End Somalia's Poverty with Live Below the Line

We have joined forces with Live Below the Line to help put an end to global poverty, Keep reading to find out how YOU can make a difference by taking the Live Below the Line challenge…


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!
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A refugee uses twigs and scraps of material to build a shelter for her family. There is no room for most new arrivals in the Dadaab camps, so the thousands of people who arrive every week must carve out a place for themselves in the surrounding desert. Doctors Without Borders estimates that by the end of 2011 there will be 500,000 people living in and around the camps, which were originally built to accommodate 90,000. (Brendan Bannon/Polaris Images)

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