A TOTAL of £400 was raised by youngsters from Buckland Monachorum Church last week during an extreme challenge. Eight youngsters and three adults lived in ?slums? built by themselves as part of the Slum Survivor challenge. Over the weekend of October 26 to October 27 they all had to live in an environment of which one billion people in the world?s cities have to live in everyday. The challenge was a nationwide initiative set out by Soul Survivor, a Christian charity for the youth, to get youngsters involved and raise money for Soul in the City Durban in 2009. Soul in the City will see people going to Durban, South Africa, to equip and encourage the churches and charities there to promote Christianity. The ultimate simulation challenge, saw participants live in ?slums? in the church garden. They had to endure the weekend with no running water, no deodorant, and no luxuries. The only things they could eat was rice, lentils and all they could drink was water.
