Don't Log Off: Resilience

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the pandemic Alan Dein has been hearing inspiring and moving accounts of how people’s lives have been transformed by the pandemic. Today, Alan connects with Sakie in Myanmar, who tells of a heroic 24-hour journey from his remote village in order to save his mother’s life. He also catches up with Maria Ester in Ecuador, who he first spoke to six months ago when it looked as if her family business was on the verge of collapse. Alan also connects with Mursalina in Afghanistan, Mohammed in Gaza and wildlife photographer Jahawi who describes the wonders of the underwater world.

Transcript

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0:00.0	It's a changed world, an unsettling time.
0:05.0	Connecting is more important than ever.
0:09.0	Hello, Mr Allen.
0:10.0	Hello, Marcellina.
0:12.0	Hi, is this Jehoi? Yes, this is Jahawi. Is this Mohammed?
0:15.0	Yeah, yeah, this is Mohammed. How are you?
0:17.0	I've been reaching out across the globe. Where are you? Where have I found you?
0:21.0	In the north of Kenya?
0:22.6	I am in north in Gaza.
0:25.1	To every continent.
0:26.5	I am in Waiakil, Ecuador.
0:28.2	I'm speaking from Kabul, Afghanistan.
0:30.5	Searching for the things that unite us in this time of crisis.
0:35.0	Why now? Why would it happen now, you know?
0:37.0	I think this whole thing has kind of hit a bit of a reset button for humanity.
0:42.0	We are all together. We think we don't, but we are all together.
0:49.0	I'm Allandine, and this is Don't Log off on the BBC World Service.
0:55.0	Hello, is this sake?
1:01.0	Yes, it's me, Sakya.
1:04.0	30 year old Sakya is a doctor in Myanmar.
1:08.0	So I'm right now in the biggest city of our country, Yagon, right now.
1:13.8	Is that the city that you were born in?
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