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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

Gaëlle Muraca, former Green Village Leader and actually confined in Malwani, Mumbai, has challenged Rusksar so she writes a testimony about her STRENGTHS! RUSKSAR SHAIKH, 20yo, Autonomy Step, Program Life Line 1, Mumbaï, India 1) PRESENT YOURSELF My name is Ruksar Shaikh. I am 20 years old, I come from Mumbai. My family is stable. 2) WHAT DO YOU DO NOW? I was in training in LP4Y before Coronavirus. 3) WHAT ARE YOUR QUALITIES, YOUR SKILLS? I am hardworking, honest, and helping hand. 4) WHY and HOW MY QUALITIES AND SKILLS HELP ME TO FEEL GOOD? WHY AM I HAPPY TO DEVELOP NEW SKILLS? My nature toward people is very calm and polite and my helping nature feels good to everyone in my surroundings. I am happy to learn new things so that I can develop my society. 5) WHAT IMPORTANT EXPERIENCES DID I LIVE IN MY LIFE? WHAT DID I LEARN FROM IT? WHY DO I FEEL STRONGER AFTER? The important experience in my life is to help others if you can help them. I have learned a lot from helping the people - the ones I have helped they teach me a lot about life. I feel stronger because of their blessing and their support with me. themMy dream is to open a beautician shop and I will reach there shortly because my passion is to do makeup. 7) WHAT DO YOU ADVISE TO THE OTHER YOUTH OF THE WORLD? I will advise to all the youth to help each and everyone you can help because these changes can change the whole world.

Duong Bang, 24 years old, Star of Bread & Smiles program, Hanoi, Vietnam "When I was still in LP4Y, I sometimes felt very mad wondering “Why do I have to write thank-you letters?”, “Why do I have to write reports?”, “Why do I have to present this or that?”, and so many other questions. I used to get angry with a professional CV and the coaches’ encouragement while I was searching for a job. Not until I stepped out into the wider world out there did I realize that everything they taught me in LP4Y was a valuable lesson. I could easily get a decent job when I sent the employers my CV and had an interview with them. No words can fully express my emotions when I was notified that I had passed the recruitment examination. All I can say is a heartfelt thank-you to my second family LP4Y, especially the coaches there who have always been beside me and taught me every single letter A, B, C until I can speak a complete sentence to communicate with people. Thanks to LP4Y, I now have a job as a teaching assistant at an English center with a professional working environment. Dear my beloved LP4Y’s junior, everything you are now learning in LP4Y is the essential skills that the society out there needs. Just keep trying and supporting each other because “I can’t but together we can’’.

My name is Abul Sheikh. I am 20 years old. I live in Santoshpur 17/A eastern road, in a NGO. I work in Levi's Strauss & co at Acropolis Mall. I finished my LP4Y course on 20th of November 2018. I was a RIDE team member in Hossenpur center in Kolkata. Now, I am the president of STARS club of Hossenpur. I would like to share with you my Lockdown Diary in my center! Friday – 27/03/2020 I woke up at 9:45 and I ate bread, jam and banana for my breakfast. After this, I listened to music on my phone. I love bengali art songs and hindi bollywood romantic and sad songs. They have good music and rhythm. Also, I listen to english songs such as Shakira, Katy Perry, Shawn Mendis and Daddy Yankee ones. Then, I played cricket with my friends, we made two teams of 6 players each. We enjoy to play cricket ! Before lunch, we took our shower and we cleaned our house. For lunch, I ate rice, dhal and mixed vegetables. Every meal is prepared by a cooker. A little rest and then I’m ready to play UNO with my friends ! We shared the dinner eating egg curry, dhal and rice. It’s time to sleep after chatting with my friends on WhatsApp! Saturday – 28/03/2020 This morning for breakfast, I ate Uphma : it’s an indian breakfast which is made with Indian spices, vegetables, nuts and special ingredients. It is full of protein ! All boys prepare different meals. I played UNO with Pintu, Raja and Samir. They are my brothers in the NGO.. . Today is Saturday so we have House cleaning and the work is distributed to everyone in the house. The tasks are written in the small paper and each guy chooses one paper. Then, each task is distributed among everyone equally. For lunch, we cooked chicken with rice, dhal and mixed vegetables We cooked with turmeric powder, chillies and onions. After lunch, we played football ! Sunday – 29/03/2020 Today, I woke up at 9 :30 and I ate roti and chickpea curry. I don’t do anything special today, just relax and sleep. We wanted to play to cricket but accidently we broke the water pipe ! For dinner, I ate rice with fish curry which is cooked with fish head ! Monday – 30/03/2020 Today we decided to watch Hollywood movies ! Guns Akimbo : Miles is a video game developer who inadvertently becomes the next participant in a real-life death match that streams online. While Miles soon excels at running away from everything, that won't help him outlast Nix, a killer at the top of her game. Blood shot : Based on the bestselling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by the RST corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he's an unstoppable force -stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn't know what's real and what's not - but he's on a mission to find out. Spies in disguise : Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can't learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril. The boy who harnessed the wind : A 13-year-old boy is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no longer afford the fees. He sneaks into the library and learns how to build a windmill to save his village from a famine. We watched 4 movies and we like it so much ! I think that The boy who harnessed the wind was my favorite because it's a good motivationional movie. Through this movie, we can learn about how a boy with out going to school took help from the library books to make a windmill in their village to bring water. Tuesday – 31/03/2020 Today, I got up at 9 am and then I went to the rooftop to have my breakfast : I ate puri and potato curry. After having breakfast, I played UNO with friends and then at 1 pm, I had my lunch. This evening, we offered flowers and candles to Ali Hussain uncle for his memory. Our NGO was founded by Ali Hussain in 2000. Today was his death anniversary so we had a minute of silence for him. He had this dream of opening a NGO for the poor children but before he could do anything he died because of stomach infection. Wednesday – 01/04/2020 Today, I will show you around my place ! First, here is my bedroom I share with 4 boys : Raju Chakraborty, Raja Ratha, Sameer Mondal and Sourav Dey. And this is the rooftop where we eat : And this is inside the NGO where we play football or cricket ! Thank you for reading my diary !

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. Saraswati Soren 26 years old, Management Step, First Batch GV Kathmandu Sita Kalikote 25 years old, Management Step, First Batch GV Kathmandu Come visiting the home of Bina BK, 20 years old, and Sarmila Sunar, 17 years old, First Batch Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal >>here

In Mumbai, Gaelle Muraca drew for the Youths the important steps to handle this second week of confinement.

Mary Joyce Parco, 22 years old, Responsibility Step, Fashion 4 Youth program, Payatas, Manila, Philippines What does it mean to be a woman? Gaëlle Xatard, her coach, drew her strengh! 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 See the answer of Saraswati Soren, 26yo, Management Step, Green Village Kathmandu, Nepal >> here

Sabriti Basnet, 20 years old, Management Step, First Batch, Green Village Kathmandu I have been listening to various media, Covid-19 is running without a passport, visa surbiter, flying, crossing borders and consolidating the world. Not only that, things like self-quarantine, self-isolation, social distance have become commonplace these days. As we are training in the Green Village, the impact of the spread of coronavirus gradually begins to occur in Nepal as well. After coming home with my family for several months, I was able to relax my mind. Gradually a wave of fear and panic ensued, with our Nepal government enforcing stricter rules, Initially there was no clear information about Covid 19, but since Corona has started killing a lot of people in other countries, I too have been spending the day with my siblings saying that I have to wash my hands 3 times a day and talk about Covid 19. Perhaps, nowadays it is not just me, people from all over the country are living in a cage for fear of the virus. Even though the country is locked up, it is good to see from one side, that even the tens of thousands of children, who do not even come to the village, have gone to visit their parents. Baba (father), who always comes home at 8/9 pm, will stay home all day and play with his children. The lockdown is for parents who have not seen a child, for many years with children who are not sitting with their parents for many hours. For many years, birds that have not been able to fly in the open sky have been a major cause of emotional and family contact. My mother is a vegetable seller, she goes to pick vegetables from the farm without even eating anything early. Maybe my mother gives family a priority over her health! I couldn't remind her. Now, because of Covid-19 or black-market by a trader is increasing, both wholesale and retail department stores now have a shortage of cleaning liquid, hand-washing liquid, rice, gas, vegetables, and water in Kathmandu. Masks and sanitizers are almost finished as soon as they arrive at different stores. I went four times to buy vegetables but had to return empty handed. But thankfully, the gas was brought to the shopkeeper four days ago by naming the person, even though we had sat in line from 8 am to 4 pm. We, middle class people, often use sanitizer, tissue, and masks. Even though my mom and brother didn't even know how to use the sanitizer, thankfully me and my sister reminded them. Since the order of 'Stay Home' or 'Shelter in Place' has been implemented all over the state, my neighbors have been sitting in the sun and talking with each other about their societies. Neighbors were saying, "The Hindus used to know how to salute long ago; but now the whole world has finally adopted the practice of salutation." Maybe they were laughing towards the world. Whatever the case, hopefully as the days pass slowly, Covid-19 may even disappear from the world...

“Write about how the quarantine has changed your way of living and how you feel about it” Coach Anthony Bouin Before the lockdown, team Eco construction was building a laundry house. It’s a great opportunity for everyone to develop their building skills with the help of trainers. The youth of Eco Construction has a good team spirit, that’s why they’re enjoying the creation of their new project. As their coach I’m very proud of them and how they handle this virus crisis. For most of them they are now the only ones providing money/food and basic needs for their families. This huge responsibility is very challenging for them and they are showing great strengths that will be helpful all their lives. Some have to provide food for 11 people, others have to take care of babies, and some provide medical care to grandparents. Team Eco Construction is staying connected through messenger, we talk everyday and motivate ourselves to avoid being bored or to panic. Leo June Hernandez 19 years old, Autonomy Step Being in quarantine is not easy, It will change everything that you are already comfortable with. Living a life with limited movement because you cannot go outside. Although you miss the normal living we must obey the rules for our safety. I feel bored but I cannot do anything about it because after all, it's for our health. The quarantine also has a good benefit to the family. You can have quality time together and while you are in your house you can know yourself briefly, you can recognize some things that you don't really know that you can do... And about the second question...you can say that people are asking or waiting for the help of the government because as of now there is no help by them and because people can't work they don't have enough money to buy the things that they need to fulfill their daily needs. Hows my quarantine change our way of living by giving a chance to get more communication with my family but in another way we suffer because we don't have work so we don't have enough budget to get some foods, needs or wants but it also helps us to make our healths in a good condition. Noel Paller 18 years old, Management Step Because of the quarantine, many of us can't go to school, work, graduations etc. They also can't do the way of living before coronavirus spread, like playing sports, places they want to go. Also about the family at home, the kids/youth are thinking how they can help their family for food, water, how to pay the bills. They have only one choice that is the relief goods giving by the government. Nino Cajusay 21 years old, Management Step How’s my home quarantine. For me it’s sad because I can’t do what I want to do, I can't go to the one’s I want to go, I can't get along with friends. But I'm happy because I'm happy with the whole family and bonding together and we work with each other and we have time for ourselves. Our relationships have been great because we have family together. Even though we are not with our father it's ok because I can feel his love for us. I pray that all may go well and that our lives will return. And the epidemic will disappear in our country and around the world. God bless us all. Angelica Corbilla 22 years old, Responsibility Step How does this home quarantine have an effect on me? First, it's boring at home, I can't hang out with my friends, I can't do what I used to do in my daily life. This quarantine is changing how the people work, play, live etc. Since my uncle had no work in these quarantine days, we have to budget our money to buy food and some stuff that we will really need. I know that this will be hard for us. But we need to obey the rules, so the virus won't spread and survive this pandemic crisis. Yes, we all must continue to stay home and do what’s asked of us, of course, for the greater good. Nathaniel Calago 17 years old, Autonomy Step How does this quarantine have an effect on me? It's not easy for me because I can't go outside to play volleyball. It's boring just to stay at home. I can't hang out with my friends. But we have to obey the rules given by the government. So when the virus is gone, we can live normal again. Christian Betcher 18 years old, Autonomy Step Because of the Quarantine I can't go in LP4Y and I can't play basketball and I can’t bond with my friends and I’m so bored in our house and sometimes we feel hungry because we don't have stock of foods when we have stock it is so fast to eat because we are 9 so many consume. Rochelle Lorenzo 19 years old, Autonomy Step How does this time quarantine have an effect on me? First, it's not easy for me because I can't do what I want to do and I can't go wherever I want to go. It's so boring at home, but for me, it had a good effect on me because my auntie and I are bonding together and I know more about her and we have more closure and I and my cousin have time to know each other. These past few days it's been so hard for me because of the home quarantine but I can handle it through watching tv and playing games, talking with my cousins. It's so hard because my auntie had no work because of the quarantine that's why we need to budget our money for our food. We all know that it's so hard for us but we need to survive this kind of problem by prayer and obey the rules. Stay home for safety. WE CAN SURVIVE IT... Aljhon Albufera 23 years old, Management Step How does this home quarantine have an effect on me? First, its boring because I can't go outside, I can't go to GV and I can't see my friends especially my team and our Coach ever since the quarantine was started my family was affected because we don't know where we can get money to buy our daily needs because work is prohibited so all of my sisters didn't go to work so they can't support us now and they also need to support themselves... The Barangay gives us support but it's not enough. Divina Mangilag 19 years old, Management Step How does this quarantine have an effect on me? First, I can't go outside and hang with my friends. I am bored in our house, I can't do what I usually do everyday. We don't have enough money to buy food and our daily needs. But still we need to follow this home quarantine so we can be safe. Carlo San Juan 23 years old, Responsibility Step By the quarantine that is happening now, we are not allowed to go outside in our house its limited. I only do fixing broken things in our home and I also do crush trunks that can be used to make a fire to cook our foods, but after that we don't have to do so it's very boring. My family dont know where we can get money to buy our daily needs because they can't work because of this quarantine. Perhaps it changed everything in our daily lives, but it's for us to avoid this contiguous virus. We're just waiting for the relief goods from the government, but they didn't give anything, so that's why we are asking for help in LP4Y just to survive in this crisis that we're facing now.