Less than a dollar a day is a phrase we are all familiar with, but what does it really mean?
Almost half the world's population lives on less than a dollar a day, but the statistic fails to capture the humiliation, powerlessness and brutal hardship that is the daily lot of the world's poor.
In this series, Mike Wooldridge looks at what it's really like to have to live on a dollar a day and how it can mean different things in different countries, and asks whether the global target of halving world poverty by 2015 can really be achieved (as we now know this failed spectaularly).
It isn't all about desperation and gloom, though: Mike meets people of incredible energy and determination, living in vibrant communities and having a diversity of experiences.
The five countries featured in the series are Kenya, Peru, India, Ghana and China.
| CHANNEL |
SABC3 |
| PREMIERE |
29 October 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Sundays, 21h00 |
| REPEATS |
None |