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tv   Reporter  Deutsche Welle  December 8, 2019 5:15pm-5:30pm CET

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shinning toilet a new and it was put in place back in september a blend in polish that's a stately home oxford in england but it was unfortunately stolen that 6 people have been arrested in connection with it unfortunately they haven't found it but he obviously knows how to court controversy. whiting thank you so much for bringing us up to date on this very unusual. my 1st bicycle was a sewing machine. where i come from women are bound by the social tools to build something as simple as learning how to ride a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle off my home but it took me years to convince my. finally they gave up and went on buying me on bicycles but returns with the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing advice as no i want to reach out to
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those women back home who are bones by their duties and social goals and inform them about the basic rights my name is the about of people homes and i work into. 7 ringback their drug drop to their eyeballs and their embroidering do you want to know our corner is his project creates fashion with people who are usually surrounded by prostitution crack and chaos going to drugs as they want this project is about healing and to heal people have to work together. this is poker top the capital of columbia and more specifically sense of family
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home to a rough unconventional fashion show. de'monte you know our goal here 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. there's always a lot of people here there's always someone ringing out the door i love the peace 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 priest yours i had
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a lovely house in the wealthy north husband children everything was perfect and then i opened my eyes with a new 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 are no access to. her talent it's 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. you know put it this is neoprene i bought it in new york order it's very fashionable at the moment very high tech. the street people make this and while they're doing that 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
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a process begins with the effort of persisting that something of being patient of taking time threading a needle is 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 and this is. right out onto the streets to find her models and colleagues in santa fe one of the most crime ridden parts of bogota. from jessica is a sex worker and de'monte now think she will be perfect on the catwalk. you know people are going to be a nervous but i'm doing it i like fashion and i like what i'm going to wear and what i'm going to do you see. there are
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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. talks to everyone she likes living here she's not scared. you can't be controlled by fear everyone is either controlled by fear or love love protects us i never thought about it 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 no when you're
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a child you're like an animal you can get used to anything by it out to by pass the test of the street. i 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 when his alert. was a little he said it's tough but it's even worse for the children in africa. no. he says it's ok sleeping rough and with this project he now has something new in
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his life. when other doors close at night opens her. i think. anyone can come however high they are. 7 the 7. children of one of them pulls a knife but de'monte doesn't mind that we haven't put that away what's wrong relax. have a seat let me sort this out. she has some nice words for everyone as well as sewing needles thread and instruction. from the right. you can come up with can you change the music. and we attract people from the streets who are just walking by looking for
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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. that. edwin came here especially to embroider. the book in our history the atmosphere is good there isn't any stress the people are cool. guys like a home. where everything works well madam there's no trouble in my truck. is not going to give us that 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
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and good work. 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. when do you want to be in the show me how are you sure don't drop me in it when you have to be there. at 7 morning evening. it's cold but edwin is going to sleep on the street totally unprotected with just his blanket. up and very. learned to live with people and 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 bank
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kind of person. i'm not a criminal i don't steal. none of that with. de'monte doesn't know whether he'll 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 no 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. 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 that would be a mistake. there's
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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 . and. it's getting exciting. though some seem to be oblivious at least when it's here. and francesca 2 who might still be a bit nervous. the transformation has taken place people who are often despised and sometimes despised themselves now feel. and look great as. i was like you'll see a handsome. book next year. because
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it's beautiful. it's an all round success. you know it's just kind of experience that can change people's lives. dialin was a sex worker and now she is a hairdresser been married person it was a dramatic change from. we didn't have good. 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 see whether people come or not or buy or not doesn't matter as much as us let's have fun. i love you. yeah.
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was everyone ready. and the show begins if an item of clothing is sold then everyone here will be paid for their work. friends of 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 new prospects for the inhabitants of santa fe . the 1st. goal and 1st.
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