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according to the was bank. so what can be done to help? we paid a visit to western uganda where people are planting bamboo, to help protect themselves on the communities from flooding island to move. he made . he works for the world wide lafond us community facilitator. now he's supervising the planting of bumble along 5 kilometers of the river in one, but over $400000.00 siblings are already in the ground. it has a rude network that holds the soil to give secondly, ah, mum will like any other water. ah riddles, lake we see mamma is stronger. one, it holds the stones, buck and any other thing the door told of courage. that means there would be only a small volume of water that would go through that bump which is controllable and may not cause a lot of harm thing. and one bar gets ether water from there is,

will remain teens. but the region has seen increased flooding in the past decade. scientists say raising temperatures are met in glaciers on the mountain top. last year, flooding in the consisted district left over 1600 people homeless. they're still living in comes for displaced parcels. redmond o'malley is one of them. we come, got back temporarily, was spent bear lake, poor to flee as again the floods are back. are going to be in the same place where it is flooding every day. i can't go back in that form. i feel like we're from stat annual life, they ugandan government and they w, w f are working together to protect the 22 villages along the river that were hit hardest by the floss. a decision was made to plant bumble because it's fast growing

and robust. on the near base sibley river, the benefits already apparent bumble was blunted here about 10 years ago. the river has not stopped flooding. but the difference now is that whenever floods, the difference of destruction is minimal. it has given us a clear picture, that with nature, we can still use nature to protect nature. as long as no trees are cut down to make way for it, planting bumble along rivers is an environmentally friendly solution. people will help plant the woody grass. i've paid the equivalent of around $40.00 a week. cutting a seizure joined the project at the beginning of the year. it's enabled her to build up her own business, letting a ne g going to you. i only heard one sewing machine when it started planting

bumble to d a on ta machines, i was able to pay for it would savings from the bumble project. so it's been a positive change from a or longer wider worker film. the plant is also a source of food for animals like golden monkeys and mountain gorillas. in eastern uganda, bumble shoots are also traditional delicacy. allen, to mercy me, is not trying to popularize, mumble in this region. we are going to take it up as well. to introduce that to the communities so that it increases the value for bumble within casa, in the new cause, i think of people will take up bumble planting and growing, which would with tame. oh, come up with so many advantages. bumbled doesn't need a lot of water, so it won't grey out the ground for ireland to mercy me. it offers an excellent

solution. he's glad that the project will continue until the end of the year. and that in time, people will be able to reset of the other river. once again, let us switch it up to another topic now, the power of the sand. sure it can be functional and an eco friendly way to generate energy. but who ever imagined solar power could be beautiful? yes, it's true. a designer from the netherlands has caused a different light on solar power. our color for designs will open your eyes to the potential solar energy. it's amazing. oh, good. her dutch designer, marianne, fun elbow. the sun is her inspiration. oh, started with this. it's something, it's a small and beautiful as this is harvest energy. solar cells take center stage and

her designs like in these illuminated window decorations these solar window panels look like stained glass, but they also have a function and their solar powered hanging lamp called santa is designed to mimic sunset. the sun is like this beautiful thing where like all know very well. and i mean is this moment when you're on the, on the beach and you see the sun setting is magical moment. that's kind of like what i want to use in the lights. so when the sun goes down, just son that goes on. and that's like i have, everyone has his personal relation with the sun, but it's also like that it the fact that it's powering object and his light is super, super fascinating. murray and fun album works out of this studio in amsterdam. she collaborates were scientists to create objects with a double function. they promote energy efficiency, such as this table,

which is also a docking station. it captures daylight and at it you can plug your phone or light or you can charge your devices from this. one of her bigger projects was for the dubai expo 2020. she created the colorful solar panels for the dutch pavilion. the solar roof provided power for the pavilion and also allowed in enough sunlight for the plant. marian's design show how diverse solar panels can be. these are organic photovoltaics, which is like a printed on pets, and they don't use any like very heavy at all, which is battery environments and they are completely circular. so they're super light waves has kind of like a new generation of solar technology. my infant elbow has also come up with a solution for food production in a self powering greenhouse for creation enables the production of food in places

where there's a lack of electricity for farming face. this is migration of the future of farming and it's called power plants. and you basically can grow your food everywhere on your rooftop. so you don't as a flight in from the other side of the world, but you can really grow it within your own home. so it's uses vertical farming, and this is all powered by solar glass. even though she's a designer by trade, scientific development are important to marian's work. solar shell has evolved so much since the last dikes and their invention. and i think it's time that we start looking up in the sky where we got all the potential instead of digging down into grounds. i mean, if you could live in balance with nature and use sources that are coming all the time and are in abundance, i think. yeah. then the worlds can be very beautiful place for my infant elbow,

the future of solar technology certainly looks bright. ah. but to africa and sneeze in the country even struggling with this via water shortage, both in the rural and urban areas. but once starter has found a solution to the water constant problem. we basically making water out of green air. it may seem unbelievable, but it is true. it is our doing good eat this week. ah, ah fresh spring water for the winter in of 10 dba in north western to nicea, it's a godsend, clean drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult to find here. june. is it is one of $25.00 countries worldwide, with the lowest availability of water per capita. and due to climate change and

population growth, the country's drinking water needs are increasing by some 6 percent a year. so a french, tennessee, and start up came up with an idea a way to derive water out of thin air using what he calls an atmospheric water generator or cumulus. this is how it works. the cumulus sucks in warm, humid air, and cools it off. the result is condensation. rather like morning g. the water is then filtered, mineralized, and stored in a tank. a single cumulus device can produce between 20 and 30 liters of drinking water a day. the start up built prototypes of the cumulus and its workshop in tunis. and i thought you'd normally connect this machine to an electricity supply and i, but you can also operate it using solar power. one in photovoltaic panels are not

on this one here, but you could fit 2 on the right, envil laughter and that would generate energy. then you could produce water from just solar power and air. so now the smart, what a generator is being tested in practice with funding from sponsors. the company has installed the cumulus into schools based in remote areas. ah, and how about you? if you are also doing your bid, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. what a scarcity in africa is predicted to reach dangerous levels by 2025. according to the u. n. global water consumption has increased 6 vote in the last 100 years. so what are the reasons behind this lumen shortage?

and how can countries and communities in africa ensure that everyone has access to water? my co host sandra tube, you spoke to an expert from the you and global water operators partnership alliance . ah, ah, we really having a water costume problem on the continent. and if it is so why? actually yes, we do have a, what's a crisis. we talk about what the gas city it's, it's getting even worse. well, civil road explanation, so that of course, so it's not a simple question. there is not one code, but we have a combination of both global warming and also the growth we tell making cities even bigger. so we have less letter and more people to say that. so what is a natural resource?

so how did we get to this point of saying, even with our legs and water bodies, and you know, the rain's the heavy rains? how bad is it at the moment? there is a backlog of infrastructure development over the years. well, what's a company's a government? i've not invested enough to not the need to extend the pipes that say, but also we also to maintain the pipes. so we have very old. so what's a network that's leaking and at the same time, varies also less water. we have due to a global warming less water in some places too much water in over places, meaning flooding. nation, that's also damaging b in west. i know that encompasses you, working closely with national through age corporation, and we just want to top into what you exactly do. how are you helping them to

actually provide us gardens? we've clean, safe, sustainable water supply. yes. actually what we do have you and have you thought that was my program, we pieces are global. what's alliance is that we have what operator to help one another. so we are counting with the expertise of the engineers, from what companies, from example, from cam fella to heads, peers in cities to do a better job. as mentioned in the system. also the what the qualities important. it's not only the quantity that we all know now, but if you have water, but if it isn't, if it is not safe for human consumption, then it's also a problem. because a lot of what i'll done this is, is that it's still remain one of the major cause of this, of the children in africa. so would you say there was projects that you do not support or no goals for you because they do more harm than good? yes. from our perspective as to what batter global alliance the know go

project would be the big infrastructure project that big. what's our treatment plans all new to its connection, but not adapted to a local context. and especially if the local capacities of engineers, we will be in charge of operating those networks is not built. also, projects we have not included an african sensation. we've a local communities also and they'll go, would you say well, whole use is the way to go for people in the countryside. in uganda, i would say let's be very cautious with the use of groundwater. it's true that it's very tempting to tap into this result because there is less treatment involved, for example, because it's so it's also deep that it's not supposed to be contaminated,

that the ground water may not be raised easily replenish by the rain. so you can print them and that's sometimes there is no water left that has already happened. it's also very dangerous to leave it unregulated, so that people are drilling their own, the holes to complement all, to avoid, to have to be connected with the city council in the cities. now we also keep hearing that's a great opportunity and having a great supply or consistent supply of water is to simply use it efficient. what would that really mean for africa? let's face it like people in the sled. all we have read the cities and have a reasonable use of water. it's not that they are wasting gallons and gallons of water on watering, van mo and all feeding

a swimming pool. so it's, it's more important to look at the global use of water like how much, what is used for the industry much what you use for the agriculture, for example, there is a lot of what also wasted in unsustainable agricultural system. so it's, it's not only pointing at the citizens, especially of a poor one, but we need to have a holistic approach on that front. okay, and finally, from many projects, what are some of the lessons that we can draw from from them? let's trusts the local capacity to change the way they are doing things. let's accompany them instead of forcing them to do differently. think this is really a very important to us in our project. thank you very much,

dr. on was good for joining us on the show, and i hope from the experience on just your story. african countries can love to work together on solve the water crusty problem. thank you. once again, thank you very much. somebody did this interview gets you thinking. then you'll definitely be interested in the last report of the day we shows are important. it is to consider the needs of local people and the environment in any water related projects. dec it's, they go, for example, south africa, the government decided to build some new dams to address the expected water short age. that is very true, crease no 5 dumbs applied for the subtle partly to supply water to the neighboring south africa. but many of the people in the region aren't too happy about it. so let's head there and find out why walter rich le soto is keeping thirsty south africa alive. but the tiny, landlocked country is paying

a high price for it. we didn't anticipate that damn c a in the so to woody did misery. that is bringing up a had a warning will to the law. i see nothing of the better life that they promised us would. rather, if it were up to me, i would decide against that building, madame that is needful water. i saw that she got grades high and the souls of such water remains the little islands were to project. we have been able to divert water add to a sub africa, but we are limited by the quality of our environment. phase 2 of the la soto highlands water project started 3 years ago. one of 5 dms is being built here to supply water to neighboring south africa. the entire village has been

moved to another location. yes ma'am. how the construction work hit us hard. they had promised us jobs and i wasn't. our children are supposed to be earning something from this, but instead they're out of work for about a while. other people in south africans get the jobs we go hungry one and they also took our fields till another about glasses, the cornfields and grazing land. now, house construction workers, far from leading to greater prosperity, the damn has brought misery for residents. driving 8000 people from their homes. the water will flow to south africa's financial hub, johannesburg, 400 kilometers away. for the 16000000 people in the city and surrounding province la, so toes dams a vital and already provide 60 percent of their water since

the project is financed with south african taxpayers money. eulissa kline hans has been monitoring it for a long time. he works for the organisation outer, which seeks to expose corruption and mismanagement, urbanized ations taking place and future development. then expansion of business needs more water. the problem is we are only very limited to the water that we have in south africa. we don't have innovative technologies and circulated infrastructure yet to recycle water. and currently we highly rely on the las jar lens face to scheme to provide future demands. it's one of the largest infrastructure projects in africa and is supposed to benefit both sides. south africa, paisley soto, nearly $70000000.00 euros a year for the water. and the soto uses the dams to generate electricity for its population of the local project manager from the list. so to highlands authority,

tulsa, let him 5 years time. the dumb wool bull, stunned bright hair, 5000 hectares of land will them be flooded as we are all away, this kind of projects would have social impact and environmental impacts. and i, we as the project helpful at number of programs which had been there, discussed mac lead vocal amenities are as ways and means of ha ha, mitigating against the laws of land and the laws over their crazy area and perpetual mer to sea sick. we heard exactly the same promises 24 years ago when the cat saddam was built. all other dams feet that water into this reservoir, from where its pike to south africa. sick we worked for the santa legal center. the project was conceived georgia by 2 undemocratic

governments of south africa, apathy, the regime, and the military. it, there at the gym in minnesota. those governments did not have mandate from the people they did that. they said need for the review of this the project is also threatened by massive soil erosion. the construction of the dams, along with overgrazing and climate change mean more and more soil is being eroded by the rain and ends up in rivers settlement. in many places, only by a rock remains told to say, lay as a consultant for a national project, the aims to protect the photos, rivers. workers hair rebuilding low balls into the hillside to reduce the speed and force of rain more to run off and prevent erosion. they also remove invasive shrubs

that would otherwise wipe out endemic plants whose roots help to keep the soil in place with the current erosion, the life of such dems would be fairly compromised the lifetime, because in no time there will be more full of sediment done. water, so this would be lost investment, in my opinion already ring of save in this bar, letting it a we've come to the end of this week's program. thanks for watching and we'll look forward to seeing you all again next week for now is good bye from lagos, nigeria. and it is also time for me to sign up from compiler, here in uganda. but don't forget to share with us your thoughts and ideas on all social media platforms would love to hear from you until next time. bye bye and

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