Mission: "live below the line"

One class here at Universidad de los Hemisferios is trying a different kind of mission for their English class: they are trying to live below the line as per the rules of https://www.livebelowtheline.com/

They can only live on $2/day which only only included their food and drink (transportation is not included)  but they cannot take food from anyone, so for example if they take food from the family kitchen, they have to count the cost. 

For alot of these students, even though they live in Ecuador, it's the first time they've thought about what it really means to be poor.

One issue that I'm wondering about for the women in the class is if they will count such necessities as sanitary napkins inside their $2.