Could You Live of $1.08 a Day?
Often people take a lot of things in life for granted. One of which being the simple fact that we can buy whatever we want to eat whenever we want to eat it. We don’t have to worry to much about how much it costs or how long it will last, but what about those not so fortunate.
In the state of Nevada people who are use food stamps get an average of 91 dollars a month to live off of. That breaks down to $22.75 a week, $3.25 a day, and only $1.08 per meal. How can someone possibly live off of so little.
Well the next time you’re at the grocery store pay attention to the things that are cheap, but still provide a lot of the essential vitamins needed to stay healthy. A lot of the cheaper things are the non brand name foods, but they often taste the exact same. Take a stroll down the frozen foods section. Some of the things that are under one dollar are TV dinners, frozen breakfast sandwiches and big bags of stir fry to name just a few. There is also cup of noodles and top ram-en.
Someone with a little more money via food-stamps could try going places where they sell things in bulk so that it lasts longer. Don’t forget the use of stamps either or the dollar menu at McDonald’s. Just remember that there is always less fortunate people who could use donations. Even though they find ways to get by, every one needs some help.
http://www.miniature-earth.com/me_english.htm
This is a great site that puts things into perspective. There is a little movie about 2 minutes long that scales down the world’s population to 100 people: how many people live on a dollar a day, how many people don’t have clean drinking water, ….
It’s not selling anything, so if you have a few minutes take a look. It’s really interesting.
From your blog I think you might find it eye opening.
Ross