Living

on One Dollar


Let’s discuss (Before watching the documentary.)

• What do you consider poverty to be?
• How different do you think life is if you live on one dollar a day?
• Talk about what you imagine a daily routine and its struggles would be like.
• What do you expect to learn from the documentary?


Watch the documentary and answer as many questions as possible.

1) How many people live on one dollar a day in the world?

2) Which country do the protagonists go to?

3) What is the percentage of poor people in the country?

4) How long do the protagonists plan to spend there?

5) What two aspects of poverty do they want to simulate?

6) What goods did they first buy?

7) What happens when you don’t ingest enough calories?

8) What is the percentage of children in Peña Blanca that don’t finish school and have to work instead?

9) What is the cost of education in Peña Blanca?

10) What do Chris and Zach study in college?

11) What is Rosa’s dream in life?

12) What idea did Anthony come up with to be able to buy a cooking stove?

13) How is Anthony’s situation different from the rest of the village?

14) What did Chris fall ill with?

15) What natural disaster took place while they were there?

16) What was the impact of the natural disaster on the farmers in general?

17) Can a farmer get a loan from a traditional bank? Are there any alternatives?

18) How did micro finance benefit Rosa’s life?

19) Which sector of the society in particular does micro finance empower?

20) How much did the boys need to borrow to start their radish business?

21) What did they decide to do on their last day?

22) What was Anthony’s plea to the viewers?