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but 1st we go to india where refugee afghans school girls are finding what they're denied in their homeland. a right to education fought them off. our gun is among pals and some of gaunt student refugees living in a cramped area. indeed. 70 years ago she fled gobble with her family. leaving everything behind. growing up, fought more often witnessed bombings and wildlands. her father, filmmaker faced harassment and censorship by the taliban. now it dwelt grade for my is considered one of the brightest students at the site jamal a deal up gone school for richard g w without the cheese upset to hear about her friends who had bought from going to school back home. since i'm a girl, i know what problems they are facing. and education is a really,

really basic right for everyone. everybody, whether they are girls or by dish or the study and there for we don't have the basic right then of course sir, it gives us feeling of sadness and we hope that the one day everybody have that or right to study, like her other students share similar stories of repression in laws they felt unsafe at home, but now the school by widest hope that these young people were coming to this a school. i can look up. i see my dreams. when i go to university to choose my favorite gary i to become an i'm a doctor running to school is not an easy task for the principal kanisha job. every morning. he makes the rounds to ensure that glasses take place without any disruptions shop previously dedicated. 15 years of his life, the girl's education and woman as empowerment in afghanistan,

he fled his country in 2017. besides the thought of the bottle, i am very proud to say that some girls who have graduated have been accepted and topped universities in india to pursue higher education. the school sets a great example for the success of refugee children that were made on the kidney when the school lost its funding after the taliban to quote up gun a storm in 2021. but then the up gun embassy in delhi, which represents the former government, stepped in, in defiance of the 30 bonds policy. it secured money from india, keep the school going. embassy official said viola hush me says it has been challenging since the poly want dig or but he sees the school is more important than our the goals and getting education. and this is school as sending

a clear message to the taller one that nobody can ban education for the woman. they are asking for the international community to support you. one of the schools and universities and afghanistan back at school for tomorrow and her friends are busy with the glasses. they know they are lucky to have the opportunity to pursue a bright future, which is denied to their friends back home. ah, in columbia, a bloody civil war raged for decades. while rebels and the government have since come closer, society is still deeply divided. new projects are meant to help. vague dreams often start small in neva. they start with savory ucita biscuits, a specialty from the region, and for the women here, a symbol for peace,

they have all been touched by war. some were product members, some were victims of columbus armed conflict. now they worked shoulder to shoulder . i've been in the beginning when we meet the victims for the 1st time. it's about understanding the pain that our our la life has inflicted on them in miss that i got a gave her a anthony that loss e lives about understanding and telling them that we are here for them. if i corner fare and to acknowledge and work hand in hand if we're trying to make up one way or the other. now what am i made? a success in vocal as a teenager, media out a feeler joined the father. they trained her as a nurse. she believed in the groups message of social justice, but over the years she came to support peace. she was a signatory of the 2016 p. steel. as was the father of the 2 children. but he did not live to see the changes they had hoped for. because the only companion mad i'm

renewed at my martin, her ramiro durand was killed 7 months ago. a it, anita. i love the idea link and he loves that. we are in these types of initiatives, but it's still yet m y s, as he needs yet, the you. it's unclear who was responsible for ammeter sterile. now, he's one of over 300 signatories who have been killed since the peace deal. some of those assassinations were carried out by active dissident groups. violence also continues espia then get a yes other arm factions and the state fight to control territory. meanwhile, several initiatives, like the neva bakery are trying to help women touched by the conflict. those stigmatized by former getty a ties end, those who were victims, cut into a yet through he years family like millions in columbia, was displaced by fighting between the father and rivalry. tyra militaries where were recognized as victims of the armed conflict due to the disappearance or my brother and my families displacement oftentimes, although we feel like victims,

we are also resilient because all we've been through apple, so we're eager to contribute to p 6. the women have begun business for their business, but little to start with the need money for new machines and workshops. their dream is to sell our tea to us on want ride and throw like to make money and become a success story for reconciliation. her long columbia needs piece and it's region received back. oh, okay. we need to end this nightmare gig is that we don't want more orphans. your face, hillary leonardo chain, no k m a been my who had a family where the women here have high hopes for negotiations between the government and the yell and get a yes. and that columbia as a whole, can lead violence in the past and focus on a peaceful future. our last journey takes us to britain on the coast of wales. a family has been living

with a minimal ecological footprint for 6 years without electro city or running water. ah, oh. oh is that who good? that is where a luxury. oh elsa and billy are collecting eggs. their father, matthew watkinson, has made his dream come true. he and his family made a fresh start. oh, matthew gave up his job as a veterinarian. so did his wife caris. ringback ringback now they farm a small piece of land in new port wales where their property overlooks the waterloo is

a wealth of opportunities and possibilities for those with a bit of imagination to say, i wanna try something different. i miss was the outlet. we would just wanted to let creativity and imagination go and turn what is just bare sheep fields into something full of life to what concerns live from what nature provides their property is completely off the grid. instead of a washing machine, they have a makeshift hand power device, a small windmill and solar panels provide electricity. but when it's still lower, cloudy power can be in short supply. everything is improvised and everything gets recycled, even old cars. so this one we, we plot all our seeds and we start our seeds growing in there. and then this one with, we've got a spare bedroom in so that say friends or family visit. so we started with our

horse laurie. that was seemed to be the quickest way to create a habitable space. we needed a bit more space, so we decided we'll get some old agricultural trailers. slot them in behind. lincoln altogether somehow cover him would. i'm, this is the result. it's a can i complete an, a hodgepodge of things that we could find at the time. vegetables are grown in old truck tires. it's winter, but rhubarb is sprouting from the soil. they grow fruit and vegetables without pesticides and take care to increase final diversity on their property. they will vary on the wells government support sustainable projects like this one under a program called one planet development. in return, the what concerns must demonstrate that these were a big part of what we were doing up here, which is not getting as much honey as we thought. whether that's to do with climate

change, i'm warm, wet to winters that we seem to be getting more austin or per a bond for bees. a lot of paperwork goes into achieving and maintaining their status as eco pioneers. every year, the authorities check to make sure that the family is as self sufficient as the rules require their building permit in the national park depends on it. and to show what your ecological footprint is you, you have to literally record everything you've spent money on. all the food, any station res, secondhand clothes, new clothes, shoes like it just absolutely everything i am the one concerns were allowed to build on the coast in the national park. they received the permit because they met strict environmental criteria. busy there on the mountain known as kindly among the locals. it said to be a magical place and some object to the watkins since living there. when the

application was made for the one partner development, it was no move to the shoe because cunningly is held in high regard and revered locally on many people thought it was inappropriate or any form of development. on the slopes of con english, the what concerns are doing without comforts many take for granted. life in their converted trailers is rustic, especially on damp winter evenings. but they love it here and want to be an example for their children. even if some of their neighbors haven't been won over the what concerns hope that they're inspiring as many people as possible to live in harmony with nature. ah,

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