It begins again. Every week this month, scores of people will choose to spend no more than two dollars per day. Some of them will sleep in cardboard boxes. Others will forgo hot water showers. These people are braving Challenge Week, an annual poverty awareness campaign hosted by Two Dollar…
Some Westminster College students learn first-hand what it’s like to live on $2 per day. They’re taking part in the Two Dollar Challenge, an educational movement that engages students in the fight against worldwide poverty. This report was filed from Salt Lake City, Utah in April, 2010.
Sitting in the middle of the beautiful, grassy commons at the University of Mary Washington is a pile of cardboard, duct tape, twine and dangling blue tarp. This makeshift contraption shelters several of the nearly thirty students choosing to live on less than two dollars per day during Challenge…
Nearly half of the world’s fathers, mothers, sons and daughters live on less than two dollars a day. For many of them, poverty can be likened to a trap. Our Challenge, the Two Dollar Challenge, is to break the self-perpetuating cycle of poverty. We can succeed in this Challenge by…
The TDC Team was invited to attend the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) 2009 at the University of TX Austin. Over 1000 students, representing all fifty states and sixty countries, and 100 university presidents were in attendance. Each year participants are requested to submit a commitment to action (CTAs). This…
This year TDC is piloting our Preferred Partner Program with Opportunity International. If you are interested in microfinance, or do not know what you want to put your money raised towards, we recommend this organization. We believe your money will do the most good here. Founded in 1971, Opportunity International provides small business loans, savings, insurance and training to over a million people working their way out of poverty in the developing world. Clients in 27 countries use these financial services to start or expand a business, provide for their families, create jobs for their neighbors and build a safety net for the future. 100% of the money raised through TDC will go directly towards these great services.
