Cold and sleeping on the floor ... the challenge begins!
My challenge for the week is no heating and I shall sleep on the floor!
Whilst sitting at a computer writing an essay on the impact of global inequality on human welfare, I received an email about the poverty challenge. I suddenly realised what I was writing about seemed so abstract and surreal to me; little more than words. I can, and frequently do, regurgitate numerous statistics about poverty and inequality but I have absolutely no idea what they mean in reality. Whilst I am in no way suggesting the poverty challenge will constitute some form of great enlightenment, I am hoping it will give me a personal insight into what it means to experience some aspects of poverty.
I'm going to ask my MP Marsha Singh what she thinks about my challenge ... what do you think about my challenge?
Comments: 4
Wow , this a tough challenge. Well done and good luck!
I too have studied the issue of global inequality, but it all seems so many worlds away from our reality here, that sometimes I forget just how devastating it is for those suffering.
Good luck Fran! You raise a very good point- just out of curiosity...Why have you chosen sleeping on the floor as a challenge?
I'm doing a similar challenge myself. Serena, I chose to sleep on the floor after reading an article about people sleeping on cardboard mattresses while working on boats off the West coast of Africa - search the Guardian for "modern day slavery".
Fran, have you any tips for surviving the cold? My strategy so far is simple - keep moving and wear a hat!
hey
don't worry only just added to my blog, just could not write a thing on this blog
was thinking so many things but could not articulate them
keep going and good luck
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