In the March 2 episode of VOA Connect, the slow process of rebuilding Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, as locals step to the fore in the difficult reconstruction. In Thane, India, taking school age children off the streets, and putting them in the classroom, some for the first time in their lives. In Las Vegas, Nevada, a community underground – homeless people set up living spaces in tunnels under the city. In New York, orchestral music students from China perform classical compositions that mix western and eastern influences. In Washington, DC, a young Afghan émigré pursues a career in which he hopes to shake up conventional photography, and another émigré, from Ukraine, is developing her career in the US as an artist who uses the human body as her canvass.