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Saraswati Soren, 26yo, Management Step, Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal See the answer of Mary Joyce Parco, 22 years old, Responsibility Step, Fashion 4 Youth program, Payatas, Manila, Philippines >> here See the answer of Khin Pa Pa Myo, 22yo, Management Step, Cotton 4 You program, her sister Khin Tazin Aye, 20yo, Responsibility Step, Myanmade program and their grandmother Daw Bo Ma, 73yo - LPC Hlaing Thar Yar, Myanmar >> here

Madelyn Bolon, 22 yo, Management step, PayataSport, LPC Payatas, Manila, Philippines Hello everyone, My name is Madelyn Bolon. I am 22 years old and I have one child. I arrived in LP4Y on December 10,2019 and now I am in Responsibility step. I learned a lot in LP4Y, like: how to use a computer, Excel, how to speak in English, how to budget money, how to communicate to others, team spirit, sports trainings and how to motivate myself. Thank you LP4Y for helping all the Youth, to motivate us to be part of your Foundation.  Thank you so much to all Coaches, Catalysts and all every part of your Foundation. The next challenges in our team are to motivate all the children in Payatas to go and to participate to all our sports trainings. My message to all Youth like me: it is not the end of your dream if you have been a teenage mom or if you stopped schooling. LP4Y helps 18 to 24 years old people to have a decent job by giving a 9 months professional training. So what can you do? Come on and join us.   Thank you.

The Youth of the LPC in Kathmandu, Nepal answer the question : What is happiness for me ? Soni Magar 22yo, Management Step Rojina Tamang, 17yo, Entrepreneur Step Sabita Rai, 20yo, Responsibility Step Mamita Rai, 21yo, Management Step Kushum Tamang, 19yo, Responsibility Step Manika Rai, 20yo, Management Step

Romain Mailliu - 24 - Coach Source of life Cilincing - Jakarta - Indonesia Meet Romain, a coach of Source of Life in Jakarta, who answers a few question (and give some advice!) to figure how does he live this special time out! See the interview of Sixtine, Coach of Hear Us Cafe program in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines >>here

Jemma Rich Forcadilla, 20 yo, Management step, PayataSport, LPC Payatas, Manila, Philippines In the picture, you can see the quarantine pass. Every family has one quarantine pass to go outside to buy what is needed. Example: buying food, medicine, etc. There is also the schedule of the time that you are allowed to go outside. If you are not following it, they have the right to get you and to bring you to the barangay for disciplinary action. Look at the small market of Golden Shower. They have the line “one-meter distance” for each person. If you are going to buy, you have to stay one meter away from the other customers. They do not allow you to go outside if you do not have a reason. You can see the way to go on our main road but they made a barrier, every road they put barriers. Finally, there are the volunteers who watch out when people come in and out. They are also the ones who ask you questions to know where you are going.

Glydel Ignacio, 20 yo, Autonomy Step PayataSport program, LPC Payatas, Manila, Philippines Lockdown The sun is raised up and down the day started to laugh. But the world is in the rush to protect and save one’s life. So the only thing we must do is to stay at home and keep us safe too. As the lockdown is on-going, my family is doing fine every day. We do our household chores after breakfast: washing dishes, cleaning, etc. During that time, my youngest sister is reading to practice her English pronunciations and grammar. After doing our tasks, we dance Zumba outside of the house. It becomes our bonding every day. In the afternoon, we gather on the balcony to do our own stuff. My grandmother is sleeping because there is fresh air outside, my cousin and my sister are dancing and the others are playing sungka !

Angelina Vitales, 19 yo, Autonomy Step, PayataSport program, LPC Payatas, Manila, Philippines NAME OF THE PERSON I INTERVIEWED Janice M. Lecanda (neighbor) Angelica: What are the differences with before the lockdown and when did it begin? Janice: Before the lockdown, everything was normal. The children enjoyed playing outside without worrying. The people who had work were happy, because they work straightly, and the day they have a salary they are happy. They will buy all the things that they need every day. But when the lockdown began, all the things changed: all the people have no work, that is why they do not have money for their everyday needs. When they go outside, they are all wearing a mask and they need a quarantine pass. Finally, when you go outside there are no happy children playing because they are worrying about the virus. Angelica: What did you do to be safe? Janice: What I did to be safe is to not go outside without wearing a mask, always wash my hands and never go outside with no good reason. Angelica: What are the most troubling changes since the lockdown began? Janice: All the people have a problem because we do not know where to find money for our needs as we do not have work since the lockdown. When you go outside, you can see that all the people are wearing a mask to be safe and to protect from the virus. Some others are staying at home to be safe. That is all.

Angelina Tarrago, 21 yo, Management Step PayataSport, LPC Payatas, Manila, Philippines

Khusbu Sonkar, Entrepreneur from TOTO program LPC Chelta (before Hossenpur), Kolkata, India My name is Khusbu Sonkar, I live in Kalighat, an area in Kolkata. Today, I would like to tell you about initiative of my family to help neighbors during the crisis. When the curfew started, I realize quickly that we will have many problems to manage money for food. After 3 days of lockdown, I saw there is no food around us and it upsets my values. I waited for help from someone but nothing happened. I decided to talk to my mother about it and she offered to give food every Saturday ! My mother let us bring the food material (which was very expensive) and with my family, we made food together. Quickly we though « how can we help people without money ? ». My mother runs her own shop to collect savings from the money she earns and gave me 80 000 INR. I added 4000 INR from my savings and now we can cook and distribute food. All my family is happy of this initative and I feel proud of my mom.

Govindha Das, 24 years old, Working in Decathlon, LPC Chelta (before Hossenpur), Kolkata, India “Difficult Roads often lead To beautiful Destination” When I was a child… Around my 5 years old, January the 16 th 2001, I was welcomed by Les Galopins de Calcutta from Howrah Station. It became my new home. I took a long time to start learning in school but I managed to catch up. I studied until class 9 in a boarding school (Saint Anthony School) but I was directed at the end of 2010 to the parallel cycle. Indeed, the normal cycle became too difficult for me. In April 2011, I passed my exams and obtained my class 10 diploma. It was a success for me! I never was an enthusiast but I knew that studies are important to me. Then, I studied my class 11 and passed three of the five subjects required. When I left my home… My life was not the same as before as I decided to leave home (Les Galopins de Calcutta). I hung out with bad company and was struggling for my life, without job, without place to stay. I struggled during 2 years. I decided to ask my aunt Fabienne for help. She helped me out with some allowance and I started to study again but life was not easy like before. I decided to manage it and take the full opportunity to build myself as entrepreneur. I completed my class 12 which was a great success for me! When I met LP4Y… In November 2015, my aunt directed me to LP4Y. I have went through the pedagogy of LP4Y before joining and I was very much interested to join the LPC. I met Audrey and Constance, the 2 coaches, it was great and I felt lucky to join the center. It was a new center so there was a lot of work to do and many things to learn inside. I always wanted to gain confidence and sharp my skills to be success in my life. I took the best opportunity in LP4Y for a year and I became ready to face the outer professional life. After few months, it was time for me to be in Entrepreneurs step and find a job, which was a big challenge for me. The day of my entrepreneur’s graduation ceremony, there was a man who was looking for employees in his company. He offered me an interview and I was selected in his company thanks to the present coach (Constance) who have continuously helped in all her way. When I started to work… My first job was in an export company called Drico Logistic, where I worked as a supervisor. Everything was going perfect and I stared to know the outer world more. After one great year, I was selected as senior supervisor in this company. After one more year, I left to do my dream job: working in Decathlon. I always used to say it is my LP4Y graduation! I was selected in my interview… a great achievement in my life! I was very happy to start a new journey again. It’s been more than a year now I am working in Decathlon and I am happy with my life. When I found love… On of my challenge was to be a businessman but I had another challenge in my life… I fell in love with a girl, her name is Hasna. She was also from LP4Y. We both decided to get a life together so we married on 26 March 2017. It was a great decision and a right decision. Hasna is working as Barista in Café. Like me, she wants to be a business women. When I became a man… Life was going on perfect. I started my BTS bachelor of Tourism Studies. Life was never easy for me and I have faced many good and bad days. My Journey have taught me a lot and I am still ready to go more forward. Thank you all who have come to my life and still with me. Love you all.

The Young Women of GV Kathmandu went back to their Village since last week. Their Coaches ask them to send to them every day a video of presentation of where they are staying now. Bina BK 20 years old, First Batch GV Kathmandu Sarmila Sunar 17 years old, First Batch GV Kathmandu Come visiting the home of Saraswati Soren, 26 years old, Sita Kalikote 25 years old, Management Step, First Batch Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal >>here

Video Portrait of Rizka Maulida, 23 years old, Community Mobilizer in Surabaya - Indonesia