Even though they only had mild symptoms, Idris Elba
says he and his wife had their lives “turned around”
after contracting the coronavirus, calling the experience
“definitely scary and unsettling and nervous.”
“You know, everyone’s sort of feeling the way we have
been feeling, but it has definitely been sort of just a
complete upheaval,” he told The Associated Press late
last week.
But the British actor feels that there are life lessons to
be learned, and the pandemic serves as a reminder that
“the world doesn’t tick on your time.”
“I think that the world should take a week of quarantine
every year just to remember this time. Remember each
other. I really do,” he said.
The British actor and his model wife, Sabrina Dhowre
Elba, spoke to the AP as they began a push with the
United Nations to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on
farmers and food producers in rural areas.
“People forget that 80 percent of the poor population
live in these rural areas.” Dhowre Elba said. “What we
are really worried about at the moment, and why we
are launching this fund is that those people are being
forgotten.”
In their new roles as U.N. Goodwill Ambassadors, Elba
and his wife, have joined forces with the United
Nations International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) to launch the new $40 million
fund. IFAD hopes to raise up to $200 million more from
governments worldwide.
The actor believes people in rural and poor areas are
likely to suffer more in the pandemic.
“If you imagine being in a village where no one even
knows the name of your village or your population, and
that you live in a slum where there is one room and six
of you live in it,” he said. “Social distancing is almost
laughable.
Both Elba and his wife have roots in Africa; Elba’s
parents are from Sierra Leone and Ghana, while Dhowre
Elba is of Somali descent. The pair went to Sierra
Leone in December with the United Nations to see how
IFAD has assisted people there.
Elba said he was particularly concerned as to what the
coronavirus pandemic could do on the continent in
countries already suffering economically.
“We have to think about the forward planning. What’s
what’s the fallout going to be?” he said.
The couple have been recovering in New Mexico,
where the actor was filming when he became sick, but
plan to return to London as soon as they can get a
flight. Elba said he had to miss his 6-year-old son’s
birthday because of the lockdown but he’s “hoping to
see him as soon as I can.”
“We’ve been fortunate,” he added. “We have been
staying in a lovely place that’s been very comfortable
for the time. But we’re looking forward to going home.”

Wao!
God bless you guys.
Your wife is gorgeous