SkeviFlourentzou

The first day of my challenge was pretty exciting.  I spend my day wearing my badge and talking to my friends about the poverty challenge.  I managed to persuade seven friends of mine to contribute, taking their own challenges.  Roxana has an addiction to chocolates and cakes.  For this week she is not going to have any of those.  Andys and Kyriacos will be spending 35 pounds until the end of the week, which is the amount an asylum seeker would receive from the government.  Vasilis, Xenios and Thekla will be having just one meal per day.  Louisa will try to reduce her consumption of water as much as possible.  For example she will close the tap whilst brushing her teeth and shampooing.  Every kind of contribution is welcome.  Thank you guys for supporting our cause!

Today is a new day and i will be asking more friends and my MP Louise Ellman what poverty means to them.

My challenge is really closely related to the environment. A lot of people don't have access to clean water, or the energy it requires to heat water, and yet a hot shower is something that I have come to expect every night.  The task i have chosen is to stop the use of hot water for this week.  I'm undertaking this challenge in order to get a rough idea of how it feels like to live without a luxury that everyone takes for granted.  I do this because i CARE about poverty, and by doing this i want to challenge myself and share my experiences to CHALLENGE other people and most importantly MP's, with the hope to help somehow in bringing about CHANGE in this matter.

People living in poverty face many challenges daily.  I will have to deal with just one. Bring it on ! ! !