{ "title": "Portraits of Resilience: Slideshow", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2020/09/portraits-of-resilience-slideshow", "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/fandd/issues/2020/09/portraits-of-resilience-slideshow", "overlayPath": "/en/publications/fandd/issues/2020/09/portraits-of-resilience-slideshow/index.md", "summary": "Three visual stories of people from Brazil, Bangladesh and the United States on how the COVID-19 pandemic has upended their world.", "sections": [ { "heading": "Overview", "content": "- Three visual stories documenting how the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of people in Brazil, Bangladesh, and the United States.\n- Photography and reporting credits:\n - Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, K. M. Asad.\n - Photography and reporting by K. M. ASAD in Dhaka, Bangladesh; RAPHAEL ALVES in Manaus, Brazil; ARIANA LINDQUIST in Madison, Wisconsin.\n- Publication: F&D Magazine; Portraits of Resilience; September 2020.\n- Note: Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect IMF policy." }, { "heading": "Samela Satere-Mawe — Manaus, Brazil", "content": "- Profile:\n - Age: 23.\n - Role: Biology student and secretary of the Association of Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Brazil.\n - Indigenous name meaning: “bee”.\n- Impact of COVID-19:\n - Association’s usual activities (selling handicrafts to tourists) came to a halt due to COVID-19.\n- Adaptation and resilience:\n - The group began making face masks—initially for members’ own use and later for sale more broadly.\n - Their work attracted donations of sewing machines, material, and food from organizations.\n - Samela coordinates production of face masks that became the lifeblood of the association, enabling it to stay afloat during the pandemic." }, { "heading": "Lupe Salmeron — Madison, Wisconsin, United States", "content": "- Profile:\n - Student at Edgewood College; was due to graduate (coming graduation).\n - First in her family expected to obtain a degree.\n - Undocumented immigrant who came to the United States at age six.\n- Impact of COVID-19:\n - Planned family celebrations (family in Mexico flying in) and a spring internship in Washington, D.C. were dismantled by COVID-19.\n - Both her congressman’s office and the restaurant where she worked part time were shuttered in March.\n - She contracted COVID-19 herself and isolated with mild symptoms.\n- Employment and activities after disruption:\n - Returned to Madison and worked as a credit union teller for a time to help defray steep tuition that noncitizens must pay.\n - Later joined the staff of a local nonprofit that helps Latinx youth prepare for college.\n- Aspirations and perspective:\n - Remains focused on entering politics: “If more people in my generation get into politics, we can reflect on how the system is broken, and focus on what we want to change.”" }, { "heading": "Raja Mia — Dhaka, Bangladesh", "content": "- Profile:\n - Age: 45.\n - Occupation: Rickshaw driver.\n - Household: Lives with his wife, Beauty, and youngest son, Bishal, age 7.\n - Housing: One-room house; shares cooking and sanitary facilities with members of other families.\n - Origin: Originally from a rural village; moved to Dhaka seeking a better life.\n- Income and pandemic impact:\n - On a normal day, Raja makes $7.\n - When the city officially closed on March 25, his work slowed to a trickle.\n - During the COVID-19 crisis his daily income dropped to $2.50.\n - Some days he stays at home; on those days he relies on neighbors for food.\n- Risk trade-off and sentiment:\n - He expresses low fear of contracting COVID-19 relative to economic survival: “If I don’t work, we will die anyway.”" }, { "heading": "Key statistics and dates (verbatim)", "content": "- Ages: 23; 45; Bishal, age 7; came to the United States at age six.\n- Incomes: $7; $2.50.\n- Date of city closure in Dhaka: March 25.\n- Publication date: September 2020.\n- Read time indicator on page: Less than a minute(0 words).\n\nPortraits of Resilience: Slideshow – IMF F&D (September 2020), photography and reporting by Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, K. 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