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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"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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