well, i want to go to collard's to montgomery community college for my four years and then eventually aunt, she didn't get the same experience that i did. she never really got an education when she was young at the age of five. she was put to work. so, she never really got that education, so i'm going to take advantage of my opportunities and get the education that i want. gloria lumbrano—torres, looking forward to a brighter future. you're watching coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—i9 is changing lives around the world. i'm philippa thomas. 0ur third personal story comes from the philippines, where a 24—year—old and her siblings have set up a food aid project because they realised that in their town, lockdown meant the loss ofjobs and the loss of access to food for thousands. well, my family and i, ever since march started our program, which is basically similar to our own personal relief operations. afterfour months, we managed to procure and distribute up to 200,000 pieces of food and relief in order to provide for tens of thousands. ever since march many have

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