For the past three years, Helen Colla has been contributing tirelessly to the Don Bosco High School in Salelologa.
On Monday 5th of April, Timor-Leste was struck by severe flooding, only adding to the worries already present after the country recently entered a fresh lockdown after news of a severe new COVID-19 outbreak.
When the war first started it was generally thought that it would last just a matter of days or a maximum of a few weeks and that everything would soon return to normal.
It is more than 4 months since war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Over the past few months, life in Ethiopia has grown even harder than normal as conflict has broken out in Tigray, the northern part of the country, between rebel groups and government forces. Coupled with the pandemic, shockwaves have been felt all over the nation and many young people are much worse off.
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