neca has a very special bond with rosanna's daughter, joanna.me pregnant at 15 with the first of her four children, and her youth suddenly ended as she sought domestic work to make ends meet. miguel, her youngest child, is nearly the same age asjoanna. but on her maid's wage, owning her own home remains a distant dream for neca. and with the brazilian economy still on its knees after its last recession, now dealt a further blow by the pandemic and the lockdown, maids lives are even more precarious. zeza has received a relief payment from bolsonaro's government, but it is barely enough to pay the rent, let alone feed the family. every weekend, neca walks to her mother selma's house. she recently had a stroke and requires neca's constant attention. coronavirus has exposed just how insecure the lives of maids like zeza and neca can be. it has also revealed that whilst the virus can infect anyone, the impact it has on rich and poor is profoundly unequal. hello. storm bella is upon us, bringing some very wet and windy weather, southwards across the u