A series of six 52-minute programs that show what it means to live under the poverty line. Poverty presents endless challenges to the poor, from finding the next meal to getting a life-saving vaccine. The smallest misfortune (health issue, job loss, etc.) threatens survival. The six episodes profile entrepreneurs in Bolivia, housing issues in Bombay, cotton farmers in Mali and Texas, factory workers in China and nurses in Minnesota, health care in South Africa, and life in post-war Bosnia.