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d w. germany. you've gotten this mtv and channel television right here in the area . i am chris, lives with me is my charming colleague, income follow? hello chris, on a big hello to all of us there. thank you for joining us. i and number 3, nobody at is always or is how interesting all lined up for you to learn from. and also enjoy. so here is a quick look at what we, how for you today, how a startup instant easy. it is providing access to clean water. why a designer from the netherlands, pretty full of furniture. and why people in the city are obsessed about and you down in the region shocking use, but through each year, floods effect nearly $50000.00 people in uganda. living many dead on the 1000, displaced the flood water course. the country over $60000000.00 us dollars a year,

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. ah these seedlings will go fast enough humans to know the bumble will be twice as tall as ireland thomas he made, he works for the wild weidler font as community facilitator. now he's supervising the planting of bumble along 5 kilometers of the river in your mama, over 400000 siblings are already in the ground. it has a rude network that holds the soil together. secondly, ah, mum will lake any other water ah, ridge lake,

we see one with stronger one. it holds the stones buck, and any other thing that they were told of curried. that means there would be only a small volume of water that will go through that bump which is controllable and may not cause a lot of harm. then your member gets ether. water from the resort mountains, but the region has seen increased flooding in the past decade. scientists say erasing temperatures are met in glaciers on the mountain top. last year, flooding in the casa district, left over 1600 people homeless. they're still living in comes for displaced parcels, recommend o'malley is one of them. we can go back to him proudly would spend the bear lake poor to free as again the floods are back. our gong to be in the simplest way it is flooding every day. i can't go back in that form. i feel like we're

shrubs that annual life. they ugandan government and they w, w, f are working together to protect the 20 top villages along the river that were heat hardest to lay the floods. a decision was made to plant bumble because its fast growing angel was on the near by silva. 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, a paid the equivalent of around $40.00

a week. catherine, a senior joined the project at the beginning of the year. it's enabled her to build up her own consequence lady nay. g. going to jim i only had one sewing machine when he started planting bumble to d. a on ta machines. i was able to pay for eat, with savings from the bumble project, so its been a positive change, frankie or longer with her fillmore. the plant is also a source of food for animals like golden monkeys, and mountain gorillas. in eastern uganda. bumble shirts are also traditional delicacy, atlanta, to mercy me, is now trying to popularize bumbled in this region to 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 course, i think of people will take up bumble planting and growing which would

of with tame oh, come up with so many advantages. bumbled doesn't need a lot of water, so it won't dry 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 resettle near the river. once again. let us switch it up to another topic now, the power of the san 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 as cost a different light on solar power or color for designs will open your eyes to the potential solar energy. it's amazing. oh,

good. her dutch designer, marianna, fun elbow. the sun is her inspiration. so all started with this. it's something, it's a small and beautiful as this, with harvest energy, solar cells take center stage and her designs like in these illuminated window decorations these solar window panels looked 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. we're 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 relations 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 with 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 it's 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 switches, the 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. her creation enables the production of food in places where there's a lack of electricity for farming space. this is my creation of the future of farming and it's called power plant. 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 use this vertical farming . and this is all powered by solar glass. even though she is a designer by trade, scientific developments are important to marian's work. solar shelf has evolved so much since the last dikes in 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 we could live in balance with nature and use sources that are coming all the time in our, in abundance. i think, yeah, then the worlds can be very beautiful place for my infant elbow, the future of solar technology. certainly look bright. ah. but africa and the knees in the country is struggling with this via water shortage. both in the rural and urban areas. but once daughter has formed a solution to the water cause the problem, we basically making water out of thin air. it may seem unbelievable, but it is true. it is our doing give read this week. ah, ah fresh spring water for the winter in of 10 dba in north west into

nicea, it's a godsend, clean drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult to find here. tennessee is one of $25.00 countries worldwide, with the lowest availability of water per capita. and due to climate change and population growth, the countries drinking more to needs are increasing by some 6 percent a year. so it french trin izzy, 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 gene. the water is then filtered, mineralized and stored in a tank. a single humanist 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. if 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 and the laughter, and that would generate energy only. 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 bill, tell us about it, visit our website, or send us or 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 to interview spoke to an expert from the you and global water operators partnership alliance. ah, ah, we're 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 valve civil explanation. so that of course, 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 lesser and more people to say, well, water 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 because it will let the companies government, i've not invested enough to not only to extend the sites that say, but also we also to maintain the site. so we have very old. so what's on network? that's our leaking, and at the same time, there is also less water. we do to the global warming less water in some places too

much water in other places, meaning flood inundation that's also damaging the infrastructure. i know that encompasses you working closely with national sewage corporation and we just want to tap into what to exactly do. how are you helping them to actually provide us dunden, we've clean, safe, sustainable water supply. yes. actually what we do at you and have you said that was my program, which is a global, what's alliance is that we have what the appraisal to help one another. so we are counting with the expertise of the engineers, from what companies, from example, from cam fella to heads their peers in over 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 what's up, but if it isn't, if it is not safe for human consumption, then it's also a problem because there are lots of lots all done. this is,

it's still remain one of the major goals 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 bad global alliance the know go project would be the big infrastructure project next 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 in african sensation. we've a local communities also a no 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 was so deep that it's not supposed to be contaminated. but the ground lot though may not be really easily replenish by the rain. so you can pump them, and that's some point there is no, no, what are left that has already happened. it's also very dangerous to leave it unregulated, so that people are doing their own, the holes to complement all, to avoid, to have to be connected with the city council in the cities. now it also keeps 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 sledge. all we have read then citizens have a reasonable use of water. it's not that they are wasting. gallons and gallons of water on lettering val moe and all of feeding swimming pool. so it's, it's more important to look at the global use of water, like how much water you use for the industry. oh, much what you use for the agriculture, for example, there is a lot of what also wasted in and sustainable agricultural system. so it's, it's not only pointing at the citizens and especially the poor one, but we need to have a holistic approach on that front. ok, 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 waters gosti problem. thank you. once again. thank you very much, sandra. did this interview gets you thinking? then you 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 project. tickets they go, for example, south africa, the government decided to build some new dams to address the expected water short age that is very to crease. know, 5 dams apply for the sort of 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 water richly soto is keeping 1st the south africa allies that the tiny, landlocked country is paying a high price for it. we didn't anticipate that dams here in this are to 3 the misery that is bringing perhaps one or 2. i see nothing of the better life is that they promised us what if it were up to me, i would decide against the building, the damn the needful water mains high. the souls of special water remains in the pseudo adams which approach we have been able to divert water to south africa. but we are limited by the quality of our environment.

phase 2 of the low soto highlands water project started 3 years ago. one of 5 damage is being built here to supply water to neighboring south africa. the entire village has been moved to another location. yes, the, the, on the construction work hit us hard. they had promised us jobs. our children are supposed to be earning something from this, but instead they're out of work for adults, while other people in south africans get the jobs we go hungry. one and they also took our fields till another about gas in the cornfields and grazing land. now, how's construction workers? far from leading to greater prosperity, the dam has brought misery for residence. 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. union 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. and the problem is we are only very limited to the water that we have in south africa, and we don't have innovative technologies and circulated infrastructure yet to recycle water. and currently we highly rely on the las jar lens phase 2 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. under soto uses the dams to generate electricity for its population of the local project manager from the list. so to highlands authority tells us that in 5 years time, the dumb wool will stand right here. $5000.00 hectares of land will them be flooded . as we are all away, this kind of projects would have social impacts and environmental impacts. and what we, as the project helpful at number of programs, which had been there, these customer lead vocal many desert as ways and means of ha ha, mitigating against the laws of land that the laws over there, grazing earlier and perpetual mer to sea sick, we heard exactly the same promises 24 years ago when the camp saddam was built. all

other dams feet that water into this reservoir from where its pipe to south africa . sick we worked for the santa legal center. the project was conceived georgia by to an democratic governments of south africa apathy division and the military. it there at the gym in minnesota. all those governments did not have monday to form the people they did. they said neat for the review of dysentery to the project. is also threatened by massive soil erosion, the construction of the dams, along with over grazing and climate change. mean that more and more soil is being eroded by the rain and ends up in riff as a sediment. in many places, only by a rock remains told to say, lay as a consultant for a national project,

the aims to protect las or toes rivers. workers hair rebuilding low bowls 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 to 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, a ring of save in this, or letting it i, we've come to the end of this week's program. thanks for watching. and we 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 take care. ah, i with

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