Don't Log Off: Opportunity

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Alan hears stories from people who’ve transformed their lives and are helping others to do the same against the backdrop of the pandemic. He speaks to Alhaji in Sierra Leone who’s building a house for his parents from the money he’s earned working in the United States. He hears from Tiffany in India who helps visually impaired people become more independent, after her own challenging childhood. Alan also connects with Al in the United States who aims to inspire young people in a tough area of Chicago. And he catches up with Ibrahim who, at the start of the pandemic, was homeless on the streets of Athens.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's a changing world, an unsettling time.
0:07.0	Connecting is more important than ever.
0:09.0	Hello?
0:10.0	Hello, Margaret!
0:11.0	Yes, Alan, how are you?
0:13.0	Oh hi is this Al? Hello? Hello Tiffany? Yes sir? I've been reaching out across the globe.
0:19.0	I am in Kerala, India. I'm in Chicago on the west side of Chicago Illinois. To every continent. I am best here in
0:28.0	Wakuzo, Uganda. Searching for the things that unite us in this challenging time.
0:34.0	How I see life is you can be reached today, you can be poured tomorrow.
0:38.8	I'm just praying that God continues to protect us.
0:41.8	People are scared to venture out.
0:44.0	If you have two minutes, either you're going to forget everything and run or face everything
0:48.0	and rise.
0:49.0	I'm Alan Dean, and this is Don't Log Off on the BBC World Service.
0:55.0	Hey Alan, hello.
0:58.0	Hello El-Hudgy. How are you?
1:00.0	Yeah, I'm good. How are you? How are you?
1:02.0	How are you? How are you doing? Yeah, I'm fine, thank you.
1:05.2	I'm about to catch up with Al-Haggi, who's originally from Sierra Leone.
1:10.0	When I first spoke to him, four years ago, he just moved to the US having won a visa in the
1:15.7	Green Card lottery.
1:17.7	He was working as a cleaner at Philadelphia Airport.
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