February 17th, 2011
This is a powerful game that allows, you, the player to see it’s like to live below the poverty level. It only takes a few minutes to play. Try it.
zosiablue writes:

I’ve personally been through some of these scenarios before, but can’t imagine my terror and despair if I didn’t have family to fall back on when times got tough.


Urban Ministries of Durham (North Carolina) is a private 501(c) 3 non-profit organization governed by a 18-member Board of Directors with 27 staff members and over 2,000 volunteers. Unlike our name suggests, Urban Ministries of Durham is not a church-based missionary organization.


This is a powerful game
that allows, you, the player to see it’s like to live below the poverty level. It only takes a few minutes to play. Try it.

zosiablue writes:

I’ve personally been through some of these scenarios before, but can’t imagine my terror and despair if I didn’t have family to fall back on when times got tough.

Urban Ministries of Durham (North Carolina) is a private 501(c) 3 non-profit organization governed by a 18-member Board of Directors with 27 staff members and over 2,000 volunteers. Unlike our name suggests, Urban Ministries of Durham is not a church-based missionary organization.

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    This was rough just playing it but everytime I’m able to get through the month. I just had to make the decisions I’ve...
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    jesus. i ended the month with only $158. good lord.
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    This is stressful, and it’s just a simulation.
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    I survived a month. Lost 937 of my 1000 dollars, but survived :S