d, w dot com ah ah, this week on well stories, graffiti for women's rights in zimbabwe in italy, motorcycle therapy brings joy to disabled. but we begin in ukraine where the russian war of aggression also aims to eradicate the identity and culture of an entire nation. music styles, i'll singing out and protest. i love l i n a girl is named al yona al yona, ukraine's best known wrapper and style icon in the studio of tv channel one plus one. she taught herself how to ramp, and nowadays she speaks for an entire generation, her subjects, the war and the feelings. it unleashes golf ball. okay, what, what it says, and no,

you go ahead and do you have us in to the start of the war? al yonah, al yonah has been splitting her time between keys and abroad. she sings about her experiences, and europe is listening. in all european european stages, i see more of ukrainian artist arts always help to be to us connection was other, a conscious to understand us to know something new about us and see that we are created in that none with her music and on social media. the rapper takes on putin belief, also plays an ever bigger role in her music wrap a kind of prayer to protect her from fear in that mom of situation. a blanche if voting of clueless would. and then it's good validity pledge, some hood in the schools, but dopey, stay or go. many musicians and artists battle with this decision. he decided to

stay seattle's love about car choke, pop star national hero, lead singer of oki on l. z, the ukrainian cult band. for when the russian invasion began, he literally took to the streets. our courtship began performing among the ruins. he often travels to the frontline to experience the war close up. nevertheless, he keeps on going with his music actually this, this year. i mean, this is the year of music for me all how unusual it songs for people. but i do, i do a lot of music with it. 175 performances in the front line. we did probably 50 or $6060.00 or concerns in, in europe and all the countries already a lot to come eat us. it's on the, the war has also made many ukrainian artists more determined than ever to fight the

war with the means at their disposal. and to ensure that art and culture doesn't fall victim to this conflict. shaw's buddhism hinz and bob way graffiti artists, spunk a debate about women's and girls, writes the is suffered major setbacks during the pandemic that cannot change society. at the studio in zimbabwe capital herrera graffiti artists are working on concepts to help stimulate debate on social issues made worse by the pandemic. out there focuses on problems affecting women and girls. they 1st visualize their ideas with sketches on paper and on the computer before they set to work on the murals or

us in san every imagination of our future and re imagination of our contemporary life. and also i'm going back to our traditional knowledge systems, you know, and there's been a lot of getting the comp time to realize that. and they, we, we, we took halves, we took conclusions that were used leg leg. ringback 200 years ago, and it is a good that have been passed down through the through generation. so that showed us on the importance of traditional knowledge system. the graffiti artists have been painting, murals on the streets of some of her are, is poorest neighborhoods. their imagery incorporates the faces of influential women . the hope is to inspire young women and girls who have been negatively affected by the pandemic. in zimbabwe, the number of teen pregnancies rose sharply during the lockdown. over 4000 girls

did not return to school. when they reopened in early 2021. girls and women's rights advocates say the arts are an effective way to communicate and to spark change. based on the learnings and experiences with head out from what it 19, the needs to be a concerted investment in developing messages that are relevant threat messages that i informed by experience and evidence message is that hi me as the power of the us both the visual and performing arts to propel messages around goals writes out to propel messages that ensure the protection of girls to also are put forward messages. i've had guardian sexual into productive health rights and information. the pandemic is also shaped. zimbabwe is urban street culture,

through the fashion collective fabric party. young people are exploring issues around identity that took a back seat during the pandemic. that in the car with he said down hell, but enough time to look into the internet and so as going on. so we'll call, bless ourselves in his face. it was yes that i am known by now. after that, lead out we identify or how do we create an identity for la winsted coat fabric party is developed into an art movement that brings together graffiti artists and fashion designers to explore new possibilities for collaboration. when people spend 2 years log down when missed that element of a community in element with way can collaborate and work as a collective people who used to do that through covered who did it online. but soon after carving, people realized the importance of collaboration and qualitative west. at the height

of the pandemic, the artists raised awareness of coven 19 by painting bureaus, encouraging people to follow health regulations, like wearing masks and social distancing. they drew on the star power of influencers, who they painted, wearing masks like the artists planned to keep working with the concept to spark conversations about what humanity can learn from the pandemic. ah, and italian puts a smile on the faces of the ill and disabled with a rind on his bike. his motorcycle therapy is scientifically recognised. o a day in the life of moto cross freestyle champion vanny odessa in the galleria. ah, look as i want to valid,

the beauty of this sport is that even the richest person in the world can't by the feeling you get walking in the sky next to your bike. ah. but it's not all back flips in the sky, vanny odette as we'll take him to all kinds of places like this hospital in genoa. ah, danny's motorcross journeys started in 2002. he soon turned his passion into a profession and is now one of the most successful doors in the industry. his 200 horsepower bikes. these him, soaring up to 15 meters off the ground, but he's always afraid he says, of it. if our water a fear is what drives you to push on, but also of course it's very dangerous off, but the more you train and the more you jump on, the less grist water actually is alma mater, the bite becomes something like

a 3rd leg blue. his talent brought him fame, money, success and tournaments from brazil to russia. then one day, a taxi ride after a when in moscow changed everything of course succeed you straight away. i noticed a strong smell of uranus. uh huh. i snapped at the driver to hurry up and quickly take me to my destination. often i looked into his eyes and saw a man like me. but he was missing his legs and he was sitting there in his own urine. front cover, oregon, and we are settled to see dealers, meds, also, and from then on vanny began to help others or donald dollars. i gather primer all the prize money and went up to my hotel, ashamed of myself. and i thought about what i could do to help the world or all the time. and that's how he got the idea for motorcycle therapy. a motorcycle

ride can bring moments of joy, or at least distraction to people with a disability or illness. and the idea is spreading throughout italy. ah, this is genoa on a wednesday morning, vanny and his friend my tail valeca bogey, are preparing to visit a children's hospital and goth lini. they've been dropping into clinics since 2014 . what was it? it's like hitch. i gave her all these are there was so regular. go with moody and pick a gift card to review and now it's his town. he's never been on a murder back before. by this time you have what the hold on tight off. we go. see some of them on a think is a bit of luckily, and there are electric motorcycle. so the kids in hospital can enjoy them too for why we want to make this place into a big circuits. because kids should be able to feel like kids, even in a hospital,

not like patients. 24 young patients are waiting for vanny and his motorcycle in the cancer ward to. he comes by twice a month. 2 0 yeah he what's your name? i g r g. okay. oh, watch the tube. yes. 0123. go shopping with i'm slowly here with ah ah, i never thought the motorcycle can move so fast enough. i could feel my skin my body than i thought. there's a door ahead. why isn't he breaking? and then he made the spectacular stop. it was fantastic. a but then he said

no matter how much the children enjoy it, there is always a feeling of sadness. tonsilitis that of many of the people i meet won't survive that leave scars deep wounds that will never heal in the market. but fanny's visits give the little patience feelings of joy and the hope that they'll see each other again soon for the next ride. ah ah ah, every journey is full of surprises. we've gone all out to give you some time with him. i'm in your northernmost count

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