crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues through all of this odes are available on my horse you can share and discuss song w. africa's face for other social media platforms for crime fighters tune in now. i . weld him to global's 3000. drought is a pressing issue across much of india how can fall most irrigate that crops using as little water as possible. christmas time is usually high season in fact we report on a city of pilgrimage without its pilgrims. and a fascinating documentary tells the stories of 7 young activists who want nothing

less than to transform off each of. 'd these 3 might be young but what they've achieved in their lives so far is nothing short of heroic. take gretchen bag her determination to fight the climate crisis has given rise to the biggest global use movement of all time and boy and slot at 16 he decided to tackle plastic pollution the ocean cleanup has attracted worldwide support. and use of sinai whose efforts to secure an education for girls in pakistan won her the nobel peace prize but many children are doing a huge amount as one documentary reveals. is just excuse me would you like to eat this treats yes it's a tell you. thank you. to go there really to kind of i haven't seen my children for a year and a half that's hard. but when i see you it's incredible.

what. you in the mania with your children it's just the way things happened now i'm stuck here. filming this scene was a deeply moving experience for directed to mr though he's only 10 has been distributing food and clothes to homeless people for years. he's deeply admired in the town where he lives. but you're not sure you can carry all the world's pain on your shoulders. i still want to try it's not that hard. yes we can relieve everyone suffering and turn it into happiness. sells pictures he paints himself and uses what he earns to help people who are homeless. his determination to not simply accept things as they are impressed to

dimiss to the documentary filmmaker is currently filming in senegal. his film about children who want to change the world is what he considers his most important project to date example that we showed the film to about a 1000 children in the small town of list and southwestern france and discussed it with him after all. the next day the cinemas owner went for a walk in power he came across several groups of children who were setting up a community kitchen for the homeless and handing out food he asked them what they were up to. the children said they'd seen out in the cinema the day before and wanted to do what he was doing it. was you know. you don't want. to miss her and his camera company children from all over the world who are fighting back in europe asia america and west africa. 12 year old i starting from guinea was outraged when a female classmate was. married off officially child marriages are banned in guinea

yet more than half of the country's brides are minors i start you started a foundation for girls that fights against child marriages. some of them new not all oh we're here today to talk about child marriages you know that are purely to marry a soft because they're. sleeping in 1000 sisters don't give us away don't marry your girls are. why should girls like us have to go through that we have no rights why do we have to suffer under this violent. video games that as soon as i start to hears about a child marriage she goes straight to the police and tries to stop the illegal proceedings this child bride was supposed to marry her cousin who is more than 30 years old she's the 16th girl i start to has been able to rescue. people with children are taking

a huge risk they get pushed around and demonized yet they keep on disrupting child marriage services to prevent them they're very brave. in peru there's now a cooperative eco bank founded by who say it all foam is young clients can bring in plastic waste and paper and in exchange get a credit in their bank accounts one of the things they can do is use their savings to buy school supplies. but that's only to open an account you need 6 kilos of paper and 2 peruvian solus there's also an eco store where you can buy food to school supplies and household goods. my clients who can't afford it can take out a micro credit which they pay back monthly. that means everyone has enough to eat and can continue their schooling even with very little money many thanks. just. to say adolfo i saw 2 and 2 are exceptional young. people who are tackling the

world's injustices. the film portrays them as glowing examples to others showing that it's possible for children to make a difference even if adults sometimes have to help out a bit as well co sales assistant is his father. in law and i don't have to understand that children can do more than just play do homework and tidy up their bedrooms. i want them to take it seriously and that's what i'm fighting for. you know you learn a lot i've learned so much from him. tomorrow belongs to us is a powerful film that encourages not only children but adults to. believe girls are strong very strong and that's right. we shouldn't wait for politicians like i'm going america or emmanuelle markwell to

solve the world's problems like hunger and homelessness. i want my own and all other children to see what the film show is that everyone can do something to solve problems the extremely talented and the less talented. millions of people are doing a little something is what will change the world. not cheerful one still has big plans he wants to build a shelter for the homeless the book myself. the film seems fitting for the time of year christmas the christian festival of benevolence and charity the city of bethlehem figures launch as the birthplace of jesus bethlehem has enjoyed a love save the centuries patient by 11th century crusaders for example ottoman and then british rule and the 2nd intifada in 2002 when israeli troops moved

into the city. bethlehem's residents and no stranger to turmoil in $149.00 the city which is just a few kilometers from jerusalem became part of the west bank. recent years have been more peaceful attracting tourists and pilgrims particularly during the christmas period 29000 so record 3000000 visitors many from poland romania and italy and this year looks set to dazzle too but then came the pan. make . the church of the nativity in bethlehem christians from all over the world usually flock here to celebrate christmas. but not this year. the pandemic has put paid to that. the mood is far from festive it's more melancholy and gloomy for many here no visitors means no income and. this street is

full of wood carving workshops only one is still open the craftsmen create nativity figures and scenes by hand. it's a minor miracle that they have any work at all. and that's thanks to their boss who was determined not to be beaten by the coronavirus crisis. jack he said just come on is a christian he learned the craft of woodworking from his father and grandfather. before cope at 19 he'd always sold the output of his factory and his store next door. but since march his jesus mary joseph and shepherd figures and all of would have been waiting in vain. like countless others in bethlehem jack was sitting at home with nothing to do. he knew he had to come up with some way to support his wife 2 daughters and 22 employees to tell you with this he it was the most thing

in my life i had my life i thought the 1st intifada the 2nd intifada the war against iraq and ok that was the war but at least you can see people walking around tourist free to buy things but this year completely over you can see nobody even walking in the street the church is there and. the church of the nativity is right around the corner from jack. people here are saying it hasn't been so empty since before the crusades. this footage is from 2019 when 3000000 tourists came to bethlehem. visitors often waited in line for hours to enter the grotto of the nativity in the church's crypt. it was built at the spot where jesus is said to have been born. now we have the chapel all to ourselves.

we can relish in the beauty and the tranquility but it also feels sad and lonely. and in the afternoon a funeral procession passes by jacques shah. more than 50 covert related deaths have been registered in bethlehem and thousands of cases bethlehem was the 1st city in the palestinian territories to see an outbreak it's thought the virus was brought here by tourists a strict lockdown was imposed in march the ensuing economic crisis forced jack to get inventive he recently began selling his wooden figures online that was quite an innovation for a rather traditional business and it's brought with it new complications. i stopped to develop mother and idea and with the help of our friends overseas we managed to make some internet webpages like it feel like the whole family has since got involved. on the square in front of the

church there's a big christmas tree just like every year. as if the situation were normal. and. jack's work day is over but his worries aren't. part of the new government that cannot stop war or that people love to look for work look for the land without any income and you know unfortunately we have a very rich but very thorough situation. the orient palace is the biggest hotel in the palestinian territories. during the christmas season it would normally be full of christian pilgrims this year too many rooms were booked long in advance but to no avail. it looks as if time has stood still since march it's extremely tough for the owners. lined up to ruminate and his family had invested millions in expanding the hotel right

before the pandemic erupted but he's not ready to give up hope he knows what great significance bethlehem has and always will have for his fellow christians going to be a confession i know tourists who would give anything to be able to visit the holy land at least once in their lifetime. when i see it on their faces when they arrive at my hotel. happy they are because they can find the fulfillment of their faith in bethlehem. we've been invited to tea with jack's wife tamera and are surprised to see that there is no nativity scene in sight in the house of a woodwork factory owner. she tells us that she doesn't like wood. jack explains that thomas father was also in the woodworking business. commerce says that's exactly why she's had her fill of wood. the wood issue hasn't disrupted

family life. and they intend to weather the disruptions the pandemic has brought about in the hope that tourists en pilgrims will soon be back in their uniform and beloved city of bethlehem. maybe that. was. you're right. and now we had to india for all global ideas. in some parts of the country has become a luxury many farmers we did love to make their fields more often but instead. as little as possible. we headed to a village near the city of wood at poor to find out more. the sun is merciless here rain is scarce. for a long time the northwest indian climate has been hostile to residents. rainfall

here comes in a fairly $750.00 millimeters a year only a 3rd of the precipitation the falls in mumbai further to the. situation was once traumatic for the families living here on their fields says 55 year old farmer how . he lives with his family in the small village of. our crops used to dry out and our family members were constantly worrying about things like the crops needing water how to irrigate the fields and where to get animal feed is any way. things have been transformed now though partly because of hiram godfrey he is what's known here as a john karr the hindi name means someone who knows all about groundwater 20 veejays as their nickname here live in the surrounding villages. godfrey

regularly checks the water levels in the wells and records on the trace of rain. no matter what go guys you are used to feel really strange in front of the other villagers when i 1st started taking the measurements they used to ask me what on earth are you doing. every now and then yogi comes to see her. she works for the marvie project run by a nearby university and poor together with australia's western sydney university the project aims to help people find ways of dealing with the constant water shortage here living on location to be jay's are key participants do they have to be trained up to handle their tasks. they're going to have a new class of medication didn't know so it was a new experience a lot of them that. there are a bunch of them. and learn about things and knowing it was like for 7 days

for a 6 month period but it was a big opportunity for them. b.j. has informed the other villagers about the data they've gathered advising them at meetings like this one. most farmers here used to rely purely on wheat it was a lucrative crop but one which consumed huge amounts of water now they cultivate a variety of crops depending on the market situation on the time of year to do that they divide their fields into individual plots. we take a piece of land and divide it into 4 sections. that we use one part each for wheat mustard a shock of flowers and chickpeas. by doing that we have enough water and we earn more from our crops but i would lend a lot of that. anyone who needs water take some of the precious

ground water from their own well of which there are millions in india. getting people to only take a bare minimum and leave enough for everyone else is a challenge for the project. to the formerly. brave knew they were going there on the run and there were no concern about the one did no wrong and they were just thinking about the site and water they have water but now they are thinking that. if there are that important. worker among them. and then be charged much more water. drip irrigation a kind of micro irrigation and sprinklers are also helping now they mean much less water evaporates or trickles away on use on the fields the new agricultural methods mean farmers here use 70 percent less water. up the

department of soil and water engineering a new die poor scientists constantly monitor the water quality in the region where the bugle john karr's operation. they compare the results from the various pj's in their respective regions once a week the australian project leader links up from western sydney university. he's glad the project has been so well received but adds that there's still a lot to do. the important things we want to do in this project still need to be done they were looking this release. so that it did become reality and also make sure that farmers are genuinely in the process not just. lip service. now another opposite arrived which collates all the data in hindi as well by

special request from the b j. the marvie project was launched 8 years ago in the states of good gerard on raja stop with a planned lifespan of 4 years. it's been extended several times and last year it was decided to broaden its reach to take in another $20000.00 villages across 7 indian states. 2 children 2 continents one giant problem mortar. and have only ever seen a few drops of rain. this year the flood drowned everything. how will climate change affect our health and the health of our children find out more at d w dot com slash water. is too often scarce polluted

difficult to access in nigeria water supply problems can have an impact on basic dignity of the 201000000 people living in nigeria 56 percent only have access to an adequate sanitary facilities and a further 23 percent have no access to toilets at all and have to relieve themselves outdoors gaps in the power supply are a big problem to something as particularly clear in the most impoverished areas of lagos. the reader is a poor neighborhood of lagos an informal settlement with no school or hospital. came days samuel is a widow and lives here with her 4 children before the coronavirus pandemic she was already struggling to cover energy costs for her house and to feed her family it's become even the hardest since lagos went into lockdown. when the coronavirus came everybody had to stay indoors lots of family stuff we only have food handouts from

private organizations and sometimes if you are unlucky the help might not reach you . here women do the cooking. usually over an open wood fire and since this area's not on the grid people use diesel powered generators to get electricity. burning these fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. the authorities had no clear idea about the fuel usage here so they started to gather information. in here are used to ignore the type of images. in lighting and cooking and in not activity. gets i don't use it to fit into our climate action plan to ignore how we. you know. our options. before march before us at the missing levels. see foresee is

a network of almost 100 cities around the world including lagos that promotes climate action this energy usage survey is being carried out under its guidance the team go door to door they've already uncovered the main reasons why solar energy is not used more widely in such informal settlements where people who are not going for these because one day don't have the knowledge about it and finance is actually good. but a local mini power grid is coming to argue a clean bill reka the government wants 10000 solar powered mini crit set up across the country by 2023. and environmental n.g.o.s teaches neighborhood residents how to set up solar panels and how to turn daytime sunlight into nighttime street lamps to make life here safer. and when it is night everywhere

will be getting dark you can see even you can see from here to that these so but where we store all these you can see from here far distance so that the reason why we are doing this in the communities another problem here is put sanitation this is a public toilet the waste goes straight into the river and contaminates the water used for washing and cooking another n.g.o.s called justice and empowerment initiatives recently built this toilet facility which uses a kind of composting system called a buyer for digest to breakdown the waste. artist metallic gani taiwo is contributing to the project. some other do come around sit down. with storms oh my make me so beautiful like this is just been this should be should be from my house. and i said well that's it we help attracted to deter it's a commune nobody. see is interesting on the community about.

the facility cost $1800.00 us dollars to use it you have to pay the equivalent of just under $1.00 cent for all the money goes towards maintenance and cleaning. it goes on. you don't give them to live. and lots of people resist the system and it is to force in this community. so either we're going to like to do more to live because we knew it was about. for $5.00 indiscriminately this is a one we often there are you are now is solid humor draws your limits adoption is. people in the reader also happy about the new solar powered streetlights that are going up. kinda samuel is looking forward to having light during the long evenings she might eventually be able to do away with her diesel generator this would save

her some much needed money well also reducing the area's carbon emissions. and that's all from us a global 3000 this week don't forget to send us your feedback you can write to us that global 3000 at d w dot com and we're on facebook to d.w. global ideas and d w women see you next time take care. of .

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