This is a day in the life of 16-year-old Gabrielle Bonner – but not for much longer.

She’s about to give it all up on August 2 to participate in the Live Below the Line campaign, which aims to raise awareness about global poverty.

Gabrielle will live on $2 a day for five days, eating only the food she’s bought from her $10 allowance.

“I have to be able to survive for five days without going out and getting more food,” she said.

But a few hunger pains is nothing to Gabrielle if she can make a difference.

“It’s something I believe in,’ she said. “It’s meant to raise awareness about global poverty and I do really want to help make an impact.

“We’re such a rich country and we can [make an impact]; we have enough money to, we just don’t put in as much as we should.”

Miss Bonner first got involved with the poverty campaign , run by the Global Poverty Project and The Oaktree Foundation, when she took part in the Make Poverty History Road Trip along with 1000 youth ambassadors on a mission to get 40,000 signatures supporting their cause.

“We ended up with 50,000. It was really interesting,” she said.

Now she’s keen to embark on the next challenge to get a small window into the life of those living in extreme poverty.

But what can you buy for $10 that will feed you for a week?

That’s half the challenge.

“I’ll probably buy rice and oats or two minute noodles,” she said.

“And I’ll carry water around wherever I go.”

It’s a far cry from her usual diet, but with donations, which can be made to support her efforts on the Live Below the line website, the money will go toward a new school in Papua New Guinea.

“If you compare it [food intake], I’d still get more food than people in a third world country,” she said.

Visit www.livebelowtheline.com to make a donation or for more information.