chantel told us about her hometown. because the lockdown has spanned for months‘ long, people have ended up using up all of their savings. people have ended up selling almost all of their items at home just to be able to get whatever form of income they can. people in the communities, especially those that we've reached, that we've 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, reallyjust thanking us for the support. to them, what you give, regardless of how small you think it is, actually means the world. to a lot, itjust might be there world because they are just trying to survive on a day—to—day basis. thank you. since we spoke, her hometown was hit by a typhoon season and that meant that thousands have also lost their homes. in desperate need now of food, aid and medical supplies. about two or three weeks ago we were hit by a typhoon. it hit the country, the philippines, including my hometown. so hundreds of house

that was chantel in the philippines. i am philippa thomas and you are watching coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—i9 has changed lives around the world. we are revisiting some of the stories that people have shared with us in this extraordinary year. as the world went into lockdown, we saw countries shut their borders to limit new infections. this put many seafarers in an unpredictable situation. we heard from a ship's captain and a young engineer, both key workers on important shipping routes, but effectively stranded at sea. we also heard from american and swedish couple brian and karen who had been sailing the world for years now with a baby, sierra, on board. we first made contact with them on an uninhabited island in the bahamas where they had been living their lockdown for more than 100 days. we are out here in an island that is completely uninhabited. there are no stores, no people, no cities, just us, the bush and a few other boats. and you are managing with a baby who i think is going to be

chantel told us about her hometown of cainta. because the lockdown has spanned for months' long, people have ended up using up all of their savings. people have ended up selling almost all of their items at home just to be able to get whatever form of income they can. people in the communities, especially those that we've reached, that we've 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, reallyjust thanking us for the support. to them, what you give, regardless of how small you think it is, actually means the world. to a lot, itjust might be there world because they are just trying to survive on a day—to—day basis. thank you. since we spoke, cainta was hit by a typhoon season and that meant that thousands have also lost their homes. in desperate need now of food, aid and medical supplies. about two or three weeks ago we were hit by a typhoon. it hit the country, the philippines, including my hometown. so hundreds of household wor

that was chantel in the philippines. i am philippa thomas and you are watching coronavirus — your stories, a programme about how covid—i9 has changed lives around the world. we are revisiting some of the stories that people have shared with us in this extraordinary year. as the world went into lockdown, we saw countries shut their borders to limit new infections. this put many seafarers in an unpredictable situation. we heard from a ship's captain and a young engineer, both key workers on important shipping routes, but effectively stranded at sea. we also heard from american and swedish couple brian and karen who had been sailing the world for years, now with a baby, sierra, on board. we first made contact with them on an uninhabited island in the bahamas where they had been living their lockdown for more than 100 days. we are out here at an island that is completely uninhabited. there are no stores, no people, no city, just us, the bush and a few other boats. and you are managing with a baby who i think is going to

i'm chantelle. i'm chloe. and i'm angelique and we did a mad dash to get here. we were in cambodia and we saw things closing and we all things are getting an easy tourists except us and we were like, what is going on? so we did the mad dash to new zealand and got here literally before they got into their lockdown. we wanted to achieve our goal in the next two years of visiting every country so we were moving pretty fast until covid hit but the big question is if it lasts for another year, what will we do? where will we go? but i'm sure things will start to progress and eventually the world has to open up again. i am sam and i been to 183 countries and covid were starting to be talked about more and more people got worried and i had been seeing people wearing more masks and i figured while i only have 20 countries left and i was meant to finish in april and i flew to fiji to tonga and then tonga, two days later the borders closed and that no—one can leave and we were stuck there and i waited for five months and then i was hearing from government from other paci

i'm chantelle. i‘m chloe. and i‘m angelique. we did a mad dash to get here. we were in cambodia and we could see borders were starting to close and things were getting uneasy and we could see there were no other tourists except us and we were like, what is going on? so we did the mad dash to new zealand and got here literally before they got into their lockdown. we wanted to achieve our goal in the next two years of visiting every country, so we were moving pretty fast this year until covid hit. but the big question is if it lasts for another year, what will we do? where will we go? but i'm sure things will start to progress and eventually the world has to open up again. i am sam and i been to 183 countries. covid was starting to be talked about more and more people got worried and i had been seeing people on planes wearing more masks and i figured well, i only have 20 countries left and i was meant to finish in april and i flew to fiji to tonga and then once i got to tonga, two days later, they closed all the borders and that no—one can leave and we were s

i'm chantelle. i‘m chloe. and i‘m angelique. we did a mad dash to get here. we were in cambodia and we could see borders were starting to close and we all things are getting an easy tourists except us and we were like, what is going on? so we did the mad dash to new zealand and got here literally before they got into their lockdown. we wanted to achieve our goal in the next two years of visiting every country so we were moving pretty fast until covid hit but the big question is if it lasts for another year, what will we do? where will we go? but i'm sure things will start to progress and eventually the world has to open up again. i am sam and i been to 183 countries. covid was starting to be talked about more and more people got worried and i had been seeing people on planes wearing more masks and i figured well, i only have 20 countries left and i was meant to finish in april and i flew to fiji to tonga and then tonga, two days later, they closed all the borders and that no—one can leave and we were stuck there and i waited for five months and then i was h

chantel told us about her hometown of cainta. because the lockdown has spanned for months‘ long, people have ended up using up all of their savings. people have ended up selling almost all of their items at home just to be able to get whatever form of income they can. people in the communities, especially those that we've reached, that we've 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, reallyjust thanking us for the support. to them, what you give, regardless of how small you think it is, actually means the world. to a lot, itjust might be there world because they are just trying to survive on a day—to—day basis. thank you. since we spoke, cainta was hit by a typhoon season and that meant that thousands have also lost their homes. in desperate need now of food, aid and medical supplies. about two or three weeks ago we were hit by a typhoon. it hit the country, the philippines, including my hometown. so hundreds of household w

i'm chantelle. i'm chloe and i'm angelique and we did a mad dash to get here. we were in cambodia and we saw things closing and we all things are getting an easy tourists except us getting an easy tourists except us and we were like, what is going on? so we did the mad dash to new zealand and got here literally before they got into their lockdown. we wanted to achieve our goal in the next two years of visiting every country so we two years of visiting every country so we were moving country so we were moving pretty fast until covid hit but the big question is if it lasts for another year, what will we do? where will we go? but i'm sure things will start to progress and eventually the world has to open up again.” am sam and i been to 183 countries and covid were starting to be talked about more and more people got worried and i had been seeing people wearing more masks and i figured while i only have 20 countries left and i was meant to finish in april and i flew to finish in april and i flew to fiji to tonga and then tonga, two days later the borders closed a

laughter we are christmas crazy, aren't we, chantelle? and last but not least, meet the lewises. albeit just a fraction of the family. tracy and pete have 13 children. christmas chaos. christmas day, you walk down stairs, and you all of had your own corner. and it was great, you kind of knew, you had a corner. it was like, wow, you had the whole lounge through to the dining area was just absolutely full up of bikes, you name it, you know? but it was always so magical. and as you get older, you really sort of miss that vibe. mum and dad got me an electric scooter. and i was so desperate to try it, and i knew what i was getting, i went down about three or four o'clock in the morning. i didn't know how to use it, so i made the loudest noise and crashed it into, like, the tree, or something! and then dad came shooting down, it was like, no, that's it, christmas is over. you're not having your present. that was one of my most best memories. and now with 22 grandchildren, feeding the family is like a military operation. a couple of turkeys in t

we are christmas crazy, aren't we, chantelle? and last but not least, meet the lewises. albeit just a fraction of the family. tracy and pete have 13 children. christmas chaos. christmas day, you walk down stairs, and you all sort of had your own corner. and it was great, you kind of knew, you had a corner. it was like, wow, you had the whole lounge through to the dining area was just absolutely full up of bikes, you name it, you know? but it was always so magical. and as you get older, you really sort of miss that vibe. mum and dad got me an electric scooter. and i was so desperate to try it, and i knew what i was getting, i went down about three or four o'clock in the morning. i didn't know how to use it, so i made the loudest noise and crashed it into, like, the tree, or something! and then dad came shooting down, it was like, no, that's it, christmas is over. you're not having your present. go back to bed. that was one of my most best memories. and now with 22 grandchildren, feeding the family is like a military operation. a couple of turkeys in the oven cooking from