we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on all of our platforms we are all in this together and together to make it fit. do you see that everybody stays in the city so stay safe please stay safe. there. we should never underestimate the power of nature coming to a situation a humbling mind of thought but nature can also help us in countless ways as long as we walk we get rather than against it i am. here in kampala uganda and the scenes africa with me today on stories michael presented in nigeria hello everyone i'm

coming to you from lagos nigeria and it is good to see you again you see our transcontinental program it's particularly well suited to these days all social distancing let's leave that for now and look at what's coming up on the show today . you're never too young to learn about renewable energy and how it is generated as we will see at a school right here in nigeria. the modern island life as paradise because of emotion that's when the lives and livelihoods of those in salience turtle island. in mali who is helping his community grow crops. long drought. have you gotten into the habit of covering one of this over. a bottle of hand sanitizer it's amazing how quickly it's become a must have item i mean many places demand outstrips supply the good news is the

hunter valley easy to make especially if you already have most of the ingredients you need i 1st report comes from rwanda when entrepreneurs saw a way to help our community in these difficult times. in these days of covert 19 it helps to be able to improvise. is a scientist and brewer who lives in. when she saw how quickly hand sanitizers reselling out she decided to produce them herself. nellie's alcohol based formula contains aloe vera and essential oils. is a well what is the hot sun. the hand sanitizer i produce is special because it's made with natural ingredients those on the market contain chemicals which can trigger skin allergies in some uses

a lot of people can afford my hand sanitizer and it has no side effects. the 1st case of covert 19 was confirmed in rwanda in the middle of march soon after the run started on hand sanitizers in pharmacies and drugstores. sanitizer stocks were depleted at the start of the covered 19 crisis and we don't have any left waiting for supplies from the local manufacturer because of being imported at the moment. because it's supply the price for a local high quality sanitizer like the $1.00 from nelly is around 10 euros for a half a liter the imported ones cost even more and stock is short. those who can't afford sanitizers by water and soap while there are effective for washing away the virus they also cost money. at the water kiosk prices have gone up even before the pandemic reached the country

a 20 leader canister can cost up to the equivalent of $0.20 in europe's. 4 times more than before. cleaning the hands has become routine whether would sanitizer or water at the markets in the rwandan capital city kigali they mostly use water and soap. we usually don't use hand sanitizer here and have a has some opposite clients but they have to pay for it then i put some on their hands before entering the market not all of us can afford sanitize as we use what we can get to stay clean. for now no you are nasal is producing 402520 leaders per day after her product has passed the necessary tests but she plans on increasing to her full capacity of $1000.00 leaders. i don't consider the coronavirus time to be an opportunity for doing business this is about helping people i believe everyone in the world should do anything they can to help find

solutions right now the money i've invested here could have been used in another more profitable business than this was on the would have done with some of. the shortage of hand sanitizers is especially hard on health workers so no he also sells to people at the ministry of health working in decontamination areas. some local health centers and hospitals in kigali are also new clients. in the news. now and that's just one of many stories about how a little ingenuity can go a long way towards helping a community cope with the current a virus pandemic and it's also shows that self-sufficiency can be a real acid in times like these i next report is about a school we visited last year part of its mission is to teach children important lessons about being able energy but in this school they learn more than just hear.

the sounds of what these kids have lots of ideas about what can be done to combat climate change burn fuel for still feel this ride a bicycle use solar power discussions of this nature are giving high priority at this school who want our children to be a problem so must we want them to be people able to look at the environment and not do things the whole way school principal because a lot only one lady is leading by example she runs the abbotts heart school the private elementary institution not far from lagos the principal has had solar panels installed on the roof of the building. the firm was such that we have 3 or it out thank you paul. each of them retired what i felt by right.

in. applying be viewed in. an artery the s.c. the best the conditioning the lights in. the barn and without in order classroom. but getting to this point wasn't. a sizable investment required but the school was only able to get a bank loan so part of that money. to actually make it up with our own personnel financing sandoz for united states so. we have the issue the challenge of financing and we also have a challenge off from getting. mom power you know trying to manpower all understand the setting up of the projects the automation parts of the project and then the maintenance also. the students of lens that everyone can do their parts to ease the burden on the environment. instead of going in for some foods you

can use in your book and it sure seems like snark will see your funny when an edgy and i jus. tried our best to save the planet like the ticks on dance without he was in the play my friend he said she only uses geritol for only true days the rest of the disuse will upon those i think that was all humans should try to do on days where there is little direct sun the abbos hard school is dependent on reserve solar energy stored in batteries it then has to limit the use of electricity they will turn down the air conditioning or ton of some of the lights but by generating its own clean energy the school is saving money and producing electricity without producing harmful c o 2 emissions we are way behind in nigeria in. bringing up

creative and innovative ideas on protecting our environment and protecting the future of the nation one of the greatest lessons we have to teach our children in this day and age is how to make them permanently better and safer place the example set by the school is teaching the students the importance of protecting the environment in very practical way the home is that they will now share their new insights with others. decentralized access to energy can make a lot of sense especially remote areas but even that's only part of the story isn't it sandra yes it is in fucked it is even better when the ball is generated from the green sources on next report takes us to germany where a village is looking to solve as an example for the rest of the country it would

also be interesting to know to be a model. would walk in other regions as well. pulse rate none of its energy comes from fossil fuels all of it comes from renewables. 100 it's all there in nature we don't need to take any energy from fossil sources on the ground plenty is given to us every day we just have to make use of it. milled holds great producers 8 times as much electricity as its 2600 residents can use all that electricity isn't produced in one big plant but in a t. centralized fashion and it's then made available to others fire the grid. delegations from the places around the world marked by flags have come to inspect this revolutionary village. they usually welcomes by. he's been involved in the shift to renewables from the start.

line in 1909 we asked everybody here how things should be in 2021 wind energy was just one of the many different issues 92 percent said they were in favor which was a sensational result. people here are very proud of what's been developed in basically they've done it themselves. we can quote. become thinking and thinking us over. the villagers have invested 50000000 euros over the past 2 decades in 300 photovoltaics systems 9 wind turbines as well as several hydro electric and combined heat and power plants. we want to show that it is possible to create

a regional circular economy for energy production and energy use this. of course it has to make economic sense so if it is a profit and we save money and we're doing something positive for the environment that's doubly good. but i don't know if that's not really stop and go to. another father of the green revolution if whole street is vandal and i'm seeing. he's a farmer who started experimenting with renewable energy in the 1990 s. . he soon won over his fellow villagers and set up a wind farm co-operative. to anyone who lives in the community where a windmill is located can invest the more people join the lower the amount each may invest. about. einstein has

set up for bio gas plants on his farm they now heat the entire village. he designed some of the components himself the energy sources are all local animal waste from 20 nearby farms. they replace 700000 liters of heating oil here. generating energy from biomass alone point. be enough to complete the transition to renewables at the national level sun wind and hydro power also need it. with the right mix it won't be hard to attain 100 percent renewables many people don't believe that but it's true the amount of clean energy we produce in a very neat could also be generated in other communities districts and states. of. energy generation is one key factor

to others are energy storage and developing an intelligent grid so power can be moved to where it's needed. there's no known company and addresses these issues it makes lithium ion phosphate batteries which in combination with solar panels enables households to become largely energy independent. it also manages an electricity sharing system so on and community. runs it for this year but they say it's cloudy here but the sun is shining in hamburg. and our customers in hamburg have energy in abundance. their batteries are fully charged and they feed the excess into the grid which can then be used by our customers here for that's one small village in bavaria could inspire other people across germany and in other countries. the corner virus

pandemic might be on the forefront of our minds these days but we still have to cope with the problems we face due to climate change fishing communities especially are feeling the impact of extreme weather conditions in our next report we visit the tata islands of sierra leone to see how it is a fitting local resident and also find out how communities are fighting back. just 2 years ago it was possible for the people of new young guy island to walk along this stretch without getting wet. but the rising sea level has splits one of sierra leone's turtle islands into more than half of the island has disappeared the occupant ago was once a bustling fishing community now 500 people have been forced to leave in the past 3 he is because their homes were washed away by floods.

one of them is suliman kava. has already built 2 houses on the island now even the 2nd one is threatened by rising water. most of his belongings he says have already been carried out to sea. i mean. 'd this is where i grew up and i've lived all my life here it's where i built my house. 1st the water washed away the last trees and then i took my house with it when i said i built another house. but the water will soon take that one too. now i have left the island and settled on a larger one that's nearer to the mainland. silliman kava can't afford to resettle the whole family on the mainland immediately his wife still lives on the young guy and his children are with relatives. starting

a new life is expensive most people here live on no more than $0.10 a day. silliman carbonell tries to save some of the money he makes from fishing so one day the rest of his family can join him. now he lives on. but even there he's afraid of flooding the threat of rising sea levels is very real a few years ago a way to spread through the flood. in order to restore the damage seashore the municipality and the government found international partners to finance this large scale project and this time they want to do it better says the mayor. we are worried that if we are to take. this issue. to restoring the free swore to also ensuring that we maintain our greenmount. it could be disastrous for our people or. this new

embankment will be almost 2 kilometers long and one meter taller than the highest tide measured so far. but there is still a long way to go. many islanders don't yet understand the danger of deforestation that tree cover would provide the island's a measure of natural resilience and would slow erosion. still people continue to cut down trees to use as a building material and as a source of energy it may be illegal but they see no alternative. is a fishmonger. if that ferry and she has no other way to preserve the daily can't she smokes the fish in a traditional smoking oven abound the wood often burns for days on end. the last time we had visitors from an organization they promised us

a new drying oven but that was more than 8 months ago and we have not seen them again they haven't come back. now the authorities have started to involve the local population in measures to protect the climates mangroves are being planted. fisherman alpha jello looks in on the young man grow plants nearly every day he says the roots will bind the soil and protect it from being washed away in the rainy season or through these mangrove roots will help the ground become stable again but if we don't plant here the problems will remain here houses will be lost and people will have to migrate again the mangroves and the embankment project give him hope says alpha jell-o. but he knows that a lot more will need to be done to protect the homes and livelihoods of the thousands of people who still live on show bro and the smaller turtle islands.

well let's hope that project. dealing with course. is a very serious. aren't. that. so how can adjust to the situation the mayor. and also. to the. there's only just enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies even though the rainy season just ended. at a town in southern mali. and it wasn't as dry years ago now we can't plant rice anymore if we don't stop chopping down trees soon we

won't have any rain at all. is one of around $3500.00 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of 1000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them. cotton is the most important crop here but growing it takes a lot of water. from. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year round but it's too far away for the farmers and. they have to depend on rainwater. now that rain has become scarce many local farmers have begun selling charcoal. malise dependence on fuel and charcoal is

a major contributor to the forest station. ali funny and his brother might do are both farmers and they also operate a small roadside stand. and you know what you know we're not selling charcoal for fun. we know that climate change is real. i mean what what can we do the land doesn't give us enough to survive on. if we had a choice we'd stop selling charcoal. but things may be changing thanks to the new insights the mayor gained at the workshop. those new ideas have won over a shake mamadou couldn't believe he and his family run a small farm on just 2 hectares of land in recent years their harvests have been too small. recently shaykh mom of 2 started planting different crops now his family

can get by without destroying the forest. the mayor told us that fewer trees mean less rain that's why i decided to stop making charcoal and start planting trees i can live from that. i sell trees for my nursery and i grow eucalyptus trees that i sell for lumber and some of that. he's already sold more than $10000.00 seedlings. conservationism has been taking root in front ever since the mayor launched his environmental campaign. were difference in during the winter when i stand here and see this. and i get the feeling that we're on the right path when it comes to the fight against climate change. part of that fight is helping farmers boost their harvests. at the workshop mayor coulibaly

learned about new drought resistant seeds for maids and millet knows that people will move away if they don't have enough to eat. who can read it when we realize that many people in the area were selling their farms and working in the gold mines because their harvests were too small and that's also a consequence of climate change. something that's. mamadu farm also thought about throwing in the towel and moving away his harvests had declined but thanks to advice from climate change experts he bought new millet seeds from the capital bamako phage just needed a single heavy rain to start growing and that made all the difference and that it would be what you know look i used to only harvest one and

a half tons of militant her head tear at once and with the new seeds i get 3 tons is about right down south and it was. mayor coulibaly knows that his work has just begun he plans to keep raising climate awareness in fun so that coming generations will still be able to live here. it's time to be new farewell from lagos nigeria remember you can always visit our website all social media platforms to find all the latest somebody who africa including reports on how the damage is affecting the environment. take care and seriously i go to sandra thank you nia to our and a big thank you to all of you all of us for joining us today please do continue to look after yourselves stay safe and healthy we hear. you once again next time till then good bye for me. here in kampala uganda.

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