The government says nhs volunteers are still there to help. How h ow ofte n how often have you heard stories about a big financial when ruining french ships . Not in wisconsin. A Lottery Winner in the us has split his jackpot of 22 Million Dollars with an old friend because of a gentlemans agreement they made nearly 30 years ago. Tom cook and joe feeney played the wisconsin lottery separately but theyd made a pact in 1992 to share any major wins. Tanya dendrinos has the story. Its the stuff dreams are made of cheesy grins and a cheque for 22 million. Its not every day you win the lottery. It was quite an experience
when i read the first two or three numbers and i kinda froze and handed it to her and she froze. And i said, are you jerking my bobber . It is a friendship that has lasted a lifetime, so there was no question when it came to upholding a gentlemans agreement made almost three decades ago. A handshake is a handshake, man. We said whenever the big win comes, we would split it, so we buy every week, not really thinking it would happen. But it did. The odds of winning the Powerball Jackpot are estimated to be around one in 292 million and for these graciousjoint winners, its not about grand plans but the opportunity to enjoy their retirement and make the most of precious time with theirfamilies. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Hello, the weather weve got across the uk today is a far cry from what we had a year ago. The 25th ofjuly 2019 was the day when we set the uks new temperature record, 38. 7 celsius. But nothing like that today. These are the best temperatures you can expect, 19 to 23 degrees and quite a few heavy downpours drifting through. Some thunder and lightning mixed in with some dry, bright spells in between. I think the emphasis will be on more dry weather as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, well keep some going up towards Northern Ireland and western scotland. Not as mild as last night. Tomorrow, a lot of fine weather around with some spells of sunshine, a few showers here and there and some more persistent rain into north west scotland. It is going to be quite a windy day tomorrow, those are the average wind speeds, gusts will be a little bit stronger than that, and it is going to feel fairly cool and fresh out there with top temperatures between 17 and 23 degrees. This is bbc news. The headlines. Gyms and swimming pools reopen in england but up to a third may stay shut because of financial trouble. The opening comes as experts warned being overweight or obese brings a greater risk of serious illness or death if you contract covid i9. Further restrictions have been introduced in spain and catalonia amid fears that a second wave of the virus has arrived. Wiley has been dropped by his management following a stream of anti semitic comments made on his social media account. Now on bbc news, my colleague Philippa Thomas hears from people from around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid i9 has changed their lives. Welcome to coronavirus your stories, a programme about how covid i9 is changing the lives of people around the world. Im Philippa Thomas. This week, well be hearing stories of youth activism in the face of this crisis. In the philippines, we hear about a family aid program to feed thousands of neighbours whove lost access to jobs and to food because of lockdown. In the us state of pennsylvania, a 17 year old tells me how shes managed to finish high school while taking on 30 hours a week as a supermarket worker to help fund herfamily. But we start with the story of a teenager in stockholm whos been helping to get Vital Information about virus protection to vulnerable migrant communities. The parents of 17 year old Warda Abdalla brought her from somalia to sweden when she was just a baby
giving her opportunity she says she would never have had otherwise. And as covid i9 hit sweden, she tried to do her bit to help those who are vulnerable to misinformation or panic. Me, alongside the other ambassadors, had one critical assignment, and that was to share information about the coronavirus basically how to take precautions, how to protect yourself and how to protect others. So, we handed out leaflets in around 2a different languages. So, anything from finnish to arabic to russian to somali. And as ambassadors, we had different nationalities and we knew different languages. And that also gave us a kind of a wider approach. And this was to make sure that the information reached every single citizen in need. And i believe that the Swedish Community as a whole were in need of this information. And what was it about these communities that made them so vulnerable, do you think . Why . Why were they at risk . I believe that any community can be vulnerable and in a risk without the correct information and the proper procedures. I believe that, as a community, theres always going to be loopholes. Theres always going to be exceptions. And thats why our work as ambassadors were so important, so that every Single Person could take advantage of the knowledge that we were providing and handing out. When i was talking to people face to face, i was giving my community some kind of comfort and trust, because if i was walking and i met someone trying to help me as a citizen, i would kind of feel safe and a bit more calm. Why did this matter to you so much personally . Were you thinking about your own parents, your own family, as well . I was already working with the county on a democratic project for the youth before the pandemic started, and i do believe that my engagement
just kind of continued from there. But the main reason as to why i wanted to help was because of my parents and the influence that they have on me. We are a family of help and i always picture when im working. I always picture myself a family, a home with parents new to the country who probably have gone through hell and back and have struggled to find a safe home for theirfamily. And theyre trying to adapt in this difficult time. Theyre trying to adapt to this new language. And on top of that, theres a pandemic going on and they dont know how to get information or understand the information. And thats why its so important to kind of reach out to them. And even though covid i9 is affecting a certain risk group, i believe that no one is safe. And therefore, i chose to spend my Easter Holiday protecting those families because i think of them just like i think of my own. Tell us a bit more
about your family. I think you came to sweden when you were a baby. Yes, i came to sweden when i was a baby. My parents brought me to sweden. That obviously came with difficulties. And im sure that many people can relate to them. Them being old and having a hard time learning the swedish language doesnt come as a surprise. My parents also came to sweden a very long time ago to provide me a better life, yeah, to provide me and my siblings with a better life, to kind of ensure our safety and our future. And i do believe that the hardship that they have gone through day in and day out gives me the dedication to truly do everything at heart. And thats why i work with the democracratic project, with the youth, because i want kids to understand democracy. And my dad, being one of those in the risk groups, just makes me realize even more how important the job that i was doing was. Because if i managed to inform just
one person who may not realize that they had symptoms and kept that person off the streets, i may have saved someone from contracting the virus. And ijust believe that life is so precious and my parents have taught me to never take it for granted. You are talking about the importance of understanding and im thinking about members of your community who might not speak english as articulately as you do or even speak swedish. Theres then the potential for getting the wrong kind of information, isnt there, about something scary like a virus . Yes, i do believe that the wrong information. When facts are going around, especially on social media, people are getting the wrong information in the wrong language because they might not understand english or they might not understand the swedish language. And thats why its so important, again, that the youth workers are out there giving out the right information. So people are not scared and feeling afraid and feeling anxiety over covid i9. Im now thinking about you as youth workers being out there. And we know that sweden hasnt had an official lockdown like many other european countries. What did you think about that . Personally, i do think its kind of, like, hard to understand why. But i do believe that whatever decision that they made was with good intentions. It is the country that i live in and im being raised in. And what i seem to understand is that in the beginning, i think i was scared when the first news came out that the pandemic was real and was on the move. I believe that im not the only one that felt panic, felt anxiety, or just felt the feeling of being afraid, the feeling of fear. Did you feel a pull there, a tug, because teenagers want to go out and want to be with their friends . I think in the early stages i was understanding and i do think that teenagers all around the world were understanding. We knew what was at risk. People were dying. You know, covid i9 has ta ken peoples grandpas, aunts, mothers, sons. You know, we understood the necessity of staying home because we were protecting the people that we love and were taking responsibility. But i do think that when you stay home for this long, just something happens. You may not be able to, you know, go out orjust a feeling of being close to other people kind of affects you, you know, kind of affects your mentality. I believe. So, age doesnt really matter. I think the maturity that you sit on is what determines if youre understanding. If youre understanding enough to think about others rather than think of yourself. We havejust been, like many teenagers around sweden, taking online classes. So, i havent seen my classmates for so long. And adults stay home if they can work from home and they havent been able to see their colleagues. So, i think theres
a balance to therefore being a teenager and being adult. Its the same thing. Were all, you know, having a hard time. How confident do you feel about your future . I believe in the swedish government, so i do feel very confident. I am pretty sure that were all going to be just fine. I am very positive and optimistic about the future. Warda abdulla in stockholm, sweden. Lets take you now to philadelphia in the us state of pennsylvania, where ive been talking to one of thousands of teenagers whove been picking up more essential work as the adults around them either get or shield from covid i9. Gloria lumbrano torres has been working around 30 hours a week in a supermarket as well as trying to finish high school. I was working more hours, so the amount of time that i had to do my homework was minimal, but i could have still done it because it was online school, so it didnt really matter what time of the day i would be able to log
in and do my homework. Tell us about the juggling you were doing with your work and school. I tried to manage time, but at the time i fell back on my schoolwork, cos i was more focused on work than school, i think. And your work was essential. Tell us about the juggling you were doing with your work and school. I tried to manage time, but at the time i fell back on my schoolwork, cos i was more focused on work than school, i think. And your work was essential. I mean, you were one of the key workers. Ithought, you know, essential workers were like firefighters, but i never really thought i would ever be in a position where i would call myself an essential worker, you know . Were you worried or frightened . Working as a cashier at a time when this virus is going around. Yeah. At times, cos you never know who is coming down the line or coming down your register
and could possibly have it. In the end, you did get covid i9, didnt you . How was that . Yeah, i did get it. It was not severe for me. But theres a few people that i know, that are friends of my family, that have passed away, so im grateful that it didnt hit me as hard. And tell us something about how you doing more hours at work and bringing home more money was able to help your household. There are quite a few people in your house. Itjust gave more leniency towards my aunt and shes been my provider, my guardian, since i was three years old. So, i think, like, just bringing out that stress for her was a big relieverfor her, since she wasnt working at the time. Your aunts been looking
after you since you were three. Tell us a little more about that. So, my mom was in a coma for ten and a half years and my dad was never really in the picture. So, she is. She took me in when i had nobody. And shes been taking care of me since my mom got sick and shes. Shes my all. Gloria, ifeel as if you have had to grow up very fast. I know youve now graduated high school, but it must have been quite a source of tension for you having to deal with whats going on and being at the frontline. Yeah, i think so, but i think all your, like, life experience, like the fact that i dont have a mom and dad. Again, i still have to, like, get my things on my own, not like any other kid. Just that itself is, like, an obstacle. So, if i could overcome one obstacle, i think i could overcome multiple. So, youve got through high school graduation, youve made it through high school, gloria. And i think, unlike your mom and your aunt, youre a us citizen. What do you want to do next . What opportunities do you want to get to . Well, i want to go to collards to Montgomery Community college for my four years and then eventually go to temple for a business degree. Like my aunt, she didnt get the same experience that i did. She never really got an education when she was young at the age of five. She was put to work. So, she never really got that
education, so im going to take advantage of my opportunities and get the education that i want. Gloria lumbrano torres, looking forward to a brighter future. Youre watching coronavirus your stories, a programme about how covid i9 is changing lives around the world. Im Philippa Thomas. 0ur third personal story comes from the philippines, where a 24 year old and her siblings have set up a food aid project because they realised that in their town, lockdown meant the loss ofjobs and the loss of access to food for thousands. Well, my family and i, ever since march started our program, which is basically similar to our own personal relief operations. Afterfour months, we managed to procure and distribute up to 200,000 pieces of food and relief in order to provide for tens of thousands. Ever since march many have lost either temporarily or permanently their main or sometimes only source of income. Because the lockdown has spanned four months long, people have ended up using up all of their savings. People have ended up selling off almost all of their items at home just to be able to get whatever form of income. Youre talking about some essential food. Theres also a need for milk, for children, for babies. At our peak, i think i was receiving 30 to 50 messages on facebook messengerfrom different mothers in the community asking for help because their children couldnt just drink water, couldnt drink coffee, sometimes couldnt drink water with sugar, they needed milk. And so we used our general donor fund to procure childrens milk on a daily basis and to distribute this milk, to the different households of the mothers we were in contact with. So, at the peak, we were distributing milk to about 100 mothers every week. This is a lot of work and a lot of organization for you and your brothers. Tell me something about you and your family. What made you so determined . My father and my mother. Theyre both doctors, but for a majority of their profession. In fact, for my father, for all of his professional career, hes chosen to serve the underserved. He chose to forgo private practice in order to service the patients in government hospitals. Sometimes he hardly charges anything because he feels medicine and health before anything is service to the people. And i think growing up, this is the type of upbringing weve had and this has really embedded
in us a call to service, a call to use our profession, our capabilities and our resources to see what kind of impact we can have on others, especially the underserved and the marginalized. And so clearly, when we saw a need in our very hometown, my brothers and i reallyjust had to act. And what do you think gave you and your brothers the stamina to keep going with a project like this . So, ive been a badminton player for ten years of my life. Im pretty sure my coaches have trained me enough to do the heavy lifting on and off the court. My brothers, likewise, are National Athletes. 0ne brother is still in high school. But my brothers and i are National Athletes for basketball, i think that this, the competitive, the drive and the never say die spirit that was inculcated within us through all those years of athletic training and competing really helped us continue on,
despite all the challenges, despite all the trials and despite all the, again, negativity that we may face and that we have been facing over the four months that weve been conducting this food program. And for everyone that youve helped during this time of coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, what are you hearing back . What kind of messages do you get . Honestly, weve been hearing the best of messages and i say this not with a boastful heart, but with a very, very grateful heart. People in the communities, especially those that weve reached, that weve helped give milk to, give relief packs to, would send messages, would send videos and pictures of their children with
the milk or with the food. Really just thanking us for the support and the food or relief weve given them. And, honestly, when you think about it, we gave five kilos of rice, 14 pieces of canned goods, maybe a box of milk. To a lot of people thats nothing. Thats something thats part of their grocery lists. But to be thanked the way they thank you, itjust shows that to them, what you gave, regardless of how small you think it is, actually means the world. To a lot it mightjust be their world because they survive on a day to day basis. And so really when you think that when you give, youre the one on the, again, giving end, but really, when you give, youre the one on the receiving end because youre touched, youre changed and youre basically allowed to be the type
of person we all were supposed to be, which is basically persons with and for others, especially those who need help and need support the most. Shawntel, would you describe for our viewers around the world what your town, what cainta is like . A lot may no