When: Monday 29 April – Friday 3 May 2013
Don’t worry if you can’t take up the challenge during this week, as fundraising will be open until 1 July 2013, giving you plenty of time to take part!
iFundraise for Somalia Campaign - for more info visit: www.srdf.org.uk/campaign-info | support the campaign and share it.
Somalia is still in need for help and intervention, your support is still a lifeline for many mothers and children surviving on little every day. The iFundraise campaign is solely launched to fundraise and raise awareness about Somalia’s ongoing crisis. You can contribute in any shape or form that you prefer. One of our suggestion is that you put your running kit on setup a justgiving page here and say it loud and proud #iRun for Somalia. Many have already done and it would be great to see you do it too!
Hailing from a place forgotten by many and unknown by even more; I wonder what it will take to revitalize my people. Unity, cohesion and mobility are the tools we need to rejuvenate and restore faith to the voiceless.
Somalia has been afflicted with the plight of civil war and unrest for the past 21 years. In fact it’s been in this state since my birth, thus having nothing but negative images of my motherland. Once a beautiful and vibrant land visited as a holiday destination by the masses from all over the world; now we see a destitute Somali ridden with poverty and famine.
A complete polar image of the Somalia my parents wanted me to inherit. It really upsets me that 21 years have passed however rather than the state improving it has on the contrary deteriorated. Despite many Statebbuilding and Peacebuilding, missions Somalia remains the world’s longest running instance of complete state collapse in postcolonial history.
In 2012, whoever thought we’d be in the middle of the worlds worst famine since Ethiopia. It saddens me to the core that I cant physically make a difference however through the power of expression we can all join together to highlight the plight of these voiceless people who hold onto so much hope.
Please join me in making blog entries to show solidarity and support to the forgotten nation of Somalia.
Ifrah Hassan | Politics & International Relations Graduate
iCycle & #iFundraise for Somalia.
Huda @Ginowsdaughter was one of the fundraiser for Somali Relief and Development Forum. She took the initiative and ran 5K for Somalia in the Adidas Women Challenge. Huda raised £1,410.00 with the support of her friend Jennifer Amankwa and her awesome network of family & friends.
To become an #iFundraiser for Somalia, take up a challenge and sign up to the JustGiving page: http://www.justgiving.com/srdforum/Raisemoney.
#iFundraise for #Somalia
Awale Olad @awaleolad Labour Councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden in London Borough of Camden tells us about his initiative to help Somalia. #iFundraise for Somalia.
@Somalirdf
Today marks the launch of our iFundraise for Somalia campaign. The campaign aims to bring back the momentum and re-energise all the super iFundraisers who want to help Somalia stand on its feet.
Yes, the famine might have ended but the plight of the drought/famine victims still continuous as many of them are displaced and need support to start their livelihood again. Bring them changed! Can we say is loud and proud:
#iCare & #iFundraise for Somalia
Raise awareness about the campaign via Tumblr, Twitter hash-tag #iFundraise, @Somalirdf, Facebook, YouTube.
Each one of you has a voice to speak for the voiceless. How many of us are contacting their local MPs, creating awareness and bring Somalia’s humanitarian situation back to the media headlines? You have the ability to raise awareness. Be the voice for the voiceless!
