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The Youth from every LP4Y country want to share their cooking skills! This week let's meet with Nepal! Potatoe Fitter Ingredients: Potatoes (500 grams) Flour (80grams) Salt (to taste) Green Chilly (½ teaspoon) Onions chopped (80grams) Oil to (fry) 1. Add flour, potatoe, salt, green chilly, onions chopped and make some circular shape of double 2. Heat the pan with oil, it must be low heat 3. Cook the potatoe fitter slow in low heat 4. Turn over the potatoe on the other side when one side is cooked 5. Potatoe fitter is ready when both sides are cooked BARA (Bread of black lentils) Ingredients: Black lentils (200g) Salt (to taste) Ginger-garlic paste (1 teaspoon) Green chilly paste (½ teaspoon) Mustard oil (as required) Cumin seeds (2 pinch) Soak lentils in water for 5-6 hours. When the lentils become soft, remove the black portion from the lentils and grind it into a thick paste by adding required amount of water Add salt, garlic-ginger, green chilly, cumin seeds in the mixture and mix it well. Heat the pan in low heat and add oil Cook the mixture in a pan by mixing it into a small flat round shape once the pan gets heated Turn over the bara on the other side when one side gets cooked The Bara is ready when both sides are well cooked My small tip: We can put egg, meat topping can be done

Unisha Rai, 18yo, Management Step, Batch 1 Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal Unisha from the Green Village Kathmandu takes this moment of lockdown to express herself through her drawings.

Soma Maji, 24 yo, Star, RIDE team, Life Project Center Hossenpur, Kolkata, India My name is Soma Maji, I am 24 years old. I live in China Temple in Kolkata and I have two members in my family : me and my husband. I joined LP4Y in September 2018 when I was 23 years old and I finished in February 2020. I was sick in the middle of the program that’s why I took more time to finish it. I heard about LP4Y from my sister. She convinced me to try the program. She told me they can help me to find a decent job and it was very important for me in order to be independent. I started the LP4Y program being on the RIDE team and I worked in marketing department. Few time after joining LP4Y, I have changed myself. I learned to speak English and how to use a computer. I also gained confidence. For example, I had to go to schools to present RIDE and explain road safety gestures in front of children. I was very proud of me ! My dream job is to work in a bank but I didn’t finish school so I know it will be hard. In February 2020, I found my new job in Interdominion Dental Services as doctor assistant. With this job, I will earn and save some money for me and family. In future I have to work hard and in LP4Y I learned that everything is possible in our life if we try the best. I want to say I am very lucky to be part of LP4Y program and get support, trainings, guidance. Thank you for your help to reach my potential and my dream.... I was so lucky to have coaches, Alexis, Charlotte, Justine, Elisabeth, who inspired me every day to be better than the day before. I hope I can inspire future champions as you have inspired me all these years !

After the fire that happened in Tondo, Philippines, a wave of support has raised all over Asia. Together we are with you! Kolkata, INDIA Anusuya – Management Step - RIDE - Hossenpur Rama – Entrepreneur – TOTO – Chetla Akash - Entrepreneur – TFS – Hossenpur Neha - Entrepreneur – TFS – Hossenpur Govindha - Star – TOTO – Chetla Hasna – Star – TOTO – Chetla Madhu – Entrepreneur – TOTO - Chetla Abul – Star – RIDE – Hossenpur Jhuma – Entrepreneur – TOTO - Chetla Laltu – Entrepreneur – TOTO – Chetla Anusuya – Management Step – RIDE – Hossenpur Shampa – Management Step – RIDE - Hossenpur Jannat Naskar – Management step – HP2 – Howrah Tanmoy Sarkar – Responsibility step – HP2 – Howrah Johanna Deloumeaux – Project Manager Digital - Howrah Raphaëlle De Truchis - Communication and Fundraising Team - Howrah Quitterie Campagne - Y4CN coordinator - Howrah Anna Arsène - Coach Howrah Program 1 - Howrah Carla Lopez - Communication and Fundraising Team - Howrah Jeanne Crepelle - India Coordinator - Howrah Raipur, INDIA Jitendra Kumar - Star – Batch 1 Malti Bhagat - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Lucky Dhurve - Star - Batch 2 Digeshwar Verma - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Sandhya Yadav - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Sunil Karsh - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Priya Sahu - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Harish Karsh - Star - Batch 2 Indra Prajapati - Star - Batch 3 Mohammad Kousar - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Tarni Sahu - Star - Batch 4 Sunil Tandi - Star - Batch 3 Leelavati Sahu - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Vinita Sahu - Entrepreneur - Batch 5 Artee Nirmalkar - Star - Batch 2 Albane Pournin - Coach Mumbai, INDIA Gaëlle Muraca - Green Village Coordinator Kainat Sayyed - Management step - Lifeline Alexia Guillier - Communication and Fundraising Team Delhi, INDIA Clémence Laulan - Project Leader MEI - Sangam Vihar Taina Schwartz - Project Leader Pedagogy - Sangam Vihar Laetitia Hra - Project Leader Partnerships - Sangam Vihar Salomé Jacqui - Coach Khazana 1 - Sangam Vihar Tarik Toudert - Coach Khazana 2 - Sangam Vihar Tessa Garcia - Coach Yummy Salty - Pahar Ganj Romain Butticker - Coach Yummy Sweet - Pahar Ganj Md Ajaz Khan - Star - Yummy Sweet - Pahar Ganj Akash Kumar - Star - Yummy Sweet - Pahar Ganj Gaurav Kumar - Star - Yummy Sweet - Pahar Ganj Abhijeet Kumar - Star - Yummy Salty - Pahar Ganj Chennai, INDIA Théo Viron - Coach CCC 1 - LPC Chennai Aileen Salin - Coach CCC 2 - LPC Chennai Clarisse Fabrèges - Y4CN Members coordinator - LPC Chennai Dhaka, BANGLADESH Paul Le Tarnec - Coach 1 Jeanne Vigouroux - Coordinator Bangladesh Johann Hardern - Coach 2 Kathmandu, NEPAL Pauline Delaporte - Talent and HR development - Booster Alliance Development - Kathmandu Jeanne Allard - Project Manager Crisis Management - Kathmandu Mathilde Grancher - Nepal coordinator - Life Project Center Kathmandu Clémence Guibert - Coach 2 - Life Project Center Kathmandu Valentine Lévy - Coach 1 - Life Project Center Kathmandu Lucie Dubert - Green Village Leader - Green Village Kathmandu Emilie Roy de Lachaise - Project Manager Mobilisation - Green Village Kathmandu Julie Caldairou - Trainer - Green Village Kathmandu Rujita - Trainer - Green Village Kathmandu Clémentine Turgeon - Ecosystem Development - Booster Alliance Development Hanoi & HCMC, VIETNAM Huyen - Management Step - Revival Program - HCMC May Ly - Management Step - Bread And Smile Program - Hanoi My - Management Step - Revival Program - HCMC Jakarta, NDONESIA Abdul Syakur - Responsibility Step - Matakita Program Hadi Prayitno - Responsibility Step - Matakita Program Katharina Stefanie - Management Step - Source of life Program Khotimah - Entrepreneur Step - Source of Life Program Khusniatwaty - Management Step - Matakita Program Madon Ramadhani - Management Step - Matakita Program Nabila Maylani - Management Step - Matakita Program Sagita Maharani - Responsibility Step - Matakita Program Taufan Alamsyah - Management Step - Matakita Program

Dear Catalyst To All Catalyst or all coach of LP4Y for being very strong-support for us Hello to all I am Neeraj Kumar President of LP4Y Sangam Vihar Star Club with the help of the Board team of Sangam Vihar Star Club LP4Y (Lovely as Vice-President, Ravindra as Secretary and Santhiya as a Treasurer) and also from all Star’s we all want to say something to all coaches. Dear All Coaches I want to say Thank you to all my dear coaches in the world who are working in different countries and cities. Also, they are working in different ways like as a Coach, as a project leader, country coordinator, partners leading team, Youth 4 Change Network, and also to companies and people who are giving donations for us to everyone because in the big Crisis time you all are doing Amazing jobs for all youths of the LP4Y we all think that we all are very lucky because we are part of LP4Y. You all are making sure that in this very difficult time students can not lost anything by knowledge team spirit and most important thing hope and there Smiles I think that's why you made One amazing learning app I am also using this app and this is very nice I am really thankful for this because I am also learning lots of things for the app and improving my vocabulary. This time all are facing problems and thanking for themselves only but you all are thinking for all youths Stars of LP4Y and taking the information to get to know that all youths are in a good situation or not so for that I want to Appreciate to all of you. Now I want to Appreciate again to everyone and coaches also for working for the youths and for Starts too in this crisis time to giving Allowances and some saving outs to needed youths and also give training and making some training and homework for Youth because they can not forget English skills and also understand the value of LP4Y Thought I CAN’T BUT TOGETHER WE CAN Thank you Dear Coaches (Neeraj Kumar)

[English version below] Romain Mailliu, Coach of Source Of Life program, LPC Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia Dani et Angel on delivery (28/11/19) - © Romain Mailliu La crise sanitaire mondiale menace Kampung Sawah, le bidonville indonésien de Romain. Suivez avec son carnet de bord l’impact du Coronavirus dans les quartiers les plus pauvres. [Episode 4] 4 solutions miracles pour motiver vos jeunes. 15 avril 2020 Comment motiver votre équipe sur le terrain après le confinement ? A l’aide de ce cas d’étude tiré de mon expérience sur le terrain en Indonésie avec l’ONG LP4Y, je vais vous partager 4 solutions aussi miraculeuses qu’efficaces. “Coach, can I have money to buy Gasoliiiiiiine ?” Les jeunes ont cette faculté - sagesse ? – de nous ramener à des problématiques pragmatiques. Ce matin, ils sont cinq à assurer la livraison d’eau potable. Cinq, car c’est le nombre maximum autorisé par le gouvernement. David Allen aurait certainement complété en expliquant qu’un homme efficace en vaut cinq. Je rajouterais que cinq hommes non efficaces n’en valent pas beaucoup plus. Si ce matin la motivation des jeunes était un rayon de soleil, le risque d’attraper une insolation serait dérisoire. Il faut dire qu’à leur âge, dix-huit ans en moyenne, je n’avais pas besoin d’obtenir un travail décent pour nourrir ma famille. Si on ajoute à cela les écoles fermées et la dysphorie générale autour du coronavirus, je comprends pourquoi le lundi matin les chaussures des jeunes poncent le carrelage de la salle de production. Pourtant il n’est pas question de ralentir l’activité. Dans le monde professionnel qui les attend, ils ne feront pas office de cas à part : les attentes seront les mêmes pour tous. Les diplômés de l’université issue des classes sociales aisées comme nos entrepreneurs des quartiers plus modestes. Ils ne seront pas pris en pitié car ils doivent faire deux heures de route dans les transports en commun pour venir travailler. Ni parce qu’ils n’ont qu’une paire de chaussures « professionnelles ». Seules la qualité du travail, la posture et la motivation feront la différence. La route du succès est semée d'embûches. Depuis toujours, nos jeunes entrepreneurs affrontent les difficultés avec un courage, un positivisme et une détermination qui à mes yeux est inexplicable. C’est leur plus grande force et c’est pour cela qu’ils y arriveront. Encore. Toujours. Bref, comment vais-je bien pouvoir motiver mon équipe ? A l’aide de mon expérience internationale en gestion d’équipes distributives agiles pluridisciplinaires en temps de crise, je vais vous partager 4 best practices qui ont fait le succès de ma méthode à travers le monde. 1.Etre à l’écoute “Celui qui sait écouter deviendra celui qu'on écoute.” Vizir Ptahhotep L’histoire d’un pays permet de comprendre sa culture. L’histoire d’un jeune nous aide à comprendre son attitude. Comment pouvons-nous résoudre les problématiques de nos équipes si nous n'échangeons pas avec elles ? Nos jeunes, il s’avère que très peu de monde s'intéresse à eux. C’est d’ailleurs ce qu’on appelle exclusion : ne pas exister aux yeux des autres. Ecouter nos jeunes c’est primordial. Il faut que l’écoute soit active. Pour cela, la volonté d’apprendre est indispensable. Les bonnes paroles sont celles qui se transforment en enseignement et les jeunes ont beaucoup à nous apprendre. Lorsque nous devons faire face à une problématique, les informations sont rarement structurées. Un sujet est mis sur la table, quelqu’un n’est pas d’accord, il s’exprime sur un nouveau sujet, ce qui entraîne de nouvelles réactions, et quand on revient finalement au sujet d’origine, beaucoup de choses ont été dites. Quand on a récolté les informations qui sont les fruits de l’écoute, il faut ensuite les analyser. Analyser, c’est décomposer un tout en ses éléments constituants et d'en établir les relations. Dans un défi complexe - comme motiver une équipe - il y a rarement des évidences, il a quelquefois des incertitudes, il y a toujours des compromis. C’est en analysant et en écoutant qu’on se donne les chances de réaliser les bons compromis. Ecouter, c’est prendre le tend de préparer un cadre pour recentrer le débat. On peut ensuite prendre la parole, et être écouté. Mais parfois, l’analyse logique, mathématique et scientifique ne suffisent pas. Bien que l’on dispose d’une multitude de données, aucune solution ou tendance ne semble vouloir se profiler. Il semble manquer en élément dans cette équation complexe qui nous permet de résoudre des problèmes, d’autant plus que ceux-ci concernent le management. Cet élément, c’est l’empathie. 2. Faire preuve d’empathie et de bon sens «Toute prédiction est un ressenti du futur, par empathie du présent de son passé.» Serge Zeller L’empathie est une simulation mentale de la subjectivité d’autrui. C'est la capacité de s'identifier à l'autre dans ce qu'il ressent. Celle-ci permet d’anticiper - plus ou moins - les réactions humaines, et s’avère donc un outil utile quand il s’agit de motiver une équipe. L’empathie permet aussi de faciliter les échanges. En management, les présentations sont omniprésentes. Training, ateliers, briefing : la façon d’annoncer les choses à une importance capitale. Faire preuve d’empathie permet d’adapter son discours à la situation et d’avoir « le mot juste ». Il m’est arrivé pendant ma mission de coach - qui n’est d’ailleurs pas terminée - de faire face à des retournements de situations inattendues. L’empathie a permis d’accompagner les jeunes, et de contrôler leurs réactions, qui aurait pu être négative si nous avions exposé les faits sans écoute et sans empathie. L’empathie permet l’offensive à travers un bon sens critique. En temps que coach - et également dans la vie - il faut toujours garder un bon sens critique. Il ne faut pas faire l’erreur d’accepter les évidences de premier abord. Le bon sens c’est prendre du recul et examiner un sujet dans sa globalité. L’empathie associée à l’analyse et à l’écoute permet en quelque sorte une EXTREME lucidité. 3. Intégrer et responsabiliser chaque membre de l’équipe au projet. “Parce que c’est notre projet !” Emmanuel Macron Catalyseurs, et tout particulièrement coaches, nous ne sommes pas des petits chefs d’entreprises tyranniques amoureux des résultats net exponentiels et du pouvoir jouissif d’une équipe qui nous obéit, des étoiles dans les yeux. Si vous voulez mon sentiment, un bon coach doit pouvoir disparaître sans que son équipe et l’activité qu’elle dirige ne subissent une quelconque perturbation. Nous sommes des oiseaux de passage. La motivation des jeunes ne doit surtout pas dépendre exclusivement de nous. Pour cela, il est de notre devoir de leur faire comprendre l’importance d’être l’acteur principal dans le film de leur propre vie. Pour prendre part à un projet et s’identifier à son objectif, il faut y être intégré dans l’idéal de sa conception à sa réalisation. Il faut pouvoir s'assimiler à lui. Alors sur le court terme cela prend plus de temps. Pour vous donner un exemple pragmatique - ce qui n’est pas ma spécialité vous l’aurez remarqué - nous devons acheter avec mon équipe en Indonésie une nouvelle moto avec un chariot à l’arrière pour effectuer nos livraisons. Je pourrai faire un rapide benchmark sur Internet, présenter mes résultats au département finance de LP4Y et acheter cette moto avant la fin de la semaine. Les jeunes la verront un matin dans l’entrée, comme un cadeau de LP4Y. “Thank You Coach !” Cela serait rapide mais n’aurait aucune valeur ajoutée dans la formation de nos jeunes. Pour chaque projet, j’essaie de partir de la racine du problème afin de challenger les jeunes pour qu’ils trouvent ensemble des solutions. Dans mon histoire de moto, la partie financière fut particulièrement intéressante car notre atelier a permis de dégager des solutions que je n’avais pas imaginé. “Comment allons-nous faire pour acheter une nouvelle moto ? Nous allons vendre plus de gallons ! Comment ? En trouvant plus de clients ! Comment ? En travaillant avec des entreprises ! Comment ? En leurs vendant des grandes quantités de gallons ! Comment ? Avec la nouvelle moto qui permet de livrer une dizaine de gallons en même temps !” VICTOIRE ! La moto est devenue un vrai besoin qui s'intègre dans un projet défi par les jeunes. 4. La rigueur. «La rigueur vient toujours à bout de l'obstacle.» Léonard de Vinci On peut vous reprocher de ne pas savoir quelque chose, on ne peut pas vous reprocher de manquer de rigueur. La rigueur est primordiale quand prend en main n’importe quel défi. Lorsque l’on doit motiver une équipe et que l’on ne connaît pas encore tous les pourquoi-du-comment, la seule carte en main pour montrer sa crédibilité est la rigueur. Etre rigoureux, c’est être exact, logique et inflexible. C’est cette rigueur qui permettra ensuite de comprendre les problématiques des jeunes, leurs contraintes et pourquoi la motivation n’est pas au rendez-vous ce matin. La rigueur impacte la forme, le fond, s’applique à toutes choses. C’est la clé pour concilier efficacité, efficience et fiabilité ! La journée se termine et 43 gallons d’eau potable ont été livré dans le bidonville. Les jeunes sont fiers : ils partagent le sentiment du devoir accompli. Ils me demandent de prendre une photo, petit rituel que nous avons établi pour élire la meilleure équipe du jour qui est toujours la même : celle que forment tous les jeunes réunis ! The global health crisis threatens Kampung Sawah, the Indonesian slum of Romain. Follow the impact of the Coronavirus in the poorest neighborhoods with his diary. [Episode 4] 4 miracle solutions to motivate your team. April 15, 2020 "Coach, can I have money to buy Gasoliiiiiiine?" The youths have that faculty - wisdom? - to bring us back to more pragmatic issues. This morning, there are five of them delivering drinking water. Five, because that's the maximum number allowed by the government. David Allen would certainly have completed by explaining that an efficient man is worth five. I would add that five non-efficient men are not worth much more. If the motivation of the youths this morning was a ray of sunshine, the risk of catching sunstroke would be derisory. It must be said that at their age, eighteen on average, I was more applied to the subtle study of the devilishly ingenious mechanism of bra pins than to the idea of getting a decent job to feed my family. Add to this the closed schools and the general dysphoria around coronavirus, and I can see why on Monday mornings the youth's shoes sand the tiles in the production room. Yet - and Ines would have agreed - there is no question of slowing down the activity. In the professional world that awaits them, they won't be a special case: the expectations will be the same for everyone. University graduates from wealthy social classes as well as our entrepreneurs from more modest neighbourhoods. They will not be pitied because they have to commute two hours by public transport to work. Nor because they only have one pair of "professional" shoes. Only the quality of work, posture and motivation will make the difference. The road to success is full of pitfalls. Our young entrepreneurs have always faced difficulties with a courage, positivism and determination that I find inexplicable. This is their greatest strength and that is why they will succeed. Again. Always. Anyway, how can I give motivation to my team? According to my international experience in managing agile, multi-disciplinary distributive teams in times of crisis, I will share with you 4 best practices that have made the success of my method throughout the world. 1. Be ready to listen "He who knows how to listen will become the one we listen to." Vizier Ptahhotep The history of a country helps us to understand its culture. The story of a youth helps us to understand his behaviour. How can we solve the problems of our teams if we don't communicate with them? Our youths, it turns out that very few people are interested in them. This is what we call exclusion: not existing in the eyes of others. Listening to our youths is essential. Listening must be active. For that, the willingness to learn is indispensable. Good words are those that become teaching and youths have a lot to teach us. When we have to deal with a problem, information is rarely structured. A subject is put on the table, someone disagrees, he or she expresses himself or herself on a new subject, which leads to new reactions, and when we finally come back to the original subject, a lot has been said. Once you have collected the information that comes from listening, you then have to analyze it. Analysing means breaking down a whole into its constituent parts and establishing the relationships between them. In a complex challenge - such as motivating a team - there is rarely evidence, there are sometimes uncertainties, there are always compromises. It is by analyzing and listening that we give ourselves the chance to make the right compromises. Listening means taking the tendency to prepare a framework to refocus the debate. One can then speak and be listened to. But sometimes logical, mathematical and scientific analysis is not enough. Although a wealth of data is available, no solutions or trends seem to emerge. There seems to be something missing in this complex equation that allows us to solve problems, especially as they concern management. That element is empathy. 2. Show empathy and common sense "Every prediction is a feeling of the future, out of empathy for the present of one's past." Serge Zeller Empathy is a mental simulation of the subjectivity of others. Empathy allows us to access, carefree, without the use of language or reasoning, certain mental states of other human beings. It allows us to anticipate - more or less - human reactions, and is therefore a useful tool when it comes to motivating a team. Empathy also facilitates exchanges. In management, presentations are omnipresent. Training, workshops, briefing: the way of announcing things is of paramount importance. Showing empathy allows you to adapt your speech to the situation and to have "the right word". During my coaching mission - which is not yet over - I have had to deal with unexpected turnarounds in situations. Empathy made it possible to accompany the youths, and to control their reactions, which could have been negative if we had exposed the facts without listening and without empathy. Empathy allows the offensive through a good critical sense. As a coach - and also in life - one must always keep a good critical sense. We must not make the mistake of accepting the obvious at first sight. Common sense is to take a step back and examine a subject in its entirety. The empathy associated with analysis and listening allows for EXTREME lucidity. 3. Integrate and empower each team member in the project "Because it's our project!" Emmanuel Macron Catalysts, and especially coaches, we are not tyrannical small businessmen in love with the exponential net results and the jousting power of a team that obeys us with stars in its eyes. If you want my feelings, a good coach must be able to disappear without any disruption to his team and the business it runs. We are birds of passage. The motivation of the youths should not depend exclusively on us. For this reason, it is our duty to make them understand the importance of being the main actor in the film of their own lives. In order to take part in a project and identify with its objective, we must be involved in it from its conception to its realization. You have to be able to identify with it. So in the short term it takes more time. To give you a pragmatic example - which is not my speciality, as you will have noticed - we have to buy with my team in Indonesia a new motorcycle with a trolley at the back to make our deliveries. I will be able to make a quick benchmark on the internet, present my results to the LP4Y finance department and buy this bike before the end of the week. The youths will see it one morning in the entrance hall, as a gift from LP4Y. "Thank You Coach!" That would be quick but would have no value in training our youths. For each project, I try to get the youths to the root of the problem and challenge them to come up with solutions together. In my motorcycle story, the financial part was particularly interesting because our workshop allowed me to find solutions that I hadn't imagined. "How can we buy a new motorcycle? We have to sell more gallons! How will we do that? By finding more customers! How will we do that? By working with companies! How will we do that? By selling them large quantities of gallons! How do you do it? With the new motorcycle that can deliver ten gallons at a time!" VICTORY the motorcycle has become a real need that fits into a project challenged by the youths. 4. Rigour "Rigor always overcomes the obstacle." Leonardo da Vinci You can be blamed for not knowing something, you can't be blamed for not being rigorous. Rigour is essential when taking on any challenge. When you have to motivate a team, and you don't yet know all the "whys and wherefores", the only card in hand to show your credibility is rigor. To be rigorous is to be exact, logical and inflexible. It is this rigour that will then allow us to understand the youths issues, their constraints and why they are not motivated this morning. Rigour has an impact on form and content and applies to everything. It is the key to reconciling effectiveness, efficiency and reliability! The day ends and 43 gallons of drinking water have been delivered to the slum. The youths are proud: they share the feeling of duty accomplished. They ask me to take a picture, a little ritual we have established to elect the best team of the day, which is always the same: The one formed by all the youths together!

Anariza Cajudo, LAA Coordinator Tondo, Manila, Philippines I am Anariza Cajodo, former Youth from Aurora program in Tondo Life Project Center, 8 years ago. I am currently working in LP4Y and thus for five years as Nursery coordinator in the Little Angels Academy in Tondo. The Little Angels Academy is very important for children and mothers as we guide them, take care of the children giving to them knowledge and fun... In the nursery, I manage the organization, and also finances and pedagogy. But because of the virus all the children need to stay at home for now, so I had to adapt my work routine. As we know that educational activities are very important, we create an educational activity book to support and give ideas for maintaining a good routine for children at home. We give it every Tuesday to the mothers from Tondo and Payatas to make sure that even if they are staying at home, their children will learn. We also still provide diapers to the Young mothers, so they can maintain a good quality of hygiene for their children and save more money. In this crisis time, the Little Angels Academy team is still very committed for Young mothers and children. As we were already facing the threat of the virus, on the date of April 18, some of the people, Youth and Stars had their houses burnt after a fire in Happyland slum, a place close from Tondo Life Project center. To help the impacted ones, all together (Youths, Stars and coaches) we helped each other to gather clothes donations that we can give for them. In this crisis time, like for all others Catalysts, my mission is a bit changing but at the end this is still the same : SUPPORTING THE YOUTH !

Menuka Baral, 20yo, Management Step, Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal I was glad to join GV. I got a chance to learn many things.I got a good platform to express myself and learn new things. Since, I have to leave my GV family. I was hardly and emotionally attached with my friends and coaches. So,I was sad to know that GV is going to close. On the other hand I was serious about corona. Since I came back my daily routine has changed. During training we had to be ready at 8am. But now I am more relaxed. My household works are also bit different.Sometimes I go to graze cattle and cut grass. I don't work in the field. My mother and sister do. So I make food for them. In our village everything is like normal. There is no problem in farming and food. But people can't travel by bus and get anything from market. People here some are serious about corona. They are using sanitizer and masks. They don't let anyone enter their house and they also don't go to others homes. Moreover they think it can't affect villages as no one is entering in the village. The farmacy and health post are open so we get medication. I couldn't actively work on my professional integration like in the Green Village due to lockdown. But I do mapping of companies. I participate to mock interviews and I write motivation letters. I am attending guidance’s class. I think after lockdown people will have busy days because people stopped their work due to lockdown. After sometime it will be normal like before. I would like to thank everyone for supporting LP4Y and let us be the part of it. During lockdown stay home, stay safe and together we can!

Asmita Magar, 22 years old, Autonomy step Life Project Center Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Tiktok is an application for short-form mobile videos like acting, dancing, or any videos showing some talent. This is for entertainment but also to raise awareness that we upload videos in this app. We are making videos about coronavirus in order to alert all people following our Tik Tok account. We upload videos in Tiktok because this app is the most used app by the Youth and it’s a worldwide app too. Last month we advised people not to handshake and to wash their hands regularly. Our next topic is : When and how to use masks to stay safe. Before putting on a mask, clean your hand with alcohol, based hand sanitizer or rub your hand with soap and water. Cover your mouth and nose with a mask and make sure there are no gaps between our face and the mask. When we want to go outside, put on masks everywhere, any time. https://www.tiktok.com/@lp4ynepal/video/6834023267565686017 https://www.tiktok.com/@lp4ynepal/video/6825860957579873538 https://www.tiktok.com/@lp4ynepal/video/6823947531236478210

[English version below] Valérie de Bretteville & Pauline Lemouchoux LP4Y Belgique Le 18 mars 2020, pour faire face à la terrible épidémie du COVID-19, nous sommes tous bousculés dans notre quotidien et contraints, en Belgique comme partout ailleurs, au confinement. De notre point de vue, la situation est complexe : rester chez soi, gérer la scolarité des enfants, assurer la continuité de son travail, incertitudes quant à l'avenir, risque de contagion,… Notre quotidien bascule et nous avons du mal à accepter la situation et les changements qu'elle engendre. Mais suite à un appel de Jean-Marc Delaporte, co-fondateur de LPY4, extrêmement préoccupé par les conséquences dramatiques que cette pandémie et ce confinement forcé, dans les pays où intervient LY 4P, vont entraîner, nous réalisons à quel point notre situation est privilégiée. Car nos gouvernements mettent en place des mesures de protection sociale et notre système de santé est performant. Il nous suffit de patienter et accepter, alors qu'à l'autre bout du monde, la situation est bien différente : à la crise sanitaire à laquelle les pays en voie de développement ne peuvent pas faire face, s'ajoutent les difficultés du quotidien des plus démunis. LP4Y décide alors de maintenir l'indemnité versée aux jeunes qui sont en formation dans les centres LP4Y, en stage ou en premier emploi, afin qu'ils puissent subvenir à leurs besoins vitaux ainsi qu'à leurs familles. Mais pour cela, ils vont avoir besoin de fonds supplémentaires. Dans ce contexte exceptionnel, mesures exceptionnelles ! Nous devons lever des fonds au plus vite pour soutenir ceux qui sont au front ! Nous nous sommes donc réunis au plus vite "virtuellement", afin de voir comment aider à notre échelle et toucher les gens sur un sujet tellement actuel, mais géographiquement si lointain pour eux. Après avoir échangé sur la difficulté d'avoir dû couper nos liens sociaux, de ne plus se voir, ne plus sortir boire une bonne bière belge…., il nous est venu l'idée de combler ce manque « social » en proposant un dîner ! Un « dîner solidaire » : Dîner tous ensemble, au même moment, en partageant une même cause, mais en restant chez soi ! A travers ce « dîner solidaire », la levée de fonds nous est apparu évidente : Dans cette période de confinement, nous ne pouvons plus inviter à dîner chez soi, ni aller au restaurant entre amis ou en famille, ni offrir un petit cadeau lorsque nous sommes invités à dîner chez des amis. Et si nous proposions aux belges d'offrir, sous forme de don, ce dîner manqué aux jeunes d'Asie les plus démunis. Nous arrêtons donc la date du du mercredi 1er avril, afin de partager ce « dîner solidaire » en famille, en restant dans le thème asiatique avec, comme menu « le Poulet Curry avec Riz ». L'occasion de partager et expliquer à nos enfants la situation des jeunes en Asie et pourquoi ce dîner. Ce fut un super travail de mobilisation dans nos équipes, de nos contacts, nos membres, de partages sur les réseaux sociaux. Et si nous étions, par la force des choses, chacun chez nous, nous avons eu le sentiment de partager ensemble une soirée et voyager quelques heures en Asie, en prenant conscience de ce qu'il se passait à l'autre bout du monde. Bref, une réussite totale avec des résultats qui ont dépassé toutes nos espérances ! Mais ce fut aussi, à notre grande surprise, le démarrage d'une série d'autres initiatives similaires qui ont éclos dans les autres entités LP4Y. En France, au Luxembourg, à Londres, les autres équipes LP4Y ont à leur tour mobilisé leurs réseaux autour d’évènements de ce type : dîners, apéros, soirées Solidaires au profit des Jeunes ! Nous sommes heureux d'avoir pu être les initiateurs d’un si beau projet et d'avoir, à notre manière, pu jouer le rôle de catalyseurs au sein de LP4Y. Au nom de toute l'équipe LP4Y Belgique, nous souhaitons encore remercier tous nos donateurs, qu’ils soient belges, français, luxembourgeois ou anglais, pour le soutien qu’ils ont apporté, et qu'ils apporteront, nous l'espérons, dans le futur, à cette grande et belle famille qu'est LP4Y ! All together we can! On 18 March 2020, to face the dreadful epidemic of COVID-19, we are shaken up in our daily lives and, in Belgium as everywhere else, forced into confinement. From our perspective, the situation is complex: staying at home, handling children’s schooling, keep working, uncertain future, contagion risk… Our lifestyle is turned upside down and we struggle to adapt to this new situation. But following a call from Jean-Marc Delaporte, LP4Y co-founder, extremely concerned by the dramatic consequences that this pandemic and forced lockdown, in the countries where LP4Y operates, will cause, we realize how privileged we are. Indeed our governments implement some social protection measures and our health system is performant. All we have to do is to wait and accept, whereas at the other side of the world, the situation is much different : the difficulties of the most vulnerable in everyday life is adding to the health crisis the developing countries cannot absorb. LP4Y then decides to maintain the indemnity paid to the Youth who follow training in LP4Y centers, are in internship or in their first jobs, in order to satisfy their and their families’ needs. But for this purpose, they need additional funds. Exceptional context, exceptional measures! We have to raise funds as quickly as possible to support those in the front lines ! Thus we gathered together “virtually” as soon as possible, so we can see how to help on our side and how to touch people about this so hot and so current topic, but geographically so far from them. After discussing the difficulties to stop social connections, to not see each other, to not go out for a good belgian beer…, it comes to our mind to fill in this “social” lack by intending a dinner! A “solidarity dinner” : have a dinner all together, at the same time, sharing the same cause, but by staying at home! Through this “solidarity dinner”, the fundraising appeared obvious to us : In this containment period, we can’t invite people to have dinner at our home, nor go to restaurants with friends of family, nor to offer a little gift when we are invited to some friend’s home. And if we suggested to the Belgians to offer, in the form of donations, this missed dinner to the most vulnerable Youth from Asia? We fixed the date of wednesday, 1st of april, to share this “solidarity dinner” within the family, keeping with the asiatic theme, “chicken curry with rice” on the menu ! The opportunity for us to share and explain to our children the situation of the Youth in Asia and why we organize this dinner. It was a wonderful work of mobilisation in our teams, of our contacts, our members, of sharing in social networks. And if we were, by necessity, everyone in our own home, we had the feeling to share a memorable evening and travel for a few hours in Asia, becoming aware of what happens at the other end of the world. A complete success with results which have exceeded our expectations ! But it was also, to our great surprise, the start of a series of similar initiatives generated by the other LP4Y entities. In France, Luxembourg, England, the other LP4Y’s teams organized several other Solidarities Nights in aid of the Youth ! We are glad that we initiated such a wonderful and meaningful project, and to play the role of a LP4Y Catalyst in our way. On behalf of all the LP4Y Belgium team , a warm thank you to all our donors, Belgian, French, Luxembourger or English, for the support you bring to us, and you will bring, we all hope, in the future, to this big happy family LP4Y is !

Elodie Cuau, 26yo Green Village Raipur, India This story is about 6 teams of Catalysts in all South Asia. 24 catalysts, crazy enough to embark on a journey of the same number of hours ; this meant-to-be event, was birthed first in Nepal, where two catalysts, Jeanne Allard and Pauline Delaporte, got itchy to get some action done while being - as the rest of the world - locked inside. Indeed, this long period of lockdown made us all creative to jump outside our daily routine on computers. Used to the day-to-day field work of a Coach, both frustration to see the Youth getting impacted by the Covid- 19 crisis, and willingness to get involved in a more concrete way grew deeper and deeper. We were using all the brain juice in the world to get help to them and keep them busy; boredom was clearly not in the picture. But the will to get physical remained. Add a kick of restlessness for the sport-lovers, numerous, in the LP4Y family, and booom ! There you have it : the perfect cocktail for bold ideas. Then, what to do ? How to be an actor of change in those messed-up, tangled times, yet to unravel ? That’s how we, catalysts, decided to get involved and organized inter-countries sportive challenges to crowdfund for the Youth we coach and follow every day. For a better future despite the dooming crisis, but also to motivate ourselves to do some blood-pumping, body-moving, insane-sweating-by-40-degrees action ! Filled by this will to get UP, to raise UP our help to the Youth, was born the #UPinlockDOWN challenge. First to get into the swing of things the 1st May at 6am, Taina Schwartz, Laetitia Hra and Clémence Laulan, with the help of Salomé, worked out during 24 hours non stop, between yoga poses, dance choregraphies, squats, badminton in the LPC Sangam Vihar in Delhi . On Saturday, May 2nd, at 3:00am, not even the rooster got a chance to bother the determined volunteers that organized their staircase ascension, up and down, up and down, repeat, repeat, repeat. For the Youth, for themselves. While watching the landscape view cleared from the pollution in Shantinagar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Pauline Delaporte and Jeanne Allard, could while climbing the last meters of their rusted ladder, see the Himalayas, a few kilometers from their flat. Still in Kathmandu, in the LPC Sinamangal, Clémence Guibert, Mathilde Grancher and Valentine Levy were carrying on, row after row, a warrior insanity parkour, that left a few incapacitated for 24 hours after that much muscle toning ! In Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines and in the Green Village of Raipur in In and Elodia, a few hours later, Eva Franchomme, Oona Wouters, Théo Morice and Sixtine Benault, as well as Manon and Elodie Cuau, Thomas Lepoutre, Gaëlle Boz, Albane Pournin and Pauline Davieau, kicked off their own marathons : a relay in their 100 meter length walkway for the firsts, and a 210 tours of parkour, for the number of Youth they had welcomed in training since the start, for the seconds. Last but not least, the LPC Malwani in Mumbai, India and the LPC Cilincing in Jakarta, Indonesia linked up from welcoming sunrise to farewell to the moon - a mental bond of 24 hours of meditation - with the participation of Gaëlle Muraca for India, Amelia Micelyn, Fanette Billot, John Delaporte and Romain Mailliu for Indonesia. Feeling united in this challenge, Gaelle Boz, after running 15 kms, shared some thoughts : “If it weren’t for them, I would not have finished. Because of the lockdown, I could not run like I was used to ; my left knee - fragile after years of squash rough sessions - started to hurt badly just after I hit km 5. Soon enough, I felt blisters on both feet, soreness in my thighs and bum. The 3 last kilometers were the worst, it was only 7:45am, but the temperature was already 37°C and I had been running on since 5:30am.. But I kept going. How could I think of my pain when I knew that the Youth were struggling to get the bare necessities to survive? If I was not finishing, I was failing them. Simple as that“. And fail them, she, we, YOU did not. As the result of the incredible support the team benefitted on social media, and financially, LP4Y has collected in return the compelling amount of 8 493€. To help Youth who were fired. To feed families. To ensure access to clean water. To pay medicine bills. To live.

Mariechu Peralta, 24 yo, Star from Bloom Program, Project Manager Stars Club Events & Youth Employability Life Project Center Tondo, Manila, Philippines I am Mariechu Peralta, former Youth of the program Bloom here in LPC Tondo. I am currently working for LP4Y as a coach for the Entrepreneurs, I became myself a Catalyst. I am helping them to find a decent job, and also trying to motivate them to fulfill all their dreams. I am leading the Stars Club, which is a group of Youth who finished the PTE (the Professional Training for Entrepreneurs in LP4Y) and now have to face the real world, outside Life Project Centers ! I am here to accompany them because I know that we can suddenly feel stress when we don't find a job.This is never easy but the key is to never give up. Last April 18th, actually it was around 7am in the morning, 50% of the people in Happyland were still sleeping when they woke-up in panic because a fire started to grow… We were all shocked… The damages of the fire affected around 500 houses and families. I was also sleeping in my house in Happyland when the fire started. Fortunately, even though I was affected, the fire didn’t hit my house totally, I am lucky. But I was so afraid for the other Stars and Youth of LP4Y who were in the middle of the fire… They are already facing the Covi-19 pandemic, which is a really hard time for us. I immediately tried to think of how I could help, so I started to reach some Stars and it was wonderful to see that all of them participated to give food packs and clothes for those who were the most impacted. Expats in Manila organized some raisings as well. I am also thankful for my colleagues who helped me, especially Anariza Cajodo (Tondo) and Axelle (Payatas?) - nurses of the Little Angels Academy in Tondo - they are the one who collected the relief goods from the community. I saw that even if we are facing a crisis, these people around me still wanted to help the most in need. Even the Youth affected by the fire contributed to distribute the donations collected by LP4Y, expats and community. At this moment I felt what really means the motto of LP4Y “Together We Can”. LP4Y created a special fire crisis fund, it helped a lot of Stars and Youth to re-build their houses. So thank you to all the donors for giving donations to LP4Y. This is helping a lot our community to stay strong facing this new crisis. We will for sure continue to mobilize and help the community in this time of Covid-19. And finally I am so thankful to all the volunteers who are still motivated to help the Youth even during this pandemic.