This documentary Living On A Dollar A Day follows the life of four friends, Chris, Zach, Sean and Ryan, who travel to a rural part of Guatemala, Peña Blanca. The four friends emerge themselves in the Guatemalan lifestyle by living on the average salary of the Guatemalans. Guatemala is known to have one of the worst economics in the world and the people are suffering from this. For two months, the four friends lived on less than one dollar each a day. At the start of the journey, the four men were healthy, and well-nourished. They also were hopeful about the venture. It wasn’t until a couple of weeks after the start of their journey that realism hit them. After those couple of weeks, the four men struggled to save a sufficient amount of money to nourish themselves on a daily basis (Living On A Dollar A Day, 2013).
While in Guatemala, the men faced hunger like never felt before, financial strain and stress, and parasites in their health. The men lacked money to pay for the essential medicines they needed. This is a battle the Guatemala people feel on a daily basis. In Peña Blanca, seventy percent of the inhabitants live beneath the poverty mark (R). This type of struggle is unknown to most Americans because Americans are typically sheltered within …show more content…
The documentary showed that children must drop out of school to support the farms and make enough money for the families. The youths grow up into adults with discouraged dreams and hopes. The difference between the children of the developing world and the developed worlds is that the developed world’s children have the chance to chase their life goals while the developing world’s children do not. Through the documentary, it has been shown that the developing world needs more then empathy assistances. Guatemala requirements medication, nourishment, dependable housing, schooling, and most notably the opportunity to follow their
While in Guatemala, the men faced hunger like never felt before, financial strain and stress, and parasites in their health. The men lacked money to pay for the essential medicines they needed. This is a battle the Guatemala people feel on a daily basis. In Peña Blanca, seventy percent of the inhabitants live beneath the poverty mark (R). This type of struggle is unknown to most Americans because Americans are typically sheltered within …show more content…
The documentary showed that children must drop out of school to support the farms and make enough money for the families. The youths grow up into adults with discouraged dreams and hopes. The difference between the children of the developing world and the developed worlds is that the developed world’s children have the chance to chase their life goals while the developing world’s children do not. Through the documentary, it has been shown that the developing world needs more then empathy assistances. Guatemala requirements medication, nourishment, dependable housing, schooling, and most notably the opportunity to follow their