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Migrants in New York make masks after losing their jobs due to COVID-19

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New York (US), Apr 26, EFE, (Camera: Carles Escolà).- María Abeja shows Maribel Torres how to make the folds in a face mask she is crafting, the last one in a string of thousands they have made since losing their cleaning jobs a month ago as a result of the New York lockdown. The women work from their homes, but meet twice a week at La Colmena community centre in Staten Island to organize the operation and sell masks in batches of three for $15. FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS MAKING MASKS IN NEW YORK, UNITED STATESINCLUDING SOUNDBITES OF A WORKER, ABEJA, 60 YEARS OLD TRANSLATION: "We work cleaning houses, that's what we do, but our work was being cancelled bit by bit, and we found ourselves in need of protecting ourselves from the quarantine and we had this opportunity to make masks, and because we were a trained group, the four us, Sofía, Maribel and Benita, decided to organize ourselves."I like it, I'm excited I will sit down and grab my machine, transform any piece of fabric into a dress, into a blouse."

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