Friday, February 13, 2015

Journal Post #5

Review of: Living on One

My daughter’s and I watch a documentary the other day call “Living on One”.  It was about a few college-age guys that went to rural area of Guatemala for a few weeks to live and struggle in the same type of environment that many of the people there, and in other parts of the world, endure each day.  For 2 months the lived as the people live there; randomly allotting themselves, on average, one dollar a day.  Some days they would have four dollars and other days they we would have none.  This allowed them to experience the hardships in a real setting, battling with real challenges, such as hunger, fatigue and disease.

In watching this documentary I began to see how many in third-world countries can feel trapped.  The literally do not have the energy at times to work.  In fact, the guys doing the documentary had to start purchasing fat to cook with their rice and beans just to get the calories they need.  At the end of the documentary it showed how many individuals were getting small business loans for around $100.00.  The large majority of the individuals applying for these loans were women.  In one example, a woman bought a chainsaw so that she could cut firewood, which is one of the most valuable commodities in that area.

The film was very inspiring and showed how willing these people are to work and improve their situations.  The women, in particular, were very intuitive and entrepreneurial in their approach to providing for their families.  How grateful I am to have all the many blessings I have been afforded. 

$100.00 Challenge Project Update:

I have started to collect the materials for my project.  I have quite a few boards that I have picked out and have some good ideas on what I should build.  I have also reached out to a few individuals and have talked to them about this project.  I am in the process of determining the pricing and how many things I will need to build.

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