tv World Stories Deutsche Welle June 6, 2020 7:15am-7:31am CEST
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so many different walks of life. son. and oddly twice mama come straight from the heart of. the russians into eternity to death starts to me takes on g.w. . this week on world stories. corona based fear of medical workers in colombia. surviving on the streets in kenya. but we begin in germany where the population's attempts to return to normalcy
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despite the coronavirus see saw. between being careless and concerned. with. us of ensuring out once again getting a taste of what the new norm is now like post lockdown something seem to be back to where they were before coronavirus brought everything to a halt opinion is divided some think the authorities are being too cautious others say not careful enough it's a test of social cohesion. i think people are very responsible a lot are rather could be carrying the virus and are very careful around others. but not everyone in this playground cestus confidence older people in particular are still merit. of service in my will mean i only need to come out at the weekend
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to see that people are partying everywhere 20 or 30 together the young just want to go for it cuts across with us this neighborhood takes a more casual approach something the pandemic is over others believe that never really was a crisis so no one's saying that out loud it can be confusing. deciding this in shaft assistive it's difficult for people to know how close to each other they can get it specially when they're not thinking about it all day something they're experts and some just go with their own instincts. works out now was in the our $900.00. 90 motor not involve me more. it's good to take a break but many missed their friends. on the front. of the world. are learning to live with the pen damage
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each in their own way. the old soul or the face of prefer the old boy's. eyes shifted through the city to unused shore oh you're doing so rare you were takes a. 4th of july. since the beginning of the pandemic nurses and doctors in colombia have faced increasing hostility and exclusion due to fears that they could spread the virus. liz is a nurse and. wearing her uniform fills her with pride especially in these trying times but in recent weeks she has repeatedly suffered discriminatory behavior after being identified as hospital staff. i recently had to
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transfer some money. and the place i went to didn't want to let me in. the lady at the front desk told me she couldn't serve me because i was clearly a health care worker. and could be infected. if i was left humiliated on. board and hurt with the situation we're not out to harm anybody i said. since the pandemic reached colombia numerous doctors and nurses have reported social stigmatization. buses that won't stop for them supermarkets that won't let them do their shopping one nurse was reportedly beaten on the street and accused of spreading the virus. christiane is a doctor in the city of cali he was evicted after residents in his building demanded he leave fearing he would bring cobe it into their homes maybe he told me
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that people were very scared the tenants threatened to leave if i didn't in that case they would refuse to pay the cancellation fee saying me moving in hasn't been their choice and that it had put their lives in danger. so the landlady told me that she was sorry but i had to leave because she had to protect other tenants with . cases like those of christiane and liz are fortunately quite rare but even isolated incidents put added pressure on those already carrying society's biggest burden as hurtful as this rejection might be the good outweighs the bad unexpected expressions of solidarity and gratitude are what keeps liz going. to get taxed on the other day when i was about to get out but a driver didn't want to take my money i was wearing my uniform he told me you don't owe me anything thanks for what you're doing for our society for.
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us. and to those who are still fearful of her and her colleagues she has a clear message. board please don't discriminate against is please don't abuses don't attack is because if we are gone who will come out and help you when you need to move out. in spain millions are facing a threat to their livelihoods. many lost their jobs from one day to the next and are now forced to rely on donations. 2 months ago money whether i'm good as wouldn't have believed it if you told him he would be in this position in mid march the father of 3 was still a substitute teacher then his life went into freefall 1st he lost his job then his wife lost hers then the family had to use the last of their savings now he has to
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get food from the red cross without this charity his family wouldn't be able to get by. just in doing that to lay all of a sudden i stood there and went through a range of emotions 1st fear then helplessness then desperation then. when it started i tried to fight my emotions but then i had to let go and accept what i was going through your more individual think the. in this small town of festive poland in southern spain there are about 980 families who depend on food handouts the fact that you see no lights here is because the local charity has a telephone appointment system says social worker. they do this to reduce the danger of infection but also so those in need don't have to suffer the embarrassment of being seen their. kind of. middle class families have been hit for 2 months they've had no income. but they
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still have the head costs rent mortgage and of course daily expenses on top of that . i miss one of us. at least not to have mirrors doesn't have to worry about paying rent right now his family is staying at his parents in law's apartment but they have already used up their entire savings around $800.00 euros when the crisis began he and his wife joined a community called to help the needy they bought 2000 masks and gloves to give to charity now they still have 100 such hope in hindsight he thinks this might have been a mistake but back then they thought they could count on receiving emergency help from the government they aren't tied to a few months of disaster relief funds but up until now they have not seen one cent . from in the attic because you know you're ruining entire families we don't want to wear it not for charities and the incredible helpfulness of our normal people
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and then at some point we didn't know anything to eat but an awful lot of money and yes how do you want to limit they feel lucky they can give their children a hot meal every day using the ingredients given to them by the red cross their kids have long accepted the fact that right now they can't get any new toys or even have these are all manuel and in mirrors want this to work again. homeless people in africa have little protection from cold at 19 we visit the kenyan capital nairobi to find out what life is like for those on the street. every day at around 1 pm at least 14 men and boys gather here in kenya as capital nairobi one of them a homeless including 1000 year old brian and yuki and they're all here for lunch to
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leave a daily by a nonprofit working in the city called homeless of nairobi. despite a coded 1000 outbreak most of them have no masks and my lunch is over the hurdle for some banter before leaving in different directions in this reality social distancing and staying home and not realistic options. to model does not exist doesn't exist doesn't exist so read blah blah blah all those things and lots of it it's there and even if it comes and hits one of them and they die they used to be the kids they used to people dying. to. death was the catalyst to brian's life on the streets he never met his father and when his mother died he left home on the back of a cargo truck which brought him to the city since then this has been his life walking printing and wishing. i asked him how if a told
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a covert 1900. don't come near me. are you concerned about the virus and we are scared but we just press on that. brian is one out of an estimated 20000 people living on the streets in kenya. but each night the country's curfew comes into effect. the homeless seem to disappear thanks they retreat into these dark corners hidden from police officers m.p.'s we meet a mother with her 6 month old baby when you see we're going to a god is the only one keeping us alive she says because even if we are afraid of the virus it's not like we can stay indoors only as a liberal new bryant considers himself lucky to have a roof over his head the organization that provides lunch has rented 2 rooms in the
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slum for the boys. brian sleeps in this corner and beyond me as he calls his group of friends from the streets take whatever spaces left. my shop on the left is good it's better than on the streets i'm free from when i was out there nothing to cover myself but yeah. there's something wild never can happen. it's no wonder that the next morning when we meet brian he's having a cocktail of blue and jet fuel for breakfast the blue keeps the hunger. and the jet fuel keeps reality at bay. and so another day begins as the last one ended walking greeting. wishing. place.
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