3000, your weekly check on the global issues that shape our world-. and here's what's coming up in today's program -- changing perspective -- meet the trainee journalists in nairobi's largest slum glimpse of the future -- we visit myanmar where people prepare for more freedom and solar power on the pitch -- how brazil gets its energy grid on track for the football world cup being a woman in afghanistan isn't easy. being a policewoman, actor and filmmaker at the same time is asking for trouble. and that's exactly what saba sahar is in the business of

doing. she simply can't wait until politicians have managed to create the kind of country where she can safely be an artist. that's why she provokes others into taking a fresh look at afghan society. a german documentary has followed her every step of the way on this remarkable journey. >> a woman who fights back -- in a country like afghanistan, scenes like this are unthinkable. saba sahar is an afghan film maker. in her home country, her films are a tough sell for male audiences. sebastian heidinger spent four years accompanying her for his documentary, "traumfabrik kabul" - "kabul dream factory." in one of the world's most dangerous countries, the afghan people have lived in fear for decades.

through her films, saba sahar wants to change that. >> she's a pop icon in afghanistan. her first film, "quanoon," which came out in 2004, got a huge amount of press. it was a sensation -- the first time a woman appeared on film this way. she's been famous there ever since. >> saba sahar does it all -- she produces, directs, and acts. sometimes she plays a police officer -- it's her job in real life, too. she loves her work, even though being a woman in a male- dominated profession isn't always easy. her fame has brought controversy. during the filming of "kabul dream factory," she and her crew received threats.

she says her car was shot at. >> it's not true that everyone in afghanistan is opposed to ar. actually, many people are huge fans of both. but some people do live in isolated regions where there's no media, no film at all. they've never had any exposure to films or the cinema. that's why they oppose it, and reject it. >> in regions where there's no film or television, saba sahar goes out with a mobile cinema. she sees it as a way of encouraging women who live in isolated regions to take charge of their own lives. >> many of my films talk about women's rights and about the role of the police: what the

police do, and where they perform important roles in society. i'm really happy to be able to send a message to women that they should never feel like they're helpless. they need to be strong. >> saba sahar has been a police officer for 18 years. she's one of the few female police officers in the country. it's difficult work. but female police officers are badly needed -- under shariah law, male officers are not permitted to search female suspects. that's also why the government asked saba sahar to shoot a promotional film aimed at women. the documentary also shows a woman in despair, worn down by the war in afghanistan.

>> why am i still here? why haven't i left? the only reason is because i love my people, i love my country. i love both of them, and that's why i can't leave. >> so she continues to make films -- films about and for the people of afghanistan. >> from a filmmaker in afghanistan we head to a potential future journalist in kenya, who also uses the power of the media. fatuma ismail lives in kibera, nairobi's largest slum. depending on who you ask, it's

estimated that between 170,000 and 500,000 people live here. few of them ever get the chance to tell their story. that's why a group of journalists got together to give kibera its own voices. and fatuma is on track to becoming one of them. it's a sunday but fatuma ismail is headed for school. her school is on the other side of kibera, nairobi's largest slum, so she has to get an early start. but today is no ordinary school day. ken oloo is a film maker and journalist. he's also founder of a multimedia project that has enrolled some students from the kibera academy. fatuma is one of the lucky participants. >> since i was young, i wanted to do media. and when ken came, i was so

happy. i knew right away, i wanted to join the club. >> today, the students are learning about interview techniques, camera settings, and placement. the students pay careful attention. ken oloo is a television reporter. he and some fellow journalists founded the filamu juani project to teach young people from the slums the power of television. >> most of the stories from kibera are told by people from outside. and we just think if more people from kibera and areas in nairobi are resourced, and skilled in telling stories, they tell their own stories in their own words. >> the students are on assignment -- looking for a street vendor who will speak to them about his daily life in kibera. fatuma is optimistic >> there are so many people who have so much problems, and some

say that if you share your problems, they reduce. we find that when we do this kind of things, kibera is now rising. >> but fatuma soon finds out that reporting is hard work, and telling stories is more difficult than it might seem. finally she finds a water vendor. still, he has to be convinced to appear on camera. but now, the camera operator has vanished. she finds him taking a short break in the bakery. finally, they begin. fatuma asks the vendor if the economic upswing has affected him personally. his one-word answer: no. she has to come up with new questions -- fast. >> i was scared. there were so many people here looking at me. i wanted to run away.

>> back at school, they take a look at their material. the students are nervous but ken oloo is happy with their work. he also tells fatuma that next time she should not be shy with her uestions. >> it was good that ken told me where i went wrong, and i learned it. especially the other group, they did well. and i knew where i did my mistake. and next time, i will just be good, better than the other group. >> for fatuma, the day's isn't done. she still has to help out at home. she's lucky. fatuma's mother is very supportive of her participation in the project. >> i think it's wonderful. she's a good student and a very hard worker. and she'll be able to put the skills she's learning in the media project to good use. i'm sure she'll be able to do something with it later. >> not all parents in kibera are as supportive.

they think girls should stay home and help their mothers. but for fatuma, the project offers hope for the future. she wants to become a journalist and report exciting stories -- and not just of kibera. >> and you can find more information on dw's education projects online at dw.de/educationforall. myanmar, also known as burma, has become a beacon of hope for democracy in recent weeks. that's after aung san su chi's pro-democracy nld party won but-two seats contested in by- elections in april. and yet, even if the country's military rulers follow through and open up further, decades of oppression have left a quarter of the population struggling to survive on less than a dollar a day. the people have also been starved of education by, except for a few niches that managed to survive.

religious belief helped the people of myanmar withstand 50 years of military dictatorship. the country is famous for the beauty of its many temples, pagodas and buddhist monasteries. but a country as poor as myanmar needs more than faith and timeless beauty. as a student, sithu zeya watched the junta shut down the universities. they were afraid their power might be challenged by a student uprising. sithu is on his way home. he just finished teaching a class in computing. sithu believes that learning and education are his country's highest priority. he says educated people are harder to oppress and dominate. sithu and his father were just released from jail in january. they were imprisoned for two years, after a false accusation of terrorism. >> i was locked up in a prison cell that was actually a cage. the cage right next to me was full of vicious dogs. they tried to bite me though the bars of the cage.

>> sithu is an art student. in jail, he made drawings about his experiences. he says he wants everyone to know what happened. sithu and his father aren't worried they might be arrested again. the future won't wait, they say. instead of barbed wire and oppression, myanmar needs freedom, progress, and education. yangon, myanmar's largest city. fearing the destruction of their culture, the junta seemed bent on driving the country backward. anything that smacked of modernity, democracy, and progress was forbidden. these students are on the way to one of the few good schools in the city. this is where many high-ranking military officers send their children. the generals made sure that their own families had the best of everything. the rest of the education system was a shambles. even though times are changing, our film crew isn't welcome

everywhere. just six months ago, a foreign camera team would not have been able to freely move about here. we would have had to sneak into a monastery like nyttawadi. during the years of uprisings, monasteries were a center of resistance. in nyttawadi, the buddhist abbot is consecrating some bags of rice. the rice is a donation to support the monastery's project the project is building a future for myanmar's young people. children here a religious and a secular education. 600 children live here. some are novice monks. others are orphans. the children come from many different ethnic backgrounds -- a mirror of myanmar, which is a multi-ethnic country. >> we need to stand together, in peace.

the country needs unity. the foundation of our political system is still very shaky. but education is a solid foundation that we can build on. >> poor families from the provinces can send their children here to live and to be educated free of charge. the regular classroom instruction is done for the day, and the young students return to the monastery. many of the students have big dreams for the future. and donations are what help keep those dreams alive. win maun is from a remote part of the country. he wants to be a doctor one day. the students here are still reticent to speak about their hopes for the future. not long ago, calling any attention to oneself was dangerous. the two girls are visiting their brother. their family is poor, and there's no school for him near home. their brother brought a small

piece of home with him. we ask him some questions about politics. he replies, "the weather is changing." he, too, is reluctant to speak too openly. >> we didn't take part in the uprising of the monks in 2007. they would have thrown us in jail and the children would have starved. >> there is a saying in myanmar -- education is a golden key that no one can take way from you. the brutal military dictatorship made sure the golden key remained out of reach for the common people. now, myanmar has a future, a shining, perhaps even golden future for its young people from cities like yangon, to the world heritage nominated temples of the bagan plains.

>> more democracy, of course, can also mean change of power. let's help the generals do not shy away from that. few people live their dreams, but this week we meet one of them. selahattin sash is a former fisherman, who loves going out to sea. today he gives us his take on globalization. >> my name is selahattin sas. i'm 55 years old and i live in the district of karatas, turkey. i'm actually a fisherman. but 9 years ago, we opened this fish restaurant. we earn about 3,000 lira a month. that's about 1200 euros.

it's a good thing that countries are growing closer together. i'd like to see more of that. here in turkey, there's more and more competition for jobs, for work, everyone is trying to come out on top. if we could all treat each other as brothers, that would be better for everyone. that more than 70 million people here in turkey are still living together in peace.

fish, of course. legumes, and salad. that's what we eat most. in my free time, i take my boat and sail out to sea. >> some 80% of brazil's energy demand is covered by renewables. this amazing figure appears less environmentally sound when you know that several large hydro- electric dams are fuelling brazil's economy. every dam sweeps away precious habitat, and some of them parts of the amazon rainforest. so there are some tough choices, but when the football world cup comes to town in 2014, brazil wants to showcase its green credentials. so architects want to integrate solar energy into their stadium design. here's how the power of football is driving green energy.

brazilians are crazy about football. whenever they can find a spare moment and bit of shade, the soccer balls come out. the entire host country is gripped by world cup 2014 fever. and most every player here would jump at the chance to see a match at the maracana stadium in rio de janeiro. but right now, it's a construcion site. the stadium is being gutted and renovated for the world cup. it's a huge project. some days up to 5,000 people are hard at work here.

the original plan was to keep the old roof. deliberations caused months of delay, but in the end, the roof was too badly damaged and had to be torn down. now the site manager is scrambling to make up for the delay. >> we're behind schedule, yes. everything has been pushed back a bit. but we're doing everything we can to move the project forward. we'll be done by february 2013. >> the new plan calls for a lightweight membrane roof. it won't be sturdy enough to support large solar panels. that means the solar modules will be installed only on the perimeter. fewer panels also means less power. under the new plan, the panels will generate 560 megawatt hours. that's enough to supply about 280 households.

the german association for international cooperation -- the giz, and the german kfw state development bank are providing technical know-how and financial support to solar projects in brazil. they want to help boost power capacity in the country and prevent a recurrence of major power outages, like the ones that took place ten years ago. >> the entire country was affected. the economy collapsed. economic output was slashed by up to 10%, which is just huge for a national economy. >> brazil already generates up to 80% of its electricity from renewable resources, much of it from hydroelectricity. even though brazil is drenched in sunlight, solar power still isn't a feature here. so now the government is looking to the world cup as a showcase for its new solar capabilities. the light energy group is maracana's leading provider. their plan calls for many small- scale projects, rather than a one o two big ones.

>> maracana is a flagship project, but it's also a lot more than that. it's the start of a new, decentralized power supply. especially in the area of photovoltaics. >> the power generated at maracana stadium will be bought by large companies. they'll have to pay a bit more. but in return, they'll be able to tout their commitment to the environment. a large hydroelectric power project is now under construction in the amazon basin. but it's very controversial -- brazilians no longer want to support such massive projects. >> it's going to be increasingly difficult to build these big hydroelectric plants, both for social and for ecological reasons. that's why further projects are being delayed. in the meantime, we still need alternatives, which is why we're looking for new options. 1600 kilometers to the north, the city of salvador de bahia. it's home to an important solar stadium project, also built with german support.

the converted stadium is latin america's first solar stadium and one of the continent's largest photovoltaic plants. it's also one of the first solar electricity projects to attract the attention of brazil's electricity regulatory agency. >> the stadium is a pilot project. we're going to take a very careful look at it to see how renewable energy might best be supported and utilized. the salvador stadium is also a model for the maracana conversion. in salvador, the weight of the modules was again the biggest challenge. the heavy solar panels were used only on the newly-built side sections. the roof was covered with lightweight solar foils. the state-owned stadium now

generates around 600 megawatt hours of power, which supplies nearby government buildings. the photovoltaic modules were built in the us and china. the inverter boxes were built in germany. they convert direct current to alternating current. plans are underway for other solar projects in brazil, too. >> the regulatory agency is laying groundwork that will allow private homeowners as well as companies to install rooftop solar panels. they'll be able to feed that power into the grid, and for that they will be paid a set amount for it. >> the opening ceremony of brazil's first solar stadium. although there was little by way of major fanfare, photovoltaic projects such as this one can provide many benefits to industry, power providers and the environment.

>> we want support to go to german-brazilian cooperative ventures, and to scientific collaboration. that will also help create and secure jobs within germany. brazil originally planned more gas and coal plants to generate needed electricity. but now the government has set its sights on renewable energy. instead of massive and environmentally-damaging new projects, they're looking to green electricity. 3000 this week. thanks for watching and don't miss our latest global reports in seven days' time. until then from me and the entire global team here in berlin, bye bye! captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--