right. hello and welcome to this 77 percent of the show for africa view on this show and i'm excited to be whole thing by 77 percent for the 1st time. it's so great to have you with us this is what we have for you on today's show. making enough money to spend its hold in corona time that's a real struggle for young africans in germany. we take out a new passion trend in kenya that corona has died. and serves up in sierra leone

where we visit the country in only certain clothes. we kick off our show in ghana in the capital to be precise like many other countries the corona crisis has crippled ghana's economy and it's not just the national economy that's in trouble there are many who rely on their family members abroad to send them money but because these relatives have now lost their jobs they don't have anything to send back home we met a student who lives in a household of 10 people and who now has the find a way to make ends meet without money from abroad. in moments like this bright and his surprise can't afford to not. buy the last couple of months have been hard writes families facing a financial crisis with us parents moved to new york so they could make enough money to support their children in a crown. usually they sent home $500.00 u.s.

dollars a month but right now they can't send anything. that 21 year old student talks to his parents regularly over the phone. rang the last time the sentiment it was in march before they logged on and he's down to money to buy food stuffs if he starts high finish a how to draw all the money from my accounts both my bank account and my name obama in the white leaving only the minimum balance both of his parents were laid off from their jobs when new york went into lockdown put in a huge bedding on bright as the oldest son he is responsible for the rest of the family the lack of money from his parents has hit him hard and many is usually sentimental phone bills to him and he's one of my siblings interest. many gunny enzyme the same tired sports right now according to the world bank last

year gun years living abroad sent home nearly 3 and a half 1000000000 u.s. dollars since his parents stopped working write us how to fall back on the family business the small eatery it is merely run by his and who lives with bright and his siblings but i couldn't have virals as how did the vesting thing impact even on this business. well in my gut feeling and ready for it before corona business was brisk. from morning to evening they could easily be between 90 to 100 customers but since the pandemic hits the business has slowed down now we hardly get 10 customers when we are. brightest in the final year of university studying public administration his siblings are in school and often need to use the internet but it's becoming difficult to afford high detox alongside school and university fees. and need and want to drop out of school.

was a pretty high fees among my siblings. and i was visiting and this is going to be. taken a lot from the proceeds i really hope and pray that. this fundamental the source of their coverage into life. rights from anyone comes together during the time. which we have received from the bonds in. the eat leftovers from the families of the rites mom is particularly missed during these family gatherings remains empty but as much as he misses them bright knows the family needs his mom and dad to stay abroad so they can start sending money again he doesn't know how long the family can keep going like this if it's parents don't resume work some.

so we just heard how difficult it is for some families to get by without remittances from their relatives abroad but let's take a look at the other side of the coin the people who really want to send money back home but right now they just can't because the koran outbreak has affected them too some have lost their jobs and they still have to put food on the table and pay rent our reporter kristen moon met some young africans in the german capital berlin and they talked about the dilemma they are facing every day making ends meet in germany and supporting their loved ones back home let's hear what they had to say. hello everybody the 77 percent is back in berlin and it is a beautiful springs day where i'm standing now there would be people revealing beautiful spring where the but such is the scenario with acronis restrictions that a place like this is closed out but we're having the conversation today about how

coronavirus has impacted our lives as specifically the diaspora community living in germany right now i'm going to start off with my buddy slim slim just how have you been impacted. a personal level house has gone into your life well currently you can hardly find a job and yes i'm not working at the moment this is about people's house will and how those hustles have been killed by covance but i'm going to come over to you eric eric you are a working professional you're in the garden express so just tell us about the situation you find yourself in you still get to do your gardening you still get to earn your pay but talks about the unique position that you find yourself in right now how. many people don't walk by example or my my friends from my homeland where i'm from the whole area is working can support beams cause they're always what i run from this look down. at those rigs it's worse i don't have to focus very well now run from. was teach me something and we have to go

quickly to watch about the situation right right and i just want to focus him right now because erick still able to save money over back home you've not been employed at the point are you still having to has it out for people back home. you know all week we've gone from a commuter society and we have to support our. close members of the family my mom or my home or sisters or regardless of where they're working or knowledge they don't. there's to your need that support and the hard to find a way so this conversation is bringing in that we're about remittances the money that erikson so the money that that seems talk about has been sitting home how important is that and can you give us more insight into that yeah we can 1st of all look at the general picture we have like $48000000000.00 u.s. dollars sent in remittances just to sub-saharan africa alone and $29000.00 so that

is more than official development aid much as foreign direct investment. and on average like a migrant will spend 15 percent of his awnings to send back home and often it supports like 60 percent of the household in africa so you can imagine it's direct it's a very direct economic impact because of the pressure to send the money back home sometimes and i'm very honest about the struggles that you actually go through to send that exact money here and so that will be something i would like to throw in i think that would be nice if there was an opening up of the family discourse. in africa for me is basically what she's saying is they won't believe you even if you thought i mean. i have tried it i've tried it several times i don't believe you think that you are lying to think you are hiding something you think those of you know as that conversation it is happening nobody believes it jim also just bringing back you into the conversation or so this is the position that we find ourselves in

i'm sure it's not unique to to to to eric and to dorothy what do you reckon we should be doing and what should perhaps governments like the german government know about our hustle and the diaspora and how they can help us we have to establish systems well where we can. unify or like the energy to financial incomes and put a little thing aside and this is things that we know actually since since africa there's a lot of systems you know that everybody just just calculated and put a small pot. on the site you know for a community reasons but you know i want to push back on that because you know that's bound to raise issues guys i mean do you really realistically think that that's going to be like that's going to work and you know you're disagreeing so i'm just i mean you i mean is it really going to work as if this mission all of us putting money into one pot and hoping we can all be satisfied with how that money is going to be used i'll tell you the truth when it comes to money friendship goes over people or something sometimes they're looking for their own interests and we

come from different cultures so you're skeptical ok so bring back into exactly this is why we really really really need change of mind you know because in the end it's also it's not deferring from what other societies are doing you know and for other societies is working out they're getting really healthy through this i mean you know just. if we want to get together they're not embassies have to work more. because if you try to reach out to the guy in the embassy the legend and times in him and they don't even know that you are in berlin that's a that's what but she's she i don't know if that was your initial idea jamal she's throwing it back to the officials i see because by the time introducing embassies you're talking government but isn't that going against what he's saying because he's saying as a community are you including the politicians and that of course of course because i mean but we cannot rely on them you mean we can rely on them because they are

government they are people i know this so yeah i know but i mean you're already started it with the missing point you know and i think that i have i don't know i have had a lot of experience. in the embassies in going in and trying to bring things forward but it just took so much time other people. take time to time what i was one of their peers because of the german bureaucratic nature of the way things are done tend to follow the same suit ok so you can imagine if they learned of the job i'm assuming so because you have to wait until you know we do we want to be very interesting to them i want to come back here because here you are you find yourself in this country right you have been in a position where you've worked you've studied going through what you're going through it all trying to get a job all of that. it's easy to go through here or would you prefer to have made been going through this back at home what i see as

a being are saying because of money or going to africa but remember most of the money going home the dark and corrupt systems or it's by the organizations that are from europe so no it's you telling me you're going with the money is going right so it goes back because it comes back you're going to hang out here in germany where the money comes back to what you say in the sense that you are the health care system we have yes this would be way better because you can have. a doctor to have a look at you that doesn't mean that we don't have good doctors or the resources we have right now limited so here we are we having this conversation has been great having you along but what we have learned as a diaspora communities we need to come together because something like the coronavirus happens and like some of the people on the panel today you find yourself in a very precarious position it's been great having your company looking forward to engaging with you on social media we of course the debate continues.

thanks to everyone who joined that lively debate and of course we want to hear your thoughts on this topic so please send us your comments on facebook now the corona crisis is still the big topic in the world and every day we hear reports of death job losses and uncertainty but it's not all bad news some people are using the pandemic to get in touch with their creative side for example have you heard all book orona have file well here it is probably worn by these kenyan girls let's ask file is a fellow i catching but it sparked interest photography dawn will fund and it even inspired him to do an entire photo series let's check it out. don wilson is a photographer from nairobi during the coverage in 1000 pandemic he stumbled upon something. very unique the koran house style since then it has because 5 rich topic

. something but no growth something about normal. one of the only way to bare a president it tumble it took it upon herself to spread awareness about the pandemic through a simple house style with a with a corona has style we would like to tell people to keep distance to wear masks wherever they go and to wash their hands regularly sanitizes to protect themselves not only did it turn by design they has to in the shape of the virus she also use colored for it to represent the car less of the virus itself going to. shadow and. i told my stylist to incorporate the actual coronavirus image in the hairstyle of pink protein so the pink color represents the protein layer the marine is the fatty layer and the zigzag is the crown they are that. you stay in india.

school is in kenya have been closed during the outbreak so a tumble makes sure her doctors understand the meaning behind the has time and the importance of at hearing 2 measures to contact the pandemic i have been less of a group and i like it because it shows that corner is so real so we should take it seriously. marvel hopes to continue her newfound talent as a has time list even after the pandemic is over she is also thankful for don wilson's help in spreading the message of her hairstyle around there in the coronavirus has given me a new talent it has also made me well known i didn't expect that i used to look down on myself but now i'm even on television and i often get phone calls from people asking how the style came about. document in my. hastert has been done wilson's highlight of the year and he hopes

his pictures will give his audience a bit of joy in times of uncertainty. i wonder if that file will work with my hair too all right let's see now head to toe what's one up to the capitol governor on one of the very 1st military pilots in the boats one of defense force captain comet so at fema getting there wasn't always easy for her and now she has made it her mission to inspire other young students to spread their wings and learn how to fly this is her uplifting story. in the life of. a she has played a big role has village near the capsule gabble room was destroyed to accommodate airport expansion but from the ruins but similar went on to conquer the skies is one of its finest 1st military pilots. come back here again. and the moment the times that we spent here with my family

after i get cattle going to school before it part of me that i can just leave behind. a grunt a lot but similar to leave the home instead to meet medics in gaborone she then joined a training program for the 1st female candidates to become military pilots if lanky riya had taken off after serving 10 years in the air force the 35 year olds decided to help the young to achieve their dreams at an airfield near rome she takes lynas only tool her foundation dare to dream exposes young people to the industry. wants this to leave the dream of flying. with you and. i think it means freedom is completeness. sit means that these the low wall out there just so many possibilities of anything in the war. on the airfield we also

need to restore walk away in a one off but seamless fest mentees both met at a military camp where walker when i lived with his parents but see most encouragement go team does pretty swings. to me from a dream. when i finished my high school and i. be caring inspired to be a lot so i kept pushing and she planted me become a pilot today when is one of the youngest commercial pilots. success motivated but sima to leave the military sit up her foundation and help more youngsters journey to dream is based in a vision hub. here that seem a good team train school classes from across puts one at 1st glance skills may seem to have little to do with flying but the focus is on an important element of.

coding and robotics. you will become close didn't interpret and problem solvers that's why you should learn coding that's why we want you guessed then how to code so that we can come up with solutions. today the young boys and girls must build a miniature airplane and program the motor in sensors to go along to run or to normalcy last year or to dream trained over 2000 pupils. they might not be a very huge manufacturing of robotics or. done but we want to prepare this young people for the war so that they can be competitive and be able to work with others around the world who have this opportunity. to captain puts his big plans to one sports want to to win the international legal rubber to challenge with teams of young people across the world compete against each other and your team looks well

on its way to. let's talk sports now what's your favorite sport is it football and that will work out in the gym well in sierra leone the latest popular sport is a 3rd thing the west african country has faced a lot a civil war and a ball up and damage and poverty but nothing can take away the beautiful beaches. with the wife and swaying palm trees and perfect way and the one thing in particular that i like about surfing in sierra leone the girls are riding the waves to. you are a beach a perfect beach for surfing the waves break close to the shore and there are no dangerous currents and the water is warm just 2 hours drive south of sierra leone's capital freetown period beach is especially good for begin a service do you can find sierra leone's. the pier

a beach so. donald alex macaulay is in the water every day as one of the 3 founders of the period beach surf club he knows how good the surfing is for the salt. was morse to get out of the pool when. you can think about north you need to talk to woody's plant and if you have something on your mind set you're not think about it indefinitely because like it's made people choice on the 5 lives but surfer equipment is scarce and expensive in sierra leone. even the wax which gives the surface but to grip on the board is hard to find so the team relies on donations and a good reason to give the boards some extra t.l.c. . but the beach surf club is more than just

a stack of surfboards. to kids. just to get. me off on. more than suffering so if enough an impact in my life i'm soft enough change my whole life. i fess no fun i think nothing more no somebody so this is the way we know molly to get on i can't one of his former self mentees to come on the 22 year old now give surfing the since her self and is the only woman on the team that's when it comes to technical skills. is right up there with her male colleagues. to us so telling the boys docs we are doing what they are doing so is a big challenge to us so we know one there will be this these guys will not compete

with the guys we are. what they are doing we would do something like that at the same time i do skits yeah i want to do at with the what the boys are doing yeah that is my challenge and that is my dream and. many children come to the club straight off to school and since they are not enough surfboards they usually share one. many of the girls to come our teachers concert with me and so dry runs are on the agenda for today. the children idolized to come are. on so be on the list and. you use one thing when i sell my buddy exercise and you live in the make coffee and bang. theory beach is still a hidden gem among the surfing community here let's cut you out to come mara has big plans for herself and for her country. oh we still be like the best one in the

competition so i'll come back in my calling to support my college me i support the kids so how however to send them. to we like to put self in the pool see that he won't and there's something in the mop up in the war. for now though traviata his main goal is showing to the girls that they can surf just as well as the boys. even if it takes a few broken bullets. well i can 3rd but right now i kind of feel like trying it out myself. and that brings us for the end up today's show of thank you for much for joining us remember you can always get in touch with that's you can find me on twitter all you can send me an e-mail at the $77.00 x. d w dot kong as one final trip that we have been to a featuring country boy with their song. which is why i really and it means that you evoke great.

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