Britons join global challenge to live below the poverty line Could you live on just £1 a day? Because that is what 1.4 billion people who live below the global poverty line face everyday. To highlight this, The Global Poverty Project is asking people in industrial nations to live on £1 a day for five days, and London resident Kathy Trevelyan has taken on the challenge. A natural sound version of an AFPTV report.