THREAD: Millions around the world already struggling to get by have had their lives made even harder by pandemic lockdowns, layoffs and the loss of a chance to earn from a hard day’s work. Here are the stories of people hustling to survive. (1/8)http://apne.ws/UpflIAf
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Judith Andeka, 33, has been forced to send her kids to live with relatives in Kenya. “I had no choice, because how do you tell a 2-year-old you have no food to give them?” (3/8)pic.twitter.com/AUs1f6WElb
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“The government told us to stay at home,” said Budi Santosa, who lost his job as a cook at a fast food restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia, “but if I stay home my wife and children will have no food to eat.” (4/8)pic.twitter.com/4QR8ciej9O
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“It’s a very difficult situation ... We are financially ruined,” said Hany Hassan, a 40-year-old father of four. He lost his job at a government-run coffee shop in Cairo, Egypt. (5/8)pic.twitter.com/4WKcKckTnZ
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"The whole camp is without work now. Everyone is broke.” Mohammed Yousef, with his brother Khalil, said residents usually help each other in hard times but borrowing from neighbors in their Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan, isn’t an option now. (6/8)pic.twitter.com/q12pAI2mkv
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“We cannot have food like we used to have,” said Gita Verma, who ran a flower stall with husband Mahesh outside a Hindu temple honoring the monkey god Hanuman in Lucknow, India. (7/8)pic.twitter.com/01FarnoizX
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Read more about the toll for families from hunger and poverty that are either newfound or even more grinding than before because of the pandemic. (8/8) http://apne.ws/4jUfA7s
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