this is d.w. news live from berlin a grim new record for germany officials report more than a 1000 coded deaths in a single day the highest number since the pandemic began as the health minister warns that any return to normal life is still a long way away also on the program. britain becomes the 1st country in the world to authorize emergency use of the astra zeneca oxford university in fact same as the battle to think the coronavirus steps up again because. i am something becomes the 1st major country in latin america to legalize abortion

but while pro-choice activists celebrate the landmark decision will it put the traditionally catholic country on a collision course with the church. oh . i'm rebecca races welcome to the program germany is reckoning with its highest daily coronavirus death toll to date for the 1st time since the pandemic began more than 1000 people have died in a single 24 hour period germany had a relatively low death rate of the 1st phase of the pandemic but has seen a steady increase in recent weeks restrictions meant to stem the spread of the virus have been tightened since november a current lockdown due to remain in place until january 10th now looks likely to be extended his german health minister against. making

a little while ago wasn't going to run 61129 deaths this morning alone 1129 families will experience this new year in mourning these numbers show how brutally this virus still strikes the infection and death rates also show that we are still very far away from any kind of normality to it because you. know in this situation i don't see how we can return to pretty locked down mode. for that. as hard as it is this also applies to new year's eve tomorrow it is a necessity that. watches new year's eve expect germany can remember. and. i'm joined now i did have a new political correspondent emanuel shaz ammos stern and some words from the health minister there even as the vaccine is being rolled out across germany what do these numbers tell us about the situation here. well it's simply tells us

as a situation is not true as you mentioned it is the 1st time that that is over. recorded in a single day it is more than $22.00 it has a new infections now headed after a rather cool institute which is monitoring the pandemic here in germany you say southeast could be due to divine love to did you say in reporting those infections over the festive period if it is good just if you just sign. this i don't is the worst fear in the beginning of a 3rd way for early january after to say steve perry has suggested that that's going to say yes i'm saying this is obvious to me that we won't be returning to normal in time soon. everyone looking for something to hang on to as we move into the new year emma is there any room for hope in the near future. well the president of the state of iowa talked about the light at the end of the

solo when referring to do a lot of design it seems so this could be done by it's the only thing is that we don't know how long this series and i planned anything far from being over there's still some tough months ahead i don't doubt there's a process continuing process from people who don't or through their handling of the plant only by the government are from actually factors that being said 2 thirds after and plan to get vaccinated and has missed as you say she was hopeful that the vaccine would be made available to the general public by me 2021 right there to be politically correspondent emma shares thanks very much for that. britain has become the 1st country in the world to authorize the coronavirus vaccine developed by astra zeneca and oxford university it's the 2nd vaccine to receive emergency authorization from the u.k. authorities after the biotech pfizer jab trial data suggest the latest back same is less effective easier to store and transport or 30 say they plan to start rolling

it out within days britain is struggling with a surge in virus cases that's threatening to overwhelm hospitals i'm now joined by john campbell he's an independent health analyst an educator and joins us from carlisle in the north of england dr campbell thanks for joining us this pandemic is hitting your country and so many others very hard at this time how important is this new vaccine. it really is but this new vaccine is the best news we've had in the pandemic it is going to change the situation entirely now in the united kingdom we're going to start a mass rollout of this vaccine from the 4th of january we're going to be vaccinating a 1000000 people a week from that point and that's only going to build up as the logistics and infrastructure develops and as well as that what we're going to do is we're going to give one dose of this vaccine and then wait for 3 months before we give the 2nd dose so that means an awful lot of people are going to start to get

a fairly good level of immunity straightaway without waiting for the 2nd dose and of course it also means we can vaccinate many more people so it really is going to change the situation in the united kingdom and in time in europe. but this this that same this new one oxford astra zeneca vaccine is the 2nd but it was already saved in trials that it's not as effective as the bio on text size of one is it good enough. it certainly is good enough anything over 50 percent is going to be efficacious but we had the managing director of pfizer making a press announcement just a few days ago saying the efficacy of this would just be as good as the pfizer in the middle of oxy now we don't have the scientific data or not yet but it's looking very promising and the key seems to be in the gap between the 2 doses so giving a longer gap between the 1st in the 2nd dose seems to increase the efficacy so a lower we have efficacy figures of like 62 percent 70 percent up to 90 percent depending on the dosing regime what he says is were found the right formula and we

should be up there with the others so we are expecting high levels of africa state so yes it is good enough and we believe this vaccine is safe as well that certainly sounds promising john carroll independent health analyst thank you. thank you. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines this hour the post breaks a trade deal reached between the european union and united kingdom has been formally ratified by the e.u. use top officials in brussels the 1200 page agreement is being flown to london for prime minister boris johnson to sign ahead of the u.k.'s complete departure from the block at this night on thursday. at least 5 people are reported dead and dozens more injured in a huge explosion at yemen's adan airport the blast happened shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed unity government touched down on its return from saudi arabia none of the government delegation is thought to be among the dead. rescuers have worked through the night looking for survivors of

a major earthquake in central croatia it was the 2nd quake in 2 days to hit the region about 50 kilometers southeast of zagreb they 7 people are known to have died and thousands have been left without shelter. in bosnia hundreds of migrants have been bused to new temporary accommodation after spending 5 days without hate and proper shelter the migrants were left in freezing and squalid conditions after a fire destroyed the labor camp in northwest in the north west almost a week ago a groups had been calling the bosnian government to re house the miners and made it lee warning they could freeze to death. for hundreds of refugees these buses are of ray of hope they were here to take them out of the leaper refugee camp in the bosnian highlands it is an inhumane place food supplies are low and there is no electricity no water no heating no for money.

probably a problem yeah hungry one big. one day shortly before christmas parts of the camp went up in flames international aid organizations want it closed given the dire situation here this winter especially since there's an empty factory building in the nearby city of be harsh that could house the refugees. you are talking about a pure political blockage of having 2000 people having a center very close by those warm fully equipped where the u.s. invested money and it is still being used but the city of be hard refuses to open it up for the refugees will swing 1st we need to take care of our own citizens then the refugees this is not our problem source welcome to all of. this stranded refugees desperately want to get to the. you the situation is critical the next dip

in temperatures could be fatal for them some have now been taken to empty barracks near the capital of sarajevo but for the hundreds left behind there's still no solution in sight. and i talked to peter vanda from the international organization for migration he joins us from sarajevo thanks for joining us it's been a week since the late the camp was shut down where are the people from the camp what kind of conditions are they facing now well we have to groups we have the 1st group of about 900 people that as you pointed out spend the night in buses or in a state operation to relocate to 2 but in a new location near college also whole to do 2 local protests and then we have hearing aids are of 500 people who have joined orders in schools buildings and makeshift camps in forests around b.s. in village or closure to towns close through. we still have no solution for the

people that are starting to be sitting uscis to him and then this refugee council has been providing humanitarian assistance to these people during the night or day and no shortage of food food in the water but obviously diskin will continue we cannot keep people in buses for it being the situation as look politically as it was yesterday when your questions halt on that and what role is the e.u. taking in the situation. well the european union has made a lot of efforts to bring the different actors in both units across not to get it or to find a consensus as to where these markets accommodate the e.u. also is providing all the funding for the centers that are stupid existence but of course at the end of day you can bring people together you can try to exert political pressure or convince people to eat the forest but it's the local politicians that they need to come together and decide where at least michael it's

coming to the house that it's only a local decision that can bring. at this point in time all right paid a vanda of from ireland thanks very much. thank you for having me. argentina's senate has voted to legalize abortion in a landmark bill that could have repercussions across latin america or is the largest country in the region to make abortion illegal but the catholic church plays a dominant role there and the issue has polarized society but they're nervous yet full of hope after decades of campaigning and setbacks these women anxiously await news from the argentinean senate. i. after 12 hours of debate lawmakers approve a bill that will legalize abortion in argentina up to the 14th week of pregnancy. we have as you know very excited it is a historic day there's nothing more to say it is

a right and we're going for more this is just begun. there must be i must go now too excited i can't believe it i swear it's crazy. but. it's a victory for the women's rights movement just 2 years after lawmakers rejected a similar bill. until now abortions were only permitted in cases of rape or when the mother's health was at risk leading many women to seek out dangerous illegal terminations. president alberto fernandez had made reintroducing them or one of his campaign promises gifting the pro-choice movement precious momentum. that this is the 9th time a bill to legalize abortion was presented in congress over the past 15 years so it's an issue that's been on the agenda for many many years and that in the most

recent years since 2018 i would say has taken a lot of attention the anti abortion campaign hopes that argentina would keep restrictions on abortion like most of its neighbors the continent. some of the most restrictive laws in the world the catholic church remains highly influential and opposed to move. francis who is from argentina urged against passing the bill saying that every al cost is a child of god you. outside the senate activists celebrated their victory but stressed that the fought for women's rights is far from over. here watching data over the news a quick reminder you can always get data any news on the go just download our app from google play all from the app store and give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and if you're part of a news story you can also use the data you have to send us photos and videos of

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would like any information on the chrono laroche or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your pod cast you can also find us and. science. to me. it's a deal it's 7 years in the making and today could be the day the e.u. and china announce a breakthrough for their massive investment pact we go to brussels to find out more about the deal and its implications for europe also coming up the thinking of switching crops to something more profitable chinese follows on branching out to make a big of bach and its own legal. and it took a deadly explosion in the port of beirut to reveal the poisonous liquid stored

there now a german company helps clearing out the chemicals. welcome to do that new business i want to jones and good to have you with us it will take months to be finalized and fully ratified but the new e.u. china deal which is expected to be signed today is certainly a landmark deal it will remove barriers to e.u. investments in china for key sectors but critics say it's rushed and it reduces europe's leverage on dealing with china. after 7 years of wrangling the e.u. is set in can investment agreement with beijing that it insists will guarantee a level playing field for european companies operating in china blocks top trading partner. the investment agreement a passion project of german chancellor angela merkel is framed as a victory of financial rallies politic over political concerns especially china's human rights record. but critics say the deal is rushed and weakens the e.u.'s

political power beijing recently imposed hefty tariffs on australian goods after camera made political criticisms despite the 2 countries having a free trade deal i think there's been a very clear lesson this year and i was really intrigued by china iron economic concern china comes costs and i think it would be far better in the long the world to unite our common and you know 5 issues on dealing with china and response to the nominee really i think has missed an opportunity to work was its allies here together better longer term us china. members like france were worried about shinji on weaker is being used as forced labor in response china has reportedly agreed to step up efforts to meet the international labor organizations rules. also there are fears the deal could alienate us president elect joe biden who has expressed concern about the e.u.'s overtures to china so soon before he takes office plans

what comes next and for more let's bring in now is a research fellow in from the center for russia europe asia studies in brussels good to have you with us so so many hiccups we just learned about in this report. in the final stretch certainly china's handling of the man already again in focus its failure to comply with existing treaties like the one with australia so from an evil spec to why this rationale. that's a great question it is 7 years in the making and we saw last year with one used visit to brussels in december he said we are developing economy it will be very difficult to make this agreement so in one year we've seen that statement stretch all the way to the finish line which will be today why is this happening now will angela merkel has made this her signature goal to get this push through during her e.u. rotating presidency which concludes tomorrow so this is her final chance to get this through and as you noted in your program that there are the optics on this are

really bad because we've seen a year with physician uncovered 19. tensions in the south china sea troubles on the indian border you noted problems with australia not china keeping their agreements and it almost feels like a reward to beijing for their bad behavior last week we saw a german and that's or to the un was leaving and the chinese said good riddance so it doesn't seem that there is anything that china can do that will upset anyone this deal seems so important that nothing seem to sideline it why why is it so important i mean what are those huge perks that make all of that worthwhile. i think there's a lot of smoke here when we finally see the real deal we might be far more disappointed than we were with sexually been promised china has everything they want in europe europe is open for investment but the europeans have been the demand or they've been asking for more market access in china and clearly after covering

$1000.00 posts economic landscape it would be that people are worried about growth so the 3 major issues they want are. equal playing a level playing field let stopping for signal to transfer and also this idea of investment guarantees but that's not what the europeans got they didn't get the investment guarantees that they wanted it is called the comprehensive agreement on investment and that's one of the key ask that the europeans do get the other issue that was made clear by the european parliament was that they would block this because of the forced labor issues in regard to sion jug and weekers and the language is so weak in the agreement it's very easy for anyone to for beijing to get out of it because the international able organization china has agreed to kind of work towards this goal but there are no snap backs there are no ways to enforce any of these mechanisms to his a fallen there from the center for russia europe asia studies in the brussels thank

you so much for sharing your insights with us thank you. well european stocks edged higher today after britain approved a covert 1000 vaccine developer astra zeneca and oxford university shares in a stress anika 1.3 percent after jumping straight point 3 percent earlier in anticipation of the news most markets though in the region are subdued to duties in volumes in a holiday shortened week the german dax trading flat after reaching record highs. i think cannabis used to be a bad rap as an illegal or it used to have a bad reputation as an illegal narcotic recently though its reputation has been revived and a growing number of countries are legalizing the drug for recreation or medicinal use the same goes for china where cannabis derived products are becoming popular

while the state is granting licenses to farmers of the crop joe chung young lives in a village in china's south western union province he's among the 1st crop of the country's new cannabis farmers. you know what you do all of i planted 20 had tears in the 1st year but we gradually expanded today i plant 40 hackberry as of cannabis it brings in a lot more money than other crops. farmer shows business is entirely legal as long as he uses the seeds he receives from the government which contain very little of the psychoactive substances t.h.c. and he may only sell it to a licensed company michael one has invested in this type of business he's one of china's cannabis pioneers. people still can see their canopies this i'm a truck industry so you know my family and even those legal in here and they promise

some priest do not get involved with chuck business. michael huang's business is fully supervised by narcotics regulators he supplies the seeds to the farmers and buys their crops then he extracts the canopy dial from the plants we had for his factory but while we're on our way the pony sent him a message he's not allowed to bring foreigners to his factory so far china and our governments do you want to want this in the tree to grow slowly and don't get too much attention from around the world i think. that is the one. there is a police station right at the entrance of his factory. the officers monitor how much rama tiriel his factory receives and how much can a big dial extract leaves. extract in canada dial is the trickiest step in the production chain a small amount of t.h.c. build up the police have installed cameras in the plant to ensure that the t.h.c.

is destroyed. i will regulate your body understand that i'm the stand the function of canopies and we also want to support the industry so at you until we get this supervisory procedure i mean why we have a really good relationship michael who mainly produces for export but chinese consumers are starting to discover cannabidiol products one she cosmetics is one of the firms entering the market they produce skin creams lotions and facial masks which contain the anti inflammatory and soothing and creating it. it probably remember those images a major explosion in beirut harbor last summer a destroyed large parts of the city at least $190.00 people died more than 6 and a half 1000 were injured sadly it was a disaster waiting to happen corrupt officials have allowed highly poisonous

liquids to be stored in ross to contain us at the harbor for decades while now the chemicals are said to be removed and that with the help of the german company. there's a dangerous surprise in every container some of them have been stored at beirut harbor for up to 20 years there's no paperwork and no one knows who they belong to let alone what's inside the contents are jumping out now forming noxious puddles the german company can't be left is now working to clean up the harbors toxic legacy. with very very important for us that we have an overview of all and to make test of the different kind of substances because it's not completely labeled everything so if you mix some things in there could be that with a blast. sulphuric and hydrochloric acid acetone and now banned pesticide methyl bromide are just some of the chemicals they found here the bay report authority wants to get rid of the containers as quickly as possible but it's not easy. to

structurally they cannot sustain their lot inside the containers and the containers falling apart we cannot leave that we cannot transport them. all in all there are 52 toxic containers here. in a cordoned off area of the port the dangerous liquids are pumped into special tanks which are then shipped to germany for recycling. it's a costly process which the lebanese port can't afford but an association of lebanese and german businessmen brokered a deal. we tried to squeeze through remarks in rome. 3000000 euro. which is was city born $6000000.00 this was the lowest we could do. and

systems of mr bus. casey who is the president of the. board. he said look. for a door 1000000. copy lift is paying the initial cost itself while the port authority tries to secure a grant from the european union to stump up the remaining $1600000.00 but to rid the poor of dangerous and destructive chemicals that's a price worth paying. now with the new year's eve approaching pandemic weary folks are treating themselves to a bit of luxury to celebrate and he wants a white caviar perhaps austrian fish farmers are expecting big sales of precious white caviar from the rare sturgeon retailer manes strong even though many restaurants are shot each fish yields just 600 grams and roe are worth $8000.00

euros that's 3 times the price of black caviar caviar is the world's most expensive food worldwide yield is just $450.00 times. and as you business our day here on the w. this hour for me in the team thanks for watching stay healthy. mean animal living together and unspoiled nature nelson only reindeer cofounded national the only african wildlife conservation center run by the mass my community but since the coronavirus pandemic they have faced many more challenges than usual need a paradigm shift. scene the conservation movement to find out. alternatives eco africa. next.

what secrets lie behind. the new discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore fascinating character sites of the. v.w. world heritage 360 you get here now. a little bit. a little. taking for your own hands for yourself on the environment that's all from the great success especially during this difficult times and today's edition of the who africa we will introduce you to a lot of different people who are doing just that with various initiatives to help the end bob welcome to the show i'm now outside we're coming to you from lagos and i'll be saying

a big hello to my colleagues around. hello sound. thank you need a one welcome for me sundra tino video here in kampala uganda you are absolutely right near to on the topic we'll meet the must in kenya diverse in egypt and so much more here's what you can look forward to in the next half an hour. we show you the potential for one big data to protect the environment. you also learn about how designers and spain are recycling old material into cheaper fashion. advice husks a used to grow delicious mushrooms in ghana. but must we. overlook a no then does it where the effects of climate change are increasingly not civil in the area around coral khan the so it is dusty it is getting harder for farmers to

cultivate the alarmed average rainfall throughout the year has gone down water has become a luxury fuel on the fuel pharmacy and have a sufficient amount of this precious resource as they are forced to use water more effectively the people in this area aren't getting creative. and. it takes a lot of water to irrigate his olive groves and vegetables so choosy and farm machinery heavy has 3 systems to collect rainwater. he owns 90 hectares of land which is a lot for the cairo one region. and you can pump 6 liters per 2nd down to the fields and some of the system runs for 16 to 17 hours a day we use less water in the cooler winter months receive the still enough rain and with our well we always have enough water. in this way. not everyone's

situation is comfortable. just 10 kilometers away beyond these mountains life is much harder. most families have to walk several kilometers to get to the nearest water source 'd 'd to cover their daily needs they might have to make a number of trips back and forth. for jobs like to do requires 250 liters of water every day just for his animals and his fields. he needs an additional 40 liters for himself his wife and the 3 children. and it's been more than most it's really tough for the people who live in this region it takes everyone so much time to fetch water retired our children can carry on doing this every day it's a burden on the entire region. we still have no running water at home it affects

our quality of life it's so hard we're all trying to find solutions and ahead of. systems that collect rainwater could offer the people has some relief. and now hundreds of being built with the help of a german development agency. until now a large part of the rain what's ahead what's going on you just. catch the rain water that runs off the houses and it can be used as drinking water for irrigation to. the farmers can use it to grow our mons all over and rosemary which don't require that much water. this year the agency also advises farmers and has set up what it calls water forums constructive strategies are developed and farmers can discuss which plants they

could that would use less water. we have a really unusual situation in the region we're in now. basically no ground water left because too much of it has been used up over the years. so the farmers are now having to resort to stored water. getting water to store is also a problem. it hasn't rained much in the past 4 years farmers get their water from this impoundment dam it supplies more than half a 1000000 people and. it has water levels decline it's being pumped further and further across the country. and that has a direct impact on the people who live here. pressure is mounting even on the farmers he didn't think they have to worry about that water

supply. in some places water is actually being stolen. there are an estimated 20000 illegal wells in china. why raising awareness of the problem is so important. if nothing changes farmers and that animals will no longer be able to survive in these mountains. and then the region might soon become uninhabited. using our resources wisely will be the growth. in the coming decades in fact the. change of direction in many areas including textile production and up cycling is the new buzzword one clothing design in the spine is. everything he can get his hands on from all plastic bottles. on the label his motivation there is no plot it

be. transformed into cruelty jackets plastic bottles become backpacks just 2 of the items made by the label. sneakers and jackets almost everything in this madrid shop is made from recycled materials. founder is how. we got the idea for the label in 2009. initial motivation was the frustration with the amount of waste we're creating in the world i believe the most sustainable think too was not to keep on using natural resources so recycling could be a solution if we were to make a new generation of recycled products with the same color. and if that is the best . that we could demonstrate there's no need to keep the independent but to get at all but we can transform what other people call waste into polymer yarn fabrics and

products. these flip flops are made of old car tires they are 100 percent recycled and don't even need glue the labels reveal what goes into these products. all disabled we try always to put in the in our garments the labels this one says that we need 235 grams of discarded fishing nets to make one yards of fabric. going to chains hoping to raise awareness of environmental issues and at the same time create fashion that looks good. journalist brenda chavez reports on sustainability and observes the trend. because it's starting to catch on but it didn't really pick up speed until the annual figures for textile waste became more common. now the industry is beginning to react to the problem that we're having with plastic. and al. says it's recycled over $330.00 tons of waste taken. the label cooperates with spanish fishermen. take on the ways from the sea

for the fashion house. old fishing nets and plastic bottles are processed to make polymer yarn that goes into the fabrics used to make new clothes. the label wants to make an environmentally conscious lifestyle part of its image its slogan because there is no plan it be. a. part of a whole lifestyle if the whole 0 waste movement is growing and people want to produce less waste and have less impact on the environment. than i am going by. a fashion trend or the future of clothing. how are you going to choose continuing news experiments with cycling and hopes his idea will catch on in more mediterranean countries. now and they're awesome very different plastic pieces in

that report and it's hard to believe that most of them are made from old classics some months some of them like this but as i've already seen plastic waste in the sea is especially helpful for walmart of marine life including coral reefs in egypt over $300.00 professional die of us took advantage of a corner virus lucked out to clean up the popular tourist resorts the team spent about 3 days above and below the water he has a 3 x. doing your bit civil. egypt's red sea coast is blessed with one of the world's most stunning coral reefs it's a hot spot for divers and tourists. but plastic and other trash endangered the sensitive underwater ecosystem. to counteract this egypt's chamber of diving and water sports initiated underwater cleanups during the cove at 19 lock down.

a whale and divers from sharm el sheikh. saw it as an opportunity to clean the sea a chance to get rid of the trash and do something good while they had time on our hands we want. more than 350 professional divers were eager to volunteer. divers in the hub removed plastic film and other debris that could suffer kate the coral. in her got a decade's worth of garbage were removed from the marina and taken to local waste disposal companies for sorting. many resorts in egypt reopened in mid july but from now on. some of the diving will be devoted to keeping the coral reefs clean. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our websites

oh send us a tweet hash tag doing your best. we share your story. is tourism a curse or a blessing this is a question that comes up in many tourists hot spots in kenya over here is divided among the messiah population they are about 3000000 a science or 2 i many of them live from tourism as rangers gods or tall god i guess near to when the coronavirus put an end to tourism it also put an end to this source of income members of the not. obvious in kenya are thinking of new ways to weather the storm together they'll do what ever it takes so that they preserve the environment aren't way of life. these women are sifting through the river of the national icon someone see located right next to canyons

famous mossimo national park this tributary flows into the mary. nelson only real initiative the cleanup he pays the women from the nearby villages $5.00 a day for their work. this is the most important watershed in this part of the mara the local community relies on this water for there are usage for cooking cleaning and even also the livestock and our wildlife unfortunately the revised heavily polluted because of the activities of our. own areas upstream are there tourist comes all the way to that only really and his wife were both born in this area because founded national i can suffer see run by be local mass a community unlike in other natural resolves white life people in lifestyle quickly steer. national life itself is

a very important corridor allowing wildlife to migrate especially. elephants we normally access this area for by thing and also. they grow migration passes through these corridors although where to the other consequences. these area has always belonged to the local community but with growing communities and 1st land the wildlife was violently shing to create the conservancy 4 years ago the community members pulled down their fences and 2 years later the wildlife returned. the biggest problem facing wildlife today in kenya is what actually porting as people might actually think of it it is the lack of space and that space is with communities so communities have

to be at the center of conservation the members of the conservancy largely rely on funding from donors and only a 5th of its income is generated by tourism but this year they called on a pandemic has devastated the region's economy without the 2 areas that visit the mara each year many only rely on their livestock as they lost their jobs us ranges in hotels or triggers on the local markets 1. everything has become difficult getting food is a problem there are diseases all around us just locked down at home and conti the village of about. through crowd funding the national a team has been able to provide food aid to the villages it's a lifeline for now it could take a long time before tourists will start coming back by their visit they help to protect kenyans wildlife but conservation is.