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infection that's up from 12 percent just a week ago. biden, also called on unvaccinated americans to get their shots calling it their patriotic duty real here in germany, chancellor, olaf shoulds has announced new restrictions to slow the spread of the micron. corona virus variant. the measures which will come into force after christmas include limiting public and private gatherings even for vaccinated people. short said germany was facing a huge 5th wave of coven, 1000 cases, due to the new variant. if the government says its forces are re taking territory and the northern to grind region after anti government fighters announced they would withdraw from suffer area. young. the central government says that grind people's liberation front was forced to withdraw because of military setback. tens of thousands of people have been killed and fighting over the past year. this is dw news from berlin. you can get lots more on our website. that's d w

dot com. ah, it's like deja vu all over again. an american president talking about doing everything possible to save lives, countries contemplating locked downs, and travel bombs, and german leaders going into another house. another hot huddle to decide what to do about the pandemic. and this is with cove it vaccines. so when people say we're going to have to get used to living with a corona virus, what does that actually look like? i'm fil gale in berlin, and this is the day ah, all of us are sick of this bundle. were now threatened by the 5th wave. there's no answer yet on whether we will need an adaptive vaccine. i'm

a chronic advancing and brittany denmark and the u. s. this variant differs significantly from previous ones. if you've got huge numbers of people, in fact it, you will have a small percentage get to the phone, even those with double vaccinations and those who recovered faith, a high risk of infection. and that translates into big numbers. also on the day, poland has had a near total ban on abortion. since the start of the year when the supreme court ruled against the termination of pregnancies, because a fetal abnormalities, a move that has triggered protests. this that an abortion means that homeless women are forced to carry pregnancy with fetuses that have no brain that have no call if they are in distance outside of their body with legal har hart failures. it's just impossible to describe how it feels like a woman in poland today. ah,

all of us are seek off this bundle. all of us want to spend time with friends and family, but uneven concealed is better than life cancelled. it's better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate to now and grieve later. w h o director general tedra gabriella is a survey issuing a stock warning end of year festivities can drive infections and lead to more death . he also said that it's not clear evidence that army chrome is more contagious in any other version of the virus so far. that's why the world health organization is calling on people to consider the risk they may be taking. well here in germany, the government is introducing new restrictions intended to curb the spread of only crime german chancellor, olaf sholtes announced the measures after an online meeting with leaders of the countries federal states. germany center for disease control have been calling for

maximum contact restrictions to be introduced immediately. but the planned measures will take effect after christmas. here is the chancellor. is let's development. we're now threatened by the 5th wave. i'm a crohn is advancing in britain, denmark, and the us this variant differ significantly from previous ones. according to the experts, it's more aggressive, interesting, and has characteristics which allow it to get past a protection offered by vaccines. and even those with a double vaccinations. and those who are covered by face a high risk of infection before the committee is a and to stick. more on this with a doctor and a politician, doctor, your 100 wagner is a pediatrician and and pay for the green party, which is part of germany governing coalition. welcome to d, w. dr. will these new restrictions a delay? the only tron wave?

good evening. yes. well, we hope so, and we will do everything which is needed. and on the other hand side, you also do have to prepare a general lockdown. so in case we need one next here, this can be implemented very, very fast. but for now, with this matters, we're going to be hoping to see a further declining of the numbers. but, and actually the numbers are still declining, but we have heard in just a few seconds ago, it is on the rise. so that's why the combination of those measures and planning are generally locked up, preparing it in or locked on in case we need one. next here is the best. yeah, best option right now. why don't general lock down now where the robert to call consistency is calling for? for one. why ignore the experts and pounded to people and say, all right, well, we'll just keep it out for christmas. well, because the federal states did not use every possibility they had until now to

reduce the context, we 1st need to reduce context with the in the, the current in framework. and then see if really the only one numbers are rising as far as in other countries. the most important thing, of course, is to have a vaccination kind of pain still over to over the holidays as well. and only with a high number of vaccinated people. we can at some point and the pandemic, that's why in our opinion, it was ok for now to to booster to vaccination, can campaign to really strengthen it and to, and make people get it is very important to get vaccinated very, very fast to get the booster and also those restrictions which are actually very, very tight restrictions. but we don't need to look down right now with the numbers

and declining. i have to be prepared. ok for large german medical workers in hospitals and nursing homes will be required to be faxing it against cove. it should this be extended to the general public? in my opinion, yes, we have to close the gap and people who are not vaccinated because is the only meant to get out of this. and we are always again coming way because of and then waves of corona viruses. and of course, we also have to have in mind that this global pun damian, has only over if it's over a globally be have to also rise numbers of excited people in other parts of the world. we have to support other countries in the world to, to get the population an accident, but also in germany, we need higher numbers of people that need it. and as far as right now, we did not have succeeded with an options we had so many s need a mandatory next nation next year. and how would that work? what would it,

would you say you have to get vaccinated or we will find you or we will put you in jail. what, what would you do? no, we will not put people in jail, but of course a fine could have possible could be a possible measure. and if people are not vaccinated or to have certain and enter restrictions in place for the whole year, for example, like the restriction to only get into certain stores if you are vaccinated already covered, those are possible measures to, to implement, monitor the nation. but of course you have to discuss this and then the destination campaign and in the, in the bullet talk and data you have to exactly define what kind of measures could be, what kind of restrictions could be possible. understood, thanks so much for joining us, dr. johan. to savannah, a lawmaker for the green party in the gym and parliament. thank you. meanwhile, u. s. president joe biden has announced new measures to tackle the pandemic. a major part of that will do the purchase of 500000000 rapid tests. they'll be

delivered to americans for free when they order through a new website. it means that they won't have to pay for the test themselves and then hope their health insurer reimbursed is them. the president also plans to deploy an additional 1000 troops with medical skills to help overstretched hospitals is some of what he had to say a little earlier. if you're not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned. you're at a high risk of getting sick. and you get sick, you're likely to spread it to others, including friends and family, and young vaccinated have a significantly higher risk of ended up in the hospital or even dying. almost every one who has died from cobit 19 in the past many months has been and vaccinated all these people who have not been vaccinated. you have an obligation to yourself, to your family, and quite frankly, i know you criticize this to your country,

get faxes it now it's free. it's convenience. i promise you, it saves lives. and i asked, god, believe it, you patriot duty, patriotic charity. let's explore that with dr. amersham ad dahlia who is a senior scholar and to johns hopkins center for health security. he specializes in infectious diseases and pandemic a policy. a welcome to the day dr. moore, vaccines 500000000, free rapids covey test, but no lockdown. is that enough? i do think it's enough. when, when it comes to lock downs, you have to remember that they are very limited in their usefulness because they are very hard to comply with. and they have negative cascading impacts that will have a repercussions on many parts of society. so we want to remember that this isn't march of 2020. this is december of 2021, and we have met much better precision guided tools to be able to limit the impact of oma khan,

and it's particularly on our hospitals than we did back then. so i don't think that we need lock downs. i think what we need to do is more testing more vaccinations, antivirals, monoclonal antibodies, i think that's how we move forward in this new phase. and this latest cluster, if i put up with this latest cluster of, of, of new measures from governments around the world, this is being driven by only crone. how is this new variant changing this pandemic and the response necessary? well, we always knew that this virus was going to mutate to become able to get around the immunity from prior infection, the immunity from vaccines. and that's what i'm a con, represents. and i think now it's time that we start to focus on what really matters when it comes to coven 19. and that's preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death. that cases are always going to be there. because this is not a virus that can be eradicated or eliminated, our goal is to tame it, to make it much more manageable. and i think oma crime has accelerated that product process because we're seeing so many breakthrough infections occurring. this is

something we're all going to get. we have to learn how to risk calculate and learn how to differentiate between mild breakthrough cases and what really counts severe disease, hospitalization, and death. so i keep hearing people saying about what we're just going to have to get used to living with concrete as you've done there. so what does that look like in future? is that just more is not just more mass squaring on more boosters on more social distance thing from here to, to, to death. what it means is that we now have another respiratory virus that we're going to have to contend with every year, just like we contend with flu in our as the a whole host of viruses that cause cold cold like syndromes. but what will happen with coven 19 is it will become tamer, as we get more of the population immune as we get more tools like anti virus, such as the one pfizer is developing. we're monoclonal antibodies and more rapid tests. and we get better at making smart choices and risk calculating. but there are going to be some people that continue to wear masks for some period of time.

others may not, but it's going to be something we have to deal with in a way that i think most people haven't really come to grips with. and i think if you look at the very beginnings of this virus with, with an efficient, efficient spread through the respiratory route and animal house, it was never going to be eliminated already gated. and i think the world was done a disservice by not i. people not being honest about this becoming an endemic virus, that was not going to be eradicated. but it's interesting that you do talk about this being endemic, which i think a lot of us can say how that's going to be the case for your use of what time, vis, or it's it's going to be with us is going to be around us. but you seem to imply it's not going to be as deadly, whereas it's being the opposite it's, it's become deadly and faster. so you see it taking a been dipping right in. what's going to make it tamer is probably nothing that the virus does. we're going to make it tamer. we're going to make a team by getting vaccinated. we're going to make it tamer, by having antivirals we make. we're going to make it tamer, by having monoclonal antibodies. medical science is going to what be with what

teams? the virus, it's not the virus itself that gets team, it's our ability to cope with improves to such a degree that it's not something that can kill it. the rate that it could on president biden's message was get vacillated, get vaccinated, get vaccinated. according to the cdc, 61 percent of americans of all ages have been vaccinated. is it possible this fall into a pandemic to, to get identify those who are still reluctant to get vaccinated? do they fall into any particular social, ethnic or political groups? well, what we find is that, unfortunately, our pandemic response has been very tribal, and people in one tribe particularly have not really been forthcoming with get wanting to get vaccinated. so if you can, if you look in the, in the country, these are pockets of places. unfortunately it's, it's males, it tends to be republicans. that's the problem that we see. we see, and i think it's because politics has been so infused into this pandemic response. but hopefully, you know, the former president trump just a couple of days ago, talked about himself getting a booster vaccine and, and advocated for the vaccine. hopefully it starts to move the needle into people's

arms, especially his supporters who are the, the main a hold out. but it is very, very difficult. now it's become something where people are very dugan and it's hard to see an easy solution. other than talking to people on a one on one basis and trying to persuade them that the vaccine is the right thing for them to do because it will benefit their lives personally fast. i think thank you so much for joining us and showing your expertise dr. dr. i. mr. dahlia from johns hopkins center for health security. thank you. well, i mean, i say it's on the con is now the dominant variant by far, according to accounting for 3 quarters of all infections. just a week ago that figure was wanting 8 in new york virus cases are surgeon just ahead of the holiday season gatherings. one 03. 0 one happy to her. 2 this is just a test you years eve in times square has not come early by the on the chron wave

has hit the u. s. sooner than many experts expected nearby and new yorkers line up to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that really part of that. we didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can. i've got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to travel for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably stay put in your back. americas took pandemic advisor. anthony found she though, had a hopeful message for those worried about the holidays. yes, you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or a group get test the day before or the day of getting together,

but vaccinated and boosted people. one of the family members of accident, it should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal or a holiday get together. despite the worsening situation in times square, some people were still in a festive mood bath. this might be the last time new york as see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead ah, now to poland, a country with some of the strictest abortion laws in europe, they by the procedure in all, but a few cases. now the government wants to go even further by creating a legal register of all pregnancies. d w. 's. alexandra fond norman reports on an issue that often pits individual women against hospitals and the police. claudia, coastal 26 years old entrepreneur. earlier this year,

she decided to and an unwanted pregnancy, using abortion pills. she ordered on the internet. for one looked with ala. i went to a hospital just to confirm that i am not pregnant anymore. oh, i was. but once they are, i was brutally examined though on the doctor didn't providing any medical information. instead, she scared me saying the state prosecutor needed to know that she would report me to the authorities of others. washy, jonathan's washing despite pool and sneer. total ban on abortion, women who terminate pregnancies cannot be prosecuted under polish law. that however, didn't prevent the police from interrogating her. a claudia coast oak tells me, well sham of the says required me after. and they wanted to know how the pills were delivered out what the package looked like. so i'm open, i had to give them the names of all my friends who knew i had an abortion. not no idea what that was for help. also. last year, a court ruled that abortion in poland is only permitted in cases of rape or incest,

or when the mother's life is threatened, thousands took to the streets in protest with the intact until $911.00 dos come with one of them is the reproductive rights activist. says that the results of the new law amounts to torture is found on the horse. it means that polish women are forced to carry pregnancy with fetuses that have no rain that have no call if they are in distance outside of their body. we have legal har hart failures. it's just impossible to describe how it feels like to be a woman enroll into date. as of january, the government also plans to introduce a centralized register where pregnancies and miscarriages are reported. prochoice activists fear this data base could be used to cause legal problems for women who use abortion pills or find other ways to and to pregnancy, pos shit or shapes key is the gynecologist in which he says the concerns about the register are and justified as the data is available anyway,

but he also says he is fed up with the issue being politicized in poland. if kelly bush with her, we, as doctors would like to be left alone by politicians, we want them to start using us for their purposes or both sides of doing it. piazza or chef ski fears they're restrictive abortion rules in poland. will have floss think consequences. first could be the boy for those children, there are women who now are afraid to get pregnant, such as a job. they think, what am i going to do when i find out my thetis has an illness or gene damage your school. so that's why they decide not to get pregnant at all. so that is the lack of mothers against your prenatal examinations because they fear the results above even equal. but the debate in poland continues with pro life activists demanding father restrictions and criminal charges against people selling abortion pills. the activists who sell the pills or any money on that. and this is what we want to stop

. we want to stop this business of ah, business of deaf. you could say claudia could still cannot come to terms with what's going on in poland. she's hoping for a political change soon. otherwise, she says she is going to leave the country. doctor rebecca gone, pert says an abortion rights campaign and founder of women on waves, that's a boat that provides abortion services to women in countries with restrictive for laws, and also a women on the web. a website where women can order pills to and unwanted pregnancies, and welcome to d, w. doctor. i know you've been following a development in poland. what do you think the government's trying to achieve with this pregnancy register? so the effect of these not is that it really scares people and it will make them it causes self censorship. so people are really scared,

they think all the time they will do something wrong. and i think what will be the impact is that many women who haven't miscarriage, or, and, or an abortion, they will be scared to go to hospitals in when they need care after care. this is extremely rare because an abortion is very said when you do it medicines, but sometimes it's needed to have some after care and especially also with the miscarriage. this is also the case. so what do you seeing in other countries as well is that some health care providers are really pressuring women to, to see that they use for some pills, or that they had an abortion, or they denounce them to the police. and then women will be interrogated because in poland it is illegal for anybody to help somebody and their pregnancy. so it's yes . okay, and has your website seen an increase in demand from poland?

sin fees laws were introduced? well, these are the law which is recently introduced. it's only banning abortions with genetic amal formations and these are usually 2nd trimester abortions. so women on web is facilitating access to this 1st trimester burson. so up till the 13 weeks of and see because the world health organization and older research has shown it, it's extremely safe and effective for women using these bills themselves at home. it's safer in a graph for example, but definitely say for example, us, it's a nurse and, and it's why it's, it's, it's restricted to that, to the 13 weeks. however, we also sometimes help women that have a fetal animosity that we work together with the doctor's info and that we know are

supportive all of these cases. and so did women have a place where to go in case often a complication because the longer the pregnancy that is creating a higher risk universe yourself even though it's still possible and still save. but it's important that at least their doctors that are willing to help a woman if she needs it and they don't let her to die. like what happens a few months ago. and right. and just shifting focus, a slightly access to abortion is also in the threat from united states following the me a bomb in the state of texas. how are you planning on helping women the well actually i already set up an organization called 8 excess and i'm working with 10 doctors, me and i did states and we're providing tele, medical abortions in the united states as well. oh, thank you for joining us. i talked to rebecca, gone both her abortion rights, her company. thank you. thank oh,

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climate change, war, flight, hunger and hardship have shaped the lives of many children this year to. that's shown in the exhibition by the patron of unicef, germany 1st lady, elk, a boot, and bend on the award winning photos. don't show this directly. they offer a 2nd look at the consequences of the horror. and now with the new theme, the corona virus pandemic lines come as expedia. 1.6000000000 children have temporarily missed out on school. so kia many will not return to school yet. we already know that problems like child labor and force marriages for girls will increase again as a result for me. that was she that pseudonym. that's why it's so important to find creative ways to keep up schooling these award winning photo show deep narayan nyak, a teacher who moved his classroom outdoors and turned the walls of houses into blackboards. and that's it for another day, but the conversation continues online. you'll find us on twitter either at t w news or you can follow me at gail

with, [000:00:00;00] with you know, to nuclear power. that's what the brock doth protest is about. one last time after 35 years of struggle. by the end of 2022 germany,

we'll talk using nuclear power. other countries, meanwhile, are stepping up production. why is that global 3000 next on d, w. farming and kenya without harmful chemical pesticides, not feasible, you can produce enough of a to be able to add to the us forming in deborah, i'm really, while the politicians are still debating, the 1st farmers are very successful. we were discovered to real week. and now i noticed that you all were doing that. that is no time for our guys too much in 60 minutes on d. w. o ah,

with the good to go beyond the obvious well, as we take on the world, 8 our oldest, we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes, 5 policeman follow with you go here we are, your is actually on fire. made for mines ah, ah ah, ah, welcome to global 3000. profiting from poverty,

how slumlord in nairobi exploit those most in need to colace, he pays off how indigenous people in mexico, a using top quality coffee to fend off the competition. and to tell, make power. no thanks. why germany is turning its back on nuclear energy chin novel and fukushima. the west to nuclear disasters in history. radioactive waste can remain hazardous for thousands of years. yet many countries say nuclear power as climate friendly, because the nuclear fission reaction doesn't to match c o 2. there are currently 443 reactors in operation worldwide. most in the u. s. followed by france, china, russia, japan, south korea and india. and there are plans to build more according to the international atomic energy agency. global nuclear production is set to double by

2050 germany, however, aims to shut down its atomic energy plants by the end of 2022. including boxed off, which is the country's most controversial nuclear power station. these protestors are making their voices heard and have been doing so for decades outside a nuclear power plant in northern germany for over 35 years. now, activists have been meeting up once a month to call for the reactor to be shut down to day is the 425th and final time that they'll be here braving the elements. that's because the parked off nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial in germany, will be decommissioned at the end of the year for pastor and protest co founder hans, good havana. it's a day of mixed feelings. it's been florida's up. i'm glad it's being taken out

of operation. so, but i'm also a bit nostalgic in because i know i won't be seeing the group again any time soon so. so but it is mainly a sense of relief that the nuclear power plant is finally history. we never imagined back then that we'd have to hold out so long. we used in research. it all began in the 19 seventy's and eighty's, west german students joined forces with other largely left wing groups to form an anti nuclear movement. then in april, 1986, an explosion and the chair noble nuclear power plant caused a reactor meltdown. the entire region was contaminated and to this state remains uninhabitable. west germany was one of many countries to register a serge and radioactivity. the punk doff reactor was the 1st in the world to go online after the chernobyl disaster. 6 months later, several 100000 people turned out in some clash with the police consequent ivana and

his fellow campaigners were determined to protest peacefully and to continue until booked off was closed down. come to la in and sean show, i have distinct memories of chernobyl. if yet my kids were still small and weren't allowed to play outside in the sandbox. there was widespread panic and see what is the fall out involved, and what are the effects? evict us? we were quite scared. harvest don't die if not to to go. but what helped against that fear was taking a stance and doing something good by protesting corpus to yoko russell and done me little. and they were right to be wary of radiation. a study conducted in 2008 indicated that children growing up near german nuclear reactors including blocked off or it's significantly higher risk of contracting leukemia. tax revenue from the local power plant enabled the village of walked off to expand and invest in a swimming pool and other facilities. but now

a financial fall out looms dumb most east on dot suzanne, we as a local authority will always support our commercial enterprises. tivo, if not, would have stood your head, can i? we could have kept a few nuclear power plants running a bit longer until the right structures are in place for renewable energy on all future annoy. i'm in a game or else, right. gotcha. the 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster prompted germany to declare a nuclear phase out by the end of 2022. but many countries continue to rely on nuclear power getting in the levy. this promotional film made by the french nuclear industry depict set as clean and above all climate friendly. a line of argument also favored by that countries president said enough yet dull. no. so to achieve our objectives, in particular carbon neutrality by 2050, we will for the 1st time in decades we launched the construction of nuclear reactors in our country, of nuclear bondo,

could be greenhouse gas emissions are lower than those from fossil fuels. but compared to wind or solar power, nuclear energy production is far more expensive. it's really clear those countries around the world that are most intensely committed to civil nuclear power. ah, either countries with nuclear weapons or countries really demonstrably keen on nuclear weapons. the use of nuclear energy for civilian purposes also forms the bed brought in a number of cases for nuclear weapons programs. the point that paris and washington make no bones about if you do not have a civil nuclear industry, the engine is the special metals. the welders, you can't build a nuclear proposed submarine. so these countries are looking at it, and there are ports in the u. s. that are absolute explicit. even if nuclear power were twice as expensive,

we would still be rational to build it. it's because it helps us keep this military commitment or the blocked off. protesters take pride in their activism. the reenter will be shut down, but the radioactive waste will remain in storage there for decades to come. there's still no permanent disposal site anywhere in the world, which is why the activists plan to continue their fight. but for now, they can at least claim a victory after a 35 year long campaign. clean and sustainable environmentally sound. most business sectors of focusing more and more on these requirements agriculture to needs to become more sustainable, depleted soils and widespread deforestation. mean farmers need ever more fertilizers and pesticides to grow crops. research suggests that small scale farms tend to be more sustainable and more resilient, but this tough competition from agribusiness is in mexico. some coffee produces

a pouring their energies into quality. are reported, katya. dana found out more it's early morning in nueva progress. so a village in the mountains of vera cruz this way that alta walked his echo family live their napa and at home they speak not wattle. no one in black below are no lake near at m. listening to what i just said means greetings to the german viewers. oh, mexico is home to some 2000000 not wow. which makes them the largest indigenous group in the country. right now. wattle is one of over 60 indigenous languages spoken in mexico, which along with spanish are recognized as national languages. families laughing

about a recent incident. a bittersweet story. me said mother, if you so cleverly lawanda. my sister had overslept and was late a book, and my father mentioned that he'd seen a commercial on tv for some radio device that cost 5000 pesos. he will not bug what them said meant to the comparison. then i said, you can't even afford to put food on the table and you want to buy an expensive radio device yet his contract on the number with the altima was grow coffee. every member of the family owns about a hector of land. so their coffee plantation spends about 5 hector's, they've been growing coffee for generations, but coffee production has never been a reliable livelihood. the family has now joined up with an organization called cafe color, hoping it will help them earn a secure income. and finally, lead

a more comfortable life, which is the law from india, and also referrals go many families that work in coffee production live in poverty . it's unacceptable that they have to live in these conditions. when coffee is such a valuable commodity go, just because there are certain aspects of the production process, they aren't familiar with of circles, but certainly the order. the 1st step is to grow better quality, coffee being as small as the coffee call. it buys the families, harvest at a higher price than the going market rate and then sells it on the coffee. farmers are given advice in the fields and they beans are analyzed to see how they can be pleased, as i am in the coffee called headquarters. and shall apa the capital of the state of vera cruz. the beans are examined and sampled in the laboratory.

so most if with yearly stuff we're socialists and quality control. at this point, we're examining the actual appearance of the bean. the point of our analysis is partly to give the farmers feedback so they can optimize the production process orders with if, if there is, and i will. okay. as you can see here, we found coffee bore beatles. yeah. a type of past that has infested the cropped on one of those. so we have to do something about that. one is, but them is we need to tell the farmers that they have on the problem levin so it's very important for them to keep their fingers clean in order to get rid of this past. but i gave them was just a deposit of the coffee beans that aren't infested or then processed for sampling, roasted wade and ground. the experts gather for a 1st round of aroma testing. initially, they keep their opinions to themselves. while glucose are gary of anything you say might influence the others,

the law. so no one speaks while we're sampling. does he no not hello. hello. hello, mr. at this stage, identifying the best tasting beans isn't the main priority. the minerals, the loss, hamilton is the health and safety aspect is important. good. must hold for a coffee beam, it's been roasted too long, isn't healthy. i mean, we'll do booker on gov. we also need to identify if any contamination occurred during the processing was over for over fermentation for war. fungus infestation to municipal duncan. so victo, the experts also share their findings with the coffee produces the goal is to improve the production process so that ultimately the product can fetch

a higher price. kathy cole has also set up a fun to help families, such as they're all take was they paid in advance on their harvests, which means they're no longer under pressure to sell their coffee to the 1st distributor. they can find the fund is backed by, by of been a project launched by the international climate initiative in mexico. most coffee has grown knotted mano cultures. but in traditional shaded coffee plantations, which benefit the environment, the alt, if our family had almost given up on coffee cultivation with them. but with the support of kathy cole, they're more hopeful now that it can provide them with a secure livelihood. come your me mentally. that my perspective has changed, that our home was her lace. it were the m. i used to think there what will be will be is no you though boston. i didn't know anything about the quality of my coffee

beans. cafe. he thought. so this is a success, and we're going to continue growing our column pocketbook. so far, kathy cole is working with 180 producers, but hopes to increase that to 600. the project will help secure the coffee farm as the steady income and ensure that the local climate friendly plantations can thrive . o v t is on the rise across the globe, thanks. in part to the many crises facing us, including the pandemic, poorer districts, are expanding in cities, take the slums of nairobi, for example. more and more people are moving that out of financial desperation. oh, because drought has devastated their villages. many slumlord see it as a business opportunity. they rent out substandard housing to tenants who are already in dire straits.

my tara is one of kenya's biggest slums. landlords such as peter chica, offer the cheapest possible housing with no kitchen or running water and collect rent with violence if need be. they taken a lot of money and have the reputation for exploiting kenya's poorest. but on bellanca, i've got 30 houses here and matter that i've been building them since i came here and i want to expand, my big goal is to have 40 houses. it's good to be a landlord when you're getting money from all these households. you can make a lot and expand faster than the income let's you build a lot of new houses, the dell, it moved into your business. but the housing market is not regulated. here. tenants have to pay whatever the landlord demands. people share living space to make it affordable. an average $2.00 people live in a one room shack which costs the equivalent of $30.00 euros