Corona Voice Angola. The tok show with Sofonie Dala. Don't miss it! Day 8

COVID-19 hits the poor and vulnerable hardest. Wherever it goes, COVID-19 shines a light on injustice and inequality embedded in each society and community it touches.

Our today's guest is Veronica. She will share with us the challenges she faces during Covid-19 pandemic.

My name is Verónica Paulo, I am from the province of Uíge and I am here in the capital Luanda begging for alms on the streets. I'm going through a lot of hardships.

I'm asking for help, and by my age I'm no longer able to support my family.

I live in the woods in terrible conditions, snakes have entered the house, days ago my daughter was almost bitten by a snake.

I am living just to live, the house is very far from the city center, when I go out to the street to ask for alms with my little children, sometimes I only get 2000 kwanzas and from this value I must subtract the money for Transport. The change is not enough to support my family, I am a mother of 5 children.

My five daughters aren't studying because they don't have a personal ID, I don't have the money to take care of their personal ID. At this point I only managed to treat two children's personal ID cards.

Don't you have a husband to help you?

I have a husband, but he lost his job due to the covid-19 crisis. He has no money to support the family.

Have you been complying with coronavirus prevention measures?

At this time, it is difficult to follow the prevention rules. All my children are not studying due to our disadvantaged condition.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is a crisis like no other the world has faced in recent decades in terms of its potential economic and social impacts. We are seeing low-skilled workers being much harder hit, women being much harder hit, younger people being much harder hit than others are. "This is going to have inter-generational consequences."

We are seeing globally that poorer countries are headed toward worse futures than advanced economies are. The number of people in extreme poverty was likely to rise substantially this year, for the first time in 20 years.

This is the first and the only Coronavirus show in Angola where the most ordinary citizens show their brilliant talents.

The heroes of the program are the most ordinary citizens - they share with the audience their songs, poems and real stories of how the Coronavirus pandemic affected their lives.

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