indeed we will. i don't want to be the one paying that energy bill you're watching the news from berlin up next reporter how to code to work on colombia's mean streets remember you can follow us on twitter and news and we have more news on our web site 24 seventh's dot com thanks for watching. how tough. was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech but clearly interest him on just simmer 19989. shortly after the fall of the of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany. the mideast tent the

crowd clamors for a german unity journalist peter lim bork was at the scene. 30 years later looks back on the. interest. starts december 19th d.w. . 7 ringback they drop down to their eyeballs and they're embroidering do you want to know are cool you know says project creates fashion with people who are usually surrounded find prostitution crack and chaos just as there was this project is about healing and to heal people have to work together. to get. the. capital of columbia and more specifically sense of faith home to

a rather unconventional fashion show. margot it is doesn't like getting up early she's agreed to make an exception for us because otherwise it's difficult to get her on her own. hearing which i hand there's always a lot of people here there's always someone ringing at the door i love the piece which is the opposite of chaos but order is also good so long as it doesn't put a brake on improvisation. de'monte know our career distance name translates as time in rainbow she called herself this a few years ago after her brother's violent death triggered what she calls inner revolution. because the prince yours i had

a lovely house in the wealthy north husband children everything was perfect. then i opened my eyes were going to consciousness caused by the shock with my brother and when you want to have very deep feelings then you have to look after others. but there's no other way you. know exists. her talent is fashion she likes finding unusual combinations and mixing traditional and modern styles and her unusual group of colleagues now consists of thieves homeless people drug addicts. and nobody this is neoprene i bought it in new york order it's very fashionable at the moment there is a high tech high street people make this and while they're doing it they don't really notice what is happening. that is going to miss their minds are full of chaos because there isn't any order any sense of time no beginning or end and then

a process begins with the effort of persisting at something of being patient of taking time threading a needle and making a mistake and correcting it and the result is an item of clothing and then they understand everything. and we're doing this for years it's not a game it's serious this is. goes right out onto the streets to find her models and colleagues in santa fe one of the most crime ridden parts of bogota. from cesco is a sex worker and de'monte nothing she will be perfect on the catwalk. you remember . what i'm doing and i like fashion and i like what i'm going to wear and what i'm going to do. there are

a lot of attics and lots of cheap ways of getting high around here crack and glue are particularly popular. i mean. it makes me happy for. you know talks to everyone she likes living here she's not scared. is the sum of if you can't be controlled by fear everyone is either controlled by fear or love love protects us i never thought about it but it was like a vocation i just did it now i'm thinking about it only because you asked me. edwin decided to leave home when he was 10 he couldn't stand his stepfather and he felt free on the streets. and the kid when you're

a child you're like an animal you can get used to anything by a doubt to by pass the test of the street. by survived the hunger the cold hunger forces you to go out to look for food or work because otherwise you die. now he's 21 years old and he does odd jobs here and there. was. he gets $0.50 or so if he carries someone's bags for instance. there's a lot of competition but and when he's alert. he says it's tough but it's even worse for the children in africa. you know. he says it's ok sleeping rough and with this project he now has something new in

his life. when other doors close at night opens her. i think. 7 after from apple. anyone can conquer however high they are. 7 was 7 7. one of them pulls a knife but de'monte now doesn't mind that you haven't put that away what's wrong relax have a seat let me sort this out. through her and she has some nice words for everyone as well as sewing needles thread and instructions. for. the album her only influence. you can come to them with can you change the music. and i was the man we attract people from the streets who are just walking by

looking for a community who are on the same wavelength as us all here for a reason and we attract them. and gradually the atmosphere changes calm descends on the chaos everyone gets lost in the work. i did when came here especially to embroider. the booker is the atmosphere is good there isn't any stress the people are cool. guys like a home. where everything works but mum has no trouble michael. is in the us and this is an item of clothing that we're going to present at the fashion show us the house and it's very important to do it well and you're doing it really well ok you have to continue here if this is your red thread good work went

off. not only does this work offer them a bit of a break from the streets but if they like it could eventually open up a whole new prospects the fashion show is taking place in 2 days edwin has already proven he's talented guy. when do you want to be on the show. are you sure don't drop me in it when you have to be there. at 7 morning evening. its called but edwin is going to sleep on the street totally unprotected with just his blanket. up and very hard learn to live with people a lot has happened to me at the beginning i was rocked. but generally most people have accepted me i don't have any enemies. i'm not back

kind of person. i'm not a criminal i don't steal. none of that with. de'monte 9 doesn't know whether whole turn up for the fashion show. tomorrow is another day. there are just a few hours left before the show. finally it's the big day de'monte you know still doesn't know if all her models will turn up. the whole event could be a disaster but she says she's learned to not expect anything and just to take things as they come. through quite ok you have to set aside your ego this isn't about me and i'm not saving the world this is an exchange who knows maybe the people i'm working with will rescue me in the end i shouldn't think that their life is bad and mine is good but that would be a mistake. and there's

a lot of cooperation in the last 3 hours before showtime. and in the end all the models turn up although they're not used to having such responsibility . it's getting exciting. though some seem to be oblivious at least at when it's here. and francesca to who might still be a bit nervous. at a transformation has taken place people who are often despised and sometimes despised themselves now feel and look great. this is like you'll see a handsome. good. book next year. when

it's beautiful. including it's an all round success. you know it's this kind of experience that can change people's lives. dialin was a sex worker and now she is a hairdresser been married person really it was a dramatic change from her. we didn't go. through the thing i used to think very differently then for now i think you could download it. and now it's finally time if they were in its final 4 this is for us to see whether people come or not or buy or not doesn't matter as much as us let's have fun. i love you down there.

was everyone ready. and the show begins if an item of clothing is sold then everyone here will be paid for their work. friends and de'monte not turn up for the event. and everyone involved is full of pride. the project is a success and one that could open up pull new prospects for the inhabitants of santa fe.

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