So she was a beggar for a year, many people have done that, it doesn't prove anything.

There is nothing in that article how she paid for heating, lighting and water and all the other costs involved in day to day living.

The article reminds me of all those holier than thou people going on about living on waste food stating how anybody could do it without allowing for the fact that there is only so much of it, certainly not enough to feed a large number of people.