## Portraits of Resilience: Slideshow

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, K M Asad
- Published: September 1, 2020

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### Overview
- Three visual stories documenting how the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of people in Brazil, Bangladesh, and the United States.
- Photography and reporting credits:
  - Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, K. M. Asad.
  - Photography and reporting by K. M. ASAD in Dhaka, Bangladesh; RAPHAEL ALVES in Manaus, Brazil; ARIANA LINDQUIST in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Publication: F&D Magazine; Portraits of Resilience; September 2020.
- Note: Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect IMF policy.

### Samela Satere-Mawe — Manaus, Brazil
- Profile:
  - Age: 23.
  - Role: Biology student and secretary of the Association of Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Brazil.
  - Indigenous name meaning: “bee”.
- Impact of COVID-19:
  - Association’s usual activities (selling handicrafts to tourists) came to a halt due to COVID-19.
- Adaptation and resilience:
  - The group began making face masks—initially for members’ own use and later for sale more broadly.
  - Their work attracted donations of sewing machines, material, and food from organizations.
  - Samela coordinates production of face masks that became the lifeblood of the association, enabling it to stay afloat during the pandemic.

### Lupe Salmeron — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Profile:
  - Student at Edgewood College; was due to graduate (coming graduation).
  - First in her family expected to obtain a degree.
  - Undocumented immigrant who came to the United States at age six.
- Impact of COVID-19:
  - Planned family celebrations (family in Mexico flying in) and a spring internship in Washington, D.C. were dismantled by COVID-19.
  - Both her congressman’s office and the restaurant where she worked part time were shuttered in March.
  - She contracted COVID-19 herself and isolated with mild symptoms.
- Employment and activities after disruption:
  - Returned to Madison and worked as a credit union teller for a time to help defray steep tuition that noncitizens must pay.
  - Later joined the staff of a local nonprofit that helps Latinx youth prepare for college.
- Aspirations and perspective:
  - 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.”

### Raja Mia — Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Profile:
  - Age: 45.
  - Occupation: Rickshaw driver.
  - Household: Lives with his wife, Beauty, and youngest son, Bishal, age 7.
  - Housing: One-room house; shares cooking and sanitary facilities with members of other families.
  - Origin: Originally from a rural village; moved to Dhaka seeking a better life.
- Income and pandemic impact:
  - On a normal day, Raja makes $7.
  - When the city officially closed on March 25, his work slowed to a trickle.
  - During the COVID-19 crisis his daily income dropped to $2.50.
  - Some days he stays at home; on those days he relies on neighbors for food.
- Risk trade-off and sentiment:
  - He expresses low fear of contracting COVID-19 relative to economic survival: “If I don’t work, we will die anyway.”

### Key statistics and dates (verbatim)
- Ages: 23; 45; Bishal, age 7; came to the United States at age six.
- Incomes: $7; $2.50.
- Date of city closure in Dhaka: March 25.
- Publication date: September 2020.
- Read time indicator on page: Less than a minute(0 words).

*Portraits of Resilience: Slideshow – IMF F&D (September 2020), photography and reporting by Raphael Alves, Ariana Lindquist, K. M. Asad.*

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## Content in this bundle

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