biala guest. managed by for. this is g.w. news live from berlin an outpouring of sadness and anger people defy a ban on gathering to mourn a woman murdered while walking home in london and a call for more safety for women in public places. more locked down for large parts of italy after surging infection rates one of europe's hardest hit countries reintroduces 1st directions and borders legal football defending champions byron

munich showed they're still the team to beat they travel to bremen on saturday and easily took down the home team coming away with a 31 victory. a 1000000 books welcome to the program the kidnapping and murder of a woman in london and the arrest of a police officer suspected of committing those crimes have shaken the u.k. with sadness and anger women there and around the world are speaking out about the dangers they face in public places that should be safe for everyone but all too often are not especially for women. remembering serious effort into finance of combat restrictions more news gathered in south london to demand more protections for women. and to make sure sarah gets justice

this was a 33 year old's neighborhood she vanished on march 3rd heading home from a friend's apartment but then a gruesome discovery sarah's body was found in this wooded area in kent dental records confirm it was her the suspect in the kidnapping and murder is an officer for london's metropolitan police force 48 year old wayne cousins had his 1st appearance in court on saturday he only spoke to confirm his identity investigators say his main job was to patrol diplomatic buildings and scotland yard and that he was not on duty at the time of sarah's disappearance. the crime has brought international attention to the abuses women face at the hands of men and women walking alone at night no the fear sarah must have felt. so mourners have come to find police for sarah and for themselves.

to have your correspondent. spoke to me from back gathering in south london not long ago i began by asking her about the polish ban on the vigil. there that's right it was hoped until a little earlier today that this event would be able to go ahead with police approval but it was ultimately decided that a gathering like this would be in violation of her in a virus restrictions that is still in place here in the u.k. the organizers instead decided to hold an online vigil for several they've also open eyes that is a short time from now people will hold doorstep tribute for sara the light candles and lights and step out onto that doorsteps as a mark of respect that hasn't stopped though hundreds of people turning out for this vigil none the less there has been tweets on social media from people saying that they were going to take part as saying that there was a degree of irony. with indian told to stay indoors when in fact they want to come

out here today to show that they are defiant and as we're hearing in so many chants this evening that they are saving the streets they're reclaiming the streets. and what exactly is the dominant emotion there with people that you're speaking to have decided to come out in one way shape or another. well as i'm sure you can imagine there is a lot of up say here this is a case that so many women can relate to in a way really struck a chord with people here in the u.k. this tragic death of sarah ever a bit alongside the sadness the emotion there's also a lot of anger we've been speaking to people here this evening when this evening who say that this is something that they've been encountering for decades one woman said that she says she's here for her children she said she felt that as she walked the streets at night as a young woman until today that she felt unsafe she said enough is enough. one of

the kind of concrete actions that people there people of these vigils want to see happen to make it safer for women not only in london they're really everywhere. right well as you say this is now become a global conversation and what we're hearing from a lot of people is that men need to start thinking about their actions in order to help women feel safe on the streets for example there's been conversations online about how men can step on to the other side of the street if they encounter a woman who's on her own just to show that just to ensure that they don't say she doesn't feel intimidated by their presence so what this is really done is sparks of real conversation not just about about how men act to show to show respect for women who clearly as we're hearing from so many women as part of this debate feel a real fear when they're out on the streets walking on their right to have your correspondence how much are some tell there for us in london thanks very much for

bringing that. let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world. several police officers were wounded in the belgian city of years after violence broke out during a black lives matter march police say they were attacked by groups of youths in different parts of the city center and businesses were vandalized and looted reinforcements have been deployed to the city. demonstrators in me and mars the largest city young gone have held a candlelight rally for the victims of the military crackdown their local media say at least 11 protesters have been killed by security forces since friday night that brings the number of dead to more than 80 since the army seized power last month. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a powerful car bomb in western afghanistan the blast targeted a police station in the city of herat the government blamed the taliban but a spokesman for the group denied responsibility. shocking images of overwhelmed

italian hospitals went around the world a year ago signaling the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic here in europe now a 3rd wave may be coming in countries like italy still struggle to stem infection rates as a result the government there has announced another widespread lockdown hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's tragic death toll. many italians want to make the most of the good with their own sense of i and the last weekend before the new lockdown comes into effect. as of monday schools restaurants and businesses in many regions will be closed. and the lockdown should have come early we always whiten to the last minute and they will all completely locked in. i could never have imagined in march last year that a year later everything would have to close down again. earlier this week it's at least coronavirus related death toll topped more than 100000 the so cold 3rd wave

is well underway officials registered nearly 27000 new infections on friday alone the highest daily tally since the end of november and authorities are concerned about the rapid increase in intensive care patients in many regions prime minister mario draghi warned of the worsening situation. he was the chief of these figures demond that we proceed with caution to limit the number of deaths and to prevent the health system from being completely overwhelmed. a lot depends on the country's vaccination campaign but only about 80 percent of the population have received their 1st dollars many italians were hoping to see a relatively normal at least it seems inviting the country's lockdown will run through the holiday period. the european union's relationship with vaccine maker astra zeneca has hit another bump the british swedish pharmaceutical giant says it

once again won't meet delivery commitments for its covert 19 shot astra zeneca is blaming the shortfall on production problems and export restrictions the news comes as some countries have halted vaccinations due to blood clotting fears although the e.u. is medicines agency says there is so far no evidence to suggest the vaccine causes them overall the e.u. is facing criticism for its handling of vaccine contracts to get enough supply to its 27 member states. get more on all that with our brussels correspondent max than there max the hope that this vaccination program would be a boost for unity across the block but instead it's led to divisions and criticism so just what are the political consequences of a vaccination rollout that appears slow and uneven. well william the vaccination rollout here in the u.s. going quite slow and this is naturally leading to some tensions here across the

block which is what is causing concerns right now at this moment is claims by austrian chances of us in quotes that that scene is destroyed distributed unequally and namely because of side deals now the e.u. distribution mechanism says all $27.00 member states by vaccine together and then it's distributed across the block per capita coots know as claiming that denmark and the netherlands have acquired additional doses inside deals which would give them an unfair and unsolved and unfair advantage over other e.u. countries in fighting the pandemic though the e.u. contracts say that countries can renounce their share of fact scenes and others are then allowed to acquire those doses so this is not a question of this being illegal or not illegal or going against the context it's a matter of solidarity and this gives you an example for what the situation is now at the moment with additional tensions at a time where vaccinations or vaccines are desperately needed so that's tension

within the e.u. there's also tension more internationally a transatlantic aspect and you know the u.s. is holding on to millions of unused astra zeneca vaccine that it could in effect donate to the e.u. at a time that president joe biden is talking about renewed relations with the e.u. and yet it's not doing that so how is the u.s. response to this development. that's right the u.s. vaccination campaign is very fast compared to what's what's happening here in the year right now quite successful so now actually the e.u. is i'm very close to what's happening in the u.s. and it's a big question right now whether or not the e.u. can expect any support from the u.s. at the moment the u.s. is sitting on 30000000 doses of astra zeneca that has not been approved yet in the u.s. has been approved in the u.n. is desperately needed here at the moment but the white house made clear that that brussels or the entire e.u. the entire block cannot expect that any of these vaccines that anytime soon this is also raising concerns regarding another vaccine the johnson and johnson vaccine

which is was be approved 2 days ago here in brussels or here and here in the u. and was is being produced in the u.s. well but the finishing steps take place in the u.s. and now there are concerns questions will these vaccines once they do the the finishing and filling process in the u.s. make their way back to the e.u. that's max and are there our correspondent in brussels and let's turn now to other developments in the pandemic hong kong has ordered compulsory coronavirus testing at several law firms and banks in the city's financial district that's after a new cluster of infections was linked to a gym used by their staff jordan's health minister has resigned after a hospital ran out of oxygen supplies leading to deaths of at least 7 coronavirus patients and the us has recorded as highly daily number of air passengers in over a year 1300000 people took to the skies on friday. in the bonus league

munich have been in ominous form since their surprise last. february champions have rattled and 13 goals in 3 games since then and their payment or the latest to suffer at their hands on match day $25.00. byron lost to frankfurt just 3 short weeks ago but the notion that the champions are vulnerable now seems quint indeed. and dortmund have felt their wrath since then it was blame and turn the hosts just 22 minutes before. in front. of 30 minutes later it was. delightful piece of control the winger to find. arrived after the break. the 2nd of the season moves closer to the legendary record of 40 in a single campaign this was a poacher's of which miller himself with the. name

is nicholas through a little sheet off the school line 4 minutes from i. was the move into the final straight of the title race. and let's take a look at those results from mast a 25 so far dortmund defeated. there's byron's win against bremen demolished last place shall. beat cologne and mine start. on friday came out on top of a mention. the hosts proved too strong for 231 under seal the victory with the best of the goals in the 89th minute. safe from relegation while are without a bundesliga win since january. and still 3 more games

coming up on sunday 1st we've got battling bielefeld facing and stuttgart taking on often. watching u.w. news live from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age don't forget you can always get the latest news information from our website w dot com and follow us on instagram and twitter at u.w. news i'm way include crafter berlin thanks so much for watching. my 1st by saying the sewing machine. where i come from women are almost by this notion for. something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my home and it took me years to going to. finally they gave up and

went on buying young guys like this and returned because sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for girls than writing advice and knowledge i wanted to meet those women back home who are bones by their duties and social norms and inform them about deadbeats and rights my name is the about of people and they wore them. can artificial intelligence create art on par with monsters like rembrandt and can we even consider at this genuine art in this episode we'll show you ai generated artworks and the software used to make them artificial intelligence be creative our topic today on shift.

artificial intelligence has become so at the bounds it can even be used to transform paintings into animations or sketches into photo realistic portraits but can i. systems become artists and all right with genuine creativity here's what robots afia things i am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day an ambitious goal for a robot and maybe not all that and realistic after also fears robel peer altered 3 are ready orchestras 'd. and humanoid robot is turning heads in the art world. well robots soon replace human artists the british team behind it wants us to think hard about these technologies ethical implications is certainly not going to be putting anybody out of any job because just like other technologies a come into place like the camera they were it the 85th is that the camera was going to take

a little they didn't. has camera eyes that record her surroundings the rhythms then process this information and forward it to her robotic arm which then sketches portraits the robot combines human interaction with machine learning the so-called human in the loop approach to make art the outlook is very creative one of the astonishing things about. the i'll go with make nature of it means that we actually don't know what the output is going to be we don't know what the dog is going to look like and it generally has a surprising value which it when you see in the world a study by computer scientist. found that when it comes to abstract art we struggle to discern whether a piece is human or machine may. arise musically so when folks who are prime human cannot go we're going to use was done by a human. for example this is human made this piece is a yard created by ahmed held gamez created adversarial network or i can this runs

to neuronal networks judge discriminator module that decides when the outcome is novel but still is that a good pleasing to us and a creator generator module that makes the piece. called this. a political question i personally don't think would be machines need but so is. human creation if you think of the whole concept of grabbing the machine to do that that's. who then should we credit for machine made artworks the ai system programmers or master painters like picasso rembrandt and van gogh. whose artworks were used to train the systems and beyond authorship there's the question of money . art by the robot ada has been sold for over 1000000 euros. and 28 team and ai generated portrait of the made up gentleman edmund development

sold at christie's for around 380000 euros the algorithm had been trained with portrait paintings. the french collective obvious supplied a fictitious develop me family tree. golden frames and signed the painting with the algorithm and received all the money. if you would like to buy a i generated arguer sell the art ai gallery platform has plenty of moderately priced originals and algorithms supply new ai artworks every day the platform creators want to democratize this new art form all of this raises questions such as what makes art art how much should it cost and what does it take for an artwork to move us. critics say algorithmic art is just a marketing ploy designed to make money they say creativity can only come from the human mind but others argue that ai can help us expand our imagination we asked yet

for his view he has the center for humans and machines at berlin's max planck institute for human development. to believe it's really up to you like to determine whether this is creative genius or cheating but i do think that a new kind of artist is emerging who understands this kind of and you'll meet you and he's able to wield it in creative ways one painter who does just this is roman lipski he uses an algorithmic assistant to enhance his creative output. and the muse is an. rhythm it's a program that serves me in generating new variations on my own art cools. the muse helps some artist develop his painting. lipski teamed up with data scientist flo young domata who wrote the program for the painter that

analyzes his technique color use and composition. it suggests new pictures based on that information. and it is let's just not sure result in that liam matrix of numbers so you can think of the muse as a very clever number generator because it can determine the color values of images in such a way that something novel and exciting is created. 14 years old doesn't candles i'm for the heart of the muse is a pretty trained neural network that was originally developed to distinguish cats from dogs and recognize different objects on pictures a few years ago researchers discovered that such a pre-trained neural network can be used to extract certain features such as brightness colors shapes and even style from images. all spit on so extra lipski always wanted to paint abstract pictures it wasn't until he worked with

program that he was happy with his output he says his paintings have become more colorful expressive and bold also thanks to the computer generated images you couldn't get the movie that i'm in a kind of dialogue with the music in a loop and we influence each other. the digital images inspired me to evolve these 2 and because i see them or use as only a tool they will never replace me. what a cool collaboration and there are plenty more out there ai artists is an organization that brings together creative types with a lot for tech like alexander raven he uses highly advanced g p 3 neural networks to generate descriptions of artworks he then creates actual art based on these the world of music also offers fantastic scope for collaboration between human and machine. the

installation meandering river seen here in berlin seaters algorithm 'd generated images of rivers and ai piano music. human piano players spent hours improvising to the abstract river trajectories. their music was used to train the ai system which improvises to the footage in the exhibition. christiane knows so it has grown accustomed to working with ai this group is. it feels as if this is another instrument in fact i'd even say it feels like there's another musician sitting beside you and you have to work with but you need to get to know this musician and figure out how to collaborate with your daughters i'm from the. products offer similar perks c.e.o. my ackerman developed lyrics studio a piece of software that assists musicians and beginners in writing song lyrics the program makes suggestions for the next lines based on the user specific style.

musician i've been collaborating with each other on writing songs for centuries that's a normal way to write songs in the future to some degree already right now that are another collaborator where people are worried where people are weary if they don't want say i can control but it really doesn't have. it's all about her denying the system. the app elisia make suggestions for the musical composition one of ackerman's university colleagues used it to compose an italian opera without any prior musical training. here elisia was trained using works by the italian composer just come up with. the ai then helped write the putsch in the lake area set in the computer game world of warcraft if

a person manages to write songs in the style of football or any other composer we would think of it as quite creative but then when a computer does it makes sense doubt it well maybe that's not creative enough. muse net is another air system it's able to generate compositions reminiscent of musical greats like show paul or mozart. listen to a piece of music that is accomplished by an ai since it is able to examine responses because be exact. and does not understand our emotions muse not even used to complete unfinished 10th symphony. fancy playing around with the basic version of news that yourself will show you how to unleash your inner composer and experiment with other fun. the open ai blog post a basic version of muse net you can select an artist like mozart and

a song by adele for example and let the algorithms used both styles in the advanced settings you can also generate brand new songs and add additional instruments. to well lets you play a piano duet with an ai we found it sounded best when. one after another. this is go get the program using a generator of adversarial network it will transform your sketches and doodles into photo realistic images. while deep art will give your holiday snaps an artsy make over inspired by some of the world's most famous

painters this technology is based on a neural styled transfer algorithm. and then there's to decide which turns a photo of you into a comic version of yourself. well that does somewhat resemble me don't you think all these clever algorithms are trained using preexisting human artworks usually the data used is based on western art more diversity in these data sets would certainly booze the creativity even further so what do you make of ai generated art think it's simply a bad imitation of human art or do you think this technology can broaden our imagination in any case i think all art lies in the eye of the beholder and that there's great potential to boost creativity with technology we haven't interviewed the robot 8 about this you can find the video on our you tube channel as always let us know your thoughts so you soon good bye and.

good. to see undersea. briefs on kenya's coast not disappearing in the morning breaks between conservationists are trying to stay ahead of the decay and preserved. what's left. they are counting on the support of the local fisherman. coach and africa. next on. the down side to design pena as a lawyer he could have earned a lot of money but he could not ignore the poverty in his country so he founded and organization volunteers are showing up person for something. providing something that many sheer are no longer no attention.

30 minutes on d w. a massive drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere color fight that's what intuition love money. fans prime's fans stamp i found old. on you tube joining us. john. do you love coral and fascinating underwater worlds then you've come to the right place welcome to eco africa their environment show co-produced by m.t.v. in uganda channels t.v.

in large area and d w in germany i am krista lem's and with lee today as always is why co-host sandrock you know we'll hi sandra and how are you today. very well crease thank you and a big hello to all of you all of us out there coral is not the only thing we'll be talking about today let's take a quick look at what else we have coming up we'll visit a company up 2nd west into steinem's funny. who line how an entire region is fighting over a national park and won't hear how good forestation could bring in tanzania an island back to life. choros of vivid and colorful when they're healthy but these small marine on the most that need together in corporate colonies are not only beautiful to look at they play on it's important role in the marine ecosystem something which spawned in coral reefs and it is also a web they find food now scientists on the coast of kenya are taking

a closer look at the different ways that these marine creatures call exist. the reflux degrade it was at least there is still fishes here. joanne kalac and her colleague peter same be visit them some way need coral reef every 2 years to check up on this fragile ecosystem the coral reef is a fascinating object of study for the 2 marines biologists. that is where they live. so that is where you find the breeding it has. a lovely feeding area. and. so these are. used in the like. we have

before for decline in fish practice in the last. 2 or 3 decades and that is a problem. as local fishermen know all too well to my other son was born and bred in some way in the fishing has been his main source of income for years not only wants. to get the catch was still good when i started but over the past 4 years the number of fish has been declining i mean. you want to find anyone on. the kenyan coast is lined with 620 square kilometers of coral reefs an area only slightly smaller than the capital nairobi in some way nice taking part in a project overseen by the research organization called you which monitors coral bleaching and mortality the causes of coral reef degradation are all manmade such

as rising water temperatures. i mean your threats to. change. we're also seeing. and then we have. another threat that is coming from. by. means of course there is overfishing the marine biologists have enlisted the support of locals in their efforts to protect the coral reefs they've taught fishermen how to count fish stocks and species in marine conservation zones and how to interpret their findings for example high numbers of clown fish in the coral reefs is a sign that the habitat is doing well. they've also taught them a simple method of keeping juvenile fish out of their nets the fisherman still use their traditional basket traps but now use different mesh. we were ensuring that

the kind of mesh size that is being used is big and that is 3 inches sizes and that is the thinking about that is just to ensure that the kind of fish that is being captured by the bus i've not given any part of the reef has also been declared a conservation zone it covers 18 hexes an area equivalent to $25.00 football piccies fishing is prohibited there and together the fisherman make sure the ban is respected maya has a son has been using the new kind of mesh in his traps for 2 years now. heidi if i hope i'll be able to catch more fish in the future so take better care of my family my parents. considering the challenges we now face i also wonder if this dream will ever come true.

the scientist estimates that it will take up to 20 years for fish stocks to recover completely but at least children might benefit. now what thing incentives a doing in the field the dutch centrists are trying to do in the lab in arkansas lowering biologists a breeding coral in a giant r.e.m. under optimal conditions. like you know c s or tons of lighting equipment are used to put a spotlight on the corals the real stars of the show. this research project and splashes of wondrous color her unfolding here under water break greens orange and yellow carols are thriving here in europe's biggest artificial reef. marine biologist max younes and his team

have created a sensation. well here buffy it is just here we are doing the best we can to build for corals so we're using technology knowledge and scientific investigation to create the best habitat we care for the corals best gave them so often. by feeding them for example to defeat researchers don't even know the half of exactly how corals function and this coral reef ecosystem at the zoo is giving many scientists hopes he can discover much more. we can learn a lot about species with d.n.a. testing but it's not just about the coral itself there are many more factors and that makes it very very complex. the biologists in arnhem are trying to gain better understanding of the corals they want to find out how to help them survive long term in the wild. and what it's like

a forest without animals if there's no forest then there's no forest animals it's the same with a coral reef if there are no corals then you don't have the other animals either reefs or the nurseries of the sea that's why they're the main attraction of the underwater world at birth to. the corals here grew more quickly and are healthier than in the wild. even though they would see a colony of corals actually thousands of animals living together in a kind of enormous 50 inside a common skeleton of this but no one really understands it because everyone looks for the eyes and mouths but you've got to explain these tiny animals with one orifice and little tentacles. and there are more than 14 so who's in species of corals in the world most of them are threatened with extinction nevertheless fans still kidnap and smuggle them customs officials from all over

europe bring confiscated animals to max you. like this rare soft corals in australia bush 1st had to go into quarantine. as shocks a shame that we still receive carl's taken from natural environments because to some corals it's not a problem but there are other carl species that have a really tough time in nature. returning the painstakingly resides corals back to the sea isn't an option at the moment because the conditions of the oceans are too poor. to ever eventually become possible when the water quality improves. until then in our home to keep mixing 16 redeems to make artificial pacific waters in the corals will continue to fascinate this ensures. it is a really amazing to be able to model such beauty without getting it all in its report is also a bold muti on the environmental protection that's right sandra butts achieved

politically different fortune in egypt a startup was filed away or like the wood into new furniture of the results give no indication of the awful beginnings. furniture making in egypt is expensive. the country has no wood resources. everything has to be imported. normally scrap wood gets thrown away but that's changed and shareef as workshop. together with architect sarah. he founded the move on start up. to make luxury sustainable furnishings using scrap wood. and mohammed then i have the stuff now meet ups like it's very important that the absolute i call i'm not only recycle we vus and refurbish the scrap wood and

incorporate it into a new product that also helps raise people's awareness these products are made without heat treatment and without any harmful chemicals. yet now it may. have made more than $120.00 pieces since moved and opened a year ago selling them in egypt and as far afield as paris and london. and how about you know if you're also doing your bit tell us about it this is our website oh send us a tweet. hash tag doing your best. we share your story. we'll go from egypt to europe north macedonia in the balkans to be precise this is a location where the iron curtain used to divide east from west these days there is

a green belt wrong along the former division this corridor those supposed to be on later reserve but as our report from the sharm mountains shows this intuition it's not that simple. sharp planning lies near what was once the iron curtain of the ribbon of land then some areas nearby have been designated the european green belt by an association of the same name its mission is to protect the natural landscapes there which have been shielded for decades from major developments such as farming and construction. the association promotes eco tourism renovating mountain huts and building new ones should entice more hikers to come and explore. the association also seeks to counter illegal logging which is a serious problem here the timber mafia has carved this track through the forest without permission it extends for several kilometers and s.u.v. blocks the path behind it heavy equipment they're often armed and it would not be

wise to go any further with a camera rolling normal for the conservationists monitor changes in the forest with the help of an app and satellite imagery your job on balls and off ski is a mountain guide and also active in friends of sharks to go with him he says the timber thieves sometimes felled trees so that if they want a bit of money. and they just leave them lying around in the forest. that was sort of. shepherds are natural allies of the conservationists as they have a vital interest in preserving the forests and meadows and keeping an eye on illegal logging. the friends of shark platform emphasizes the importance of monitoring. nasution miley is a sheep farmer. and. he used to take visitors on hikes. until the pandemic hit. on the terrain up here 4 wheel drive vehicles are of no use

. friends of great potential in gentle tourism. and his brother have 5000 sheep the use milk cheese they make is famous throughout the region. their entire business depends on the preservation of the natural habitat. i would totally welcome a national park and. that's why i support the initiative. and his brother inherited the farm from their parents and have since expanded its operations. they employed 25 shepherds during the season they spent 2 weeks at a time up in the mountains living in huts like this. with.

the only source of power here are small solar panels enough to light the hut with a new hydro power plant that would change the shepherd explains. it would be good then our little villages would finally have electricity. these small minds are promoted as a green light energy good for people with. very minimal in reality you know. the conservationists promote traditional ways of life but most people want at least a few modern conveniences. lead us down into a valley. because. this is where one of the new hydro plants is to be located. so the plan is to build 11. not everybody in the

villages of shoplifting that is concerned about protecting the environment. and finding an alternative to improvised rubbish dumps. construction of the hydro power plants up in the mountains is well underway. they use so much water that downstream in the valley the water levels in the river are getting low. so the balkans still feel very remote and left behind but even here there seem to be more cars. friends of shar has several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. there's still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a national park. and. it now looks as if the shop planning a national park will finally be established next year on paper that is but that is

at least a start. and now back to africa many people travel long distances by bike here it's not only a cheap way of getting a road it is also really environmentalists friendly many families are happy when they receive a bike us of thieves are able to leave one like in south africa where small n.g.o.s is provided by. a child who starts the day with a very long walk to school it takes almost an hour to get that. she lives in quads you know tell province in south africa and if the east coast. i have to get. ready for school for too long the ways are in the long there's no public transport around 10 children often

a rifle late to school or just don't go. and this problem of late coming up and isn't that is that usually the driving and then the girls walking wonder or there's this program of crowd north of the graveyard has that program was. a few kilometers away is the base of an ngo that wants to solve the transportation problem for poor local children not iraq's most i am to muslim gamey and some are part of the team of sweet bike their own loading 472nd hand bikes recently delivered from switzerland so basically when the new container. i feel like a small child who's about to open like a park and if this is a change or something into the country death of a feeling good idea it's when clinton arrives very quickly. sweet by got going last year and has already provided more than $1800.00 bicycles to schools each one 1st

has to be assembled and tested at the sweet bike workshop the project depends on donations. depending on how much money comes in something and the team buy an import up to several containers full each year. because that 19 pandemic has meant delays and deliveries recently the workshop has 5 trainee mechanics. is in charge here. together they process about 40 bikes a day vocational training is another core element of sweet bikes mission the idea is at the end of the year to equip them we have enough skills so they can either open their own workshop or be placed in a job opportunity in the field we try and teach not only to think of it as mechanics but also maybe selling bikes some of the trainees already have plans for

when they complete the course. in future would lead to a shop for bicycles and certainly to roll out to all round areas because there's not much transport so they can use bicycles. some for under yonder mass and gave me a coming to visit a friend into my training. he lives in a village a few kilometers away. superman close in armor completed the course a year ago. he now runs a bike workshop in his house. sweet bike gave him a starter set of tools. he thought a lot of schoolchildren would come to have their bikes looked at but the pandemic

and lockdown meant schools were closed and few actually showed dark. still businesses not bad. i'm going. in town so obviously they can come just to fix their bicycles. the next morning back at sweet bike it's time to distribute a bunch of newly assembled and tested bikes the children are excited about the bikes. especially as if they charge. for her it had been a long wait 500 came here i felt like help get a bike but i don't get it. but maybe it can come again when it happens. that's to happen before the kids can set off on their bikes they get safety training for some riding

a bike is an entirely new experience. now i have my own time spots. i want to go home it's an easy. balancing on 2 wheels takes a little practice but there's still a child who is keen to learn and would like nothing more than to cycle to school the very next day. for. keeping old 30 since a lot can be a way to help the environment that's also been practiced in our next report from sun city. that is right crease obese group of islands in the indian ocean is in jeopardy as a result of climate change and the depletion of natural resources bought by planting trees and changing the way the farm the inhabitants of the tiny island of cocozza have witnessed impressive results.

nowadays it's difficult to make your way through the dense woodland in cocoa turn 10 years ago this land used to be barren activist most aroma and his n.g.i. has brought it back to life. the organization encourages local communities to plant trees install solar panels build fuel efficient cooking states and harvest rainwater as a result the times in the island has witnessed a turnaround. and i'm going to bother with everybody who now the community is very well versed in the issue of tree planting and as i hear a new one now where they were was. some years ago the people of cocoa to use slash and burn farming methods leading to massive deforestation. most rivers and the groundwater ground dry what was once 1st tidal soil turned to dust and people had

to import food. the organization has planted over 680000 fruit trees and forest trees in cocoa. to make sure that the reforestation a successful local communities regulate felling. among the people benefiting beekeepers the trees provide bees with a well protected and shady twining place and a source of food when their flowering. 2 years ago. had just to be hives now he has $75.00. because i managed to get what i can't do anything without a forest slug. when you hang the hypes like we've done here week at best quality honey it's clean and the bees can't be attacked by other insects. and we're going on a war. is now on the road to recovery. but the eyelets of new job just

a couple of kilometers away is still in dire straits. like cocoa to in the past has no clean drinking water and the land is degraded. this tree planting event is designed to help the islanders understand the importance of trees. but when it when courage them and help them in planting as well then what then when the rains come we work together with the communities when we visit them and plant trees in their areas for the purpose of ongoing conservation work when you move. the organizations activities are funded by the european union the aim is to enable communities to become self-sufficient by means of our great business. and that's a hopeful look into the future brings also the end of visitation at go offer i hope you enjoyed the show don't forget you can always check in with us and it's all on social media chris the lead signing off from lagos nigeria thank you greece it is

also time for me to say farewell but do be sure to tune in again next week until then it is a goodbye from me sundra to nobody else here in company uganda. 0. 0. 0. 00. good.

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