Things here are not too different in terms of the pandemic. We are still staying on the compound and only going out for food. Our boys have to stay on the compound so they have not left since March 10th apart from once for Levi and Caleb to help with shopping. We still wear our masks and wash well when we return. The cases of covid-19 have been rising day by day and the government are just putting into action a colour zoning system. They are trialing it in Dhaka first. If you are red zoned then your area gets shut down completely. You can't leave your house, even for food. Apparently food will come around on carts to buy at the gate. Currently there are 71,675 confirmed cases with 1000 deaths and that will not be accurate as testing rates are not enough to capture the true magnitude of the situationL locked down areas get blocked off like this one in the picture. We have not heard about our area yet.
Some lovely NZ people have transferred us funds to help out the people who have been affected by loss of job etc. It's such a privilege to be here on the ground and able to help people out first hand. Thanks so much to all of you who have contributed.
Personally we are still so grateful to be on this amazing compound. The boys are certainly not bored and have so much space and freedom to swim and climb trees. Internet access is pretty good most of the time so they can also do their school work, play games and catch up with friends online too.
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