The Times Are Changing

Who would have thought 2020 is a year living in lockdown and isolation from a pandemic that is spreading. Our children in boarding schools are doing okay during the pandemic. About a third of our kids got sent back home to the streets when the lockdown began and some boarding homes closed because of government order. The boarding homes ran by the nuns remain open and many of are kids are kept safe there in this pandemic. However, all schools are still shutdown and distance learning is not something anyone will see in the slums and streets living. The pandemic is putting a pause in our kids ability to go to school and to gain an education. If the gap in education was big before the pandemic, it is even bigger now.

Economically, making a living for our kids' families is very difficult at this time and getting work to keep up with the rising cost of living is a huge challenge. The pandemic is causing prices to increase, but wages are still the same and jobs are difficult to find.

With the pandemic at over 4 million infections and rising, the situations in India and for our kids will only get worse before they get better. Fairly soon, India will surpass United States in number of Covid-19 cases. The pandemic will affect the poor much more than the wealthy. It will be a long time before the pandemic ends. I hope we will be able to recover from this chaos and our kids will not suffer too much.