>> belize is fighting back against an uninvited acquatic guest - by asking people to eat the venemous invader. hello and welcome to global 3000. we'lll get to that story in just a moment, but first here's a peak at what else is coming up on today's show. mobile clinics--how medicine is coming to the people in sao paolo fruit for the future: people in guniea are using bananas to make a better life and a beautiful predator -- how lionfish are destroying the marine ecosystem in the carribbean

brazil's healthcare system is sick. patients often have to wait months, or even years for exams and operations, especially in rural areas and poor neighborhoods. often there often isn't even a doctor, much less a hospital. .enter 'health wagons' in sao paolo dr. roberto kikawa came up with the idea for mobile medical clinics--basically, adaptable trucks that go wherever they are needed, providing diagnosis and treatment for people who might otherwise go without care. >> roberto kikawa's working day starts with a prayer. he compares his profession to religious service. he is a doctor. and brazil is a religious country. dr. kikawa doesn't have a posh

doctor's office in san paolo, but travels to where he is needed most with his mobile medical center, as part of the cies project. at the moment, he and his colleagues are in san matteus, a poor district on the outskirts of the city treating locals in a mobile clinic. this morning kikawa will perform forty gastroscopies, making sure in each case to take plenty of time to get to know the person behind the patient. that approach is central to his project. >> they have feelings and a soul, body and spirit and those things all go together. that is what doctors are there for, to take everything into consideration - not just the illness.

if you do that, you are contributing to change, to transformation!" >> he wants to shake up brazil's health care system and make it more humane. here, where people wait months and even years for appointments, his idea is well received. vanuza alfredo pedro de souza is familiar with the waiting game, but now it is her turn. with very little preamble, she gets to see a specialist who examines her thyroid. people in san matteus are not used to being treated so well. there are few doctors and no specialists in the densely populated area. vanuza's husband has felt the absence of medical professionals acutely. in 2010, she says, he slipped a

disc, and takes out his x-ray pictures to prove it. but he has not been treated for four years. >> the orthopedic doctor told my husband to go to the neurologist, but there isn't one. i have now registered a complaint, but i was told the examination reports are too old, so now we have to start from the beginning again. >> but there is another way. and that is cies, which has the backing of brazil's state system. the health authorities send people to cies sites and pay for their treatment. the service offered by the organization is a welcome means of helping to shave a couple of months off long waiting times. people have to wait here too, but not for long. they are given appointments and receive their diagnosis immediately .

>> i think we are reinventing the health care system to create one in which both structures and a human approach can be brought together, a well-balanced mix of the medical staff, technology and organization. >> kikawa was born in brazil but raised in the japanese tradition. he says his work requires both japanese discipline and brazilian warmth. having watched his father fight a losing battle against cancer, he decided to become a doctor and to improve the health system in his birth country. but he says the problem is a global one. >> there are some seven billion people on this planet, how many of them do you think have access to healthcare? only five percent of the entire population of the world. and what about the rest?"

>> cies helps 2500 people every day. the organization now has 25 mobile units and there are more in the making. the containers earmarked to become high-tech medical centers are not very big. it is essential to make the best use of every centimeter without compromising hygiene requirements. a fully equipped medical truck costs an average of 600,000 euros, which is approximately a tenth of kikawa's organization's annual budget. most of his funding comes from the state, but he also receives support from private companies and sponsors, who contribute money or technology. kikawa's latest idea is to put an operating table and an examination room in a single unit. two-thirds of brazilians are dependent on the state health system.

very few people can afford private health insurance, a luxury some dare not even dream of. for cies to expand, it will take more than just the latest technology and mobile medical centers. the organization depends on team spirit and a genuine desire to help people neither of which money can buy. robert kikawa knows that the road he has chosen to travel is a tough one, but when he is with his patients he also knows it is worth the effort. >> what is your dream job? doctor? soccer player? fashion designer? for many young people in africa, the occupation of "farmer" is pretty far down the list. many have seen their parents do back- breaking work in the fields for very little returns. and yet, despite its less than glamorous image, agriculture is still the engine driving of many african economies.

and it's one with huge potential, as this banana growing collective in guinea discovered. the first major order of the season came in from the capital conakry two days ago. it was for two tons of bananas. harvesting has been underway in the samaya agricultural cooperative since early morning. the farmers first started working together ten years ago. these days, the cooperative has 201 members and is one of the region's main banana suppliers. the success of the venture has much to do with the drive and ambition of manager hadja sylla fofana. her goal for this year is to sell more than 10 tons of fruit. >> we want to reach the production rate of colonial days, to increase income from banana production and establish guinean bananas on the international market.

>> the cooperative has had some outside help an italian ngo sponsored the storage facility in the heart of the village. the facility serves as a place to store the fruit in dry conditions, but it also allows traders to come and inspect the produce before they commit to buying it. being able to offer this service, coupled with good quality, means the cooperative can dictate its terms of business. >> we take advance payments, which means we can invest in production early on and don't need subsidies. the fruit is weighed, checked and paid for. wholesaler ibrahima camara is happy. within an hour, his truck is loaded up and ready to drive back to conakry. >> i like buying here. the quality of the bananas is good, they taste great, and the bunches are perfect too. >> when he reaches the capital,

which is just two hours away, the wholesaler will himself be able to sell the produce. hadja sylla gave up her well-paid administrative job in the city for the collective. and she has gained the trust of the locals. >> our philosophy is to allow people to be cooperative employees and own a plantation. the double income secures them a higher standard of living. >> my life has improved since i've been growing bananas. i built this house, i bought a car. i have two wives and six children, they all go to school. on sundays the shore of lake >> samaya is transformed into a market. farmers paddle across the water to sell their fresh wares on the other side. koutoubou khady from the cooperative haggles over every bunch of bananas.

>> most of what we sell we produce ourselves, but for big contracts we sometimes have to buy in. khady has already negotiated with the producers, now she has to get the agreed amount together, negotiate a price, and transport the bananas to our client in conakry. with demand growing, the cooperative has to expand. forty new farmers have applied to join since the start of the year, and practical training courses are now offered on the plantation. >> here we have different offshoots. this one, known as a 'bayonet' leads to a greater fruit yield, so you have to leave them to grow, but these ones have a destructive effect and prevent the mother plant from developing, so they have to be

destroyed. the cooperative works with a research lab in order to breed particularly resistant banana plants. >> if we have a power cut for two or three days, it ruins the cultures we have in the growth chamber. without power and refrigeration, the bacteria and fungi in the petri dishes spread and infect the seedlings, which means we have to destroy the cultures because they can no longer produce healthy plants. >> hadja sylla doesn't want to rely on the laboratory, and would prefer to take things into her own hands. her idea has the backing of the cooperative. >> in future i want to grow the plants myself. i want to reproduce them in cold

frames, because next year we need to plant 20,000 banana offshoots. and we want to produce these offshoots ourselves. >> the cooperative is hoping that new ideas will increase their income. in that spirit they are constructing a dry tunnel for the production of banana chips, banana mousse and banana milk powder. >> when the dry tunnel is ready, we will train women to process bananas. that will create jobs because in order to produce quality products we need qualified workers. the cooperative already has more than sixty extra workers, and many farmers have improved their standard of living. but for hadja sylla, that is just the beginning. >> our show is full of stories about how globalization is

affecting the planet. but we also want to know how it's affecting you! today we hear from a viewer named heena shaikh. she hails from mumbai, the most populous city in india. it's also home to an estimated 37 thousand street children...and heena came up with an idea to help a few of them. >> my name is heena, i live in mumbai, in the suburb of andheri, and am twenty years old. these street children don't receive any support, so we help to teach them after school.

we give them books and food, and help them in the subjects they find most difficult. that might be in the marathi language or in english. >> twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty. >> sorry. >> i really enjoy teaching and playing with the children. i often worry about having a proper profession. i still haven't found a job i really like. the teaching i do here is voluntary, but i learn from it, and it is a meaningful way to spend my time.

i love chinese food and my favorite fruits are bananas and mangos. >> i would love to go to london one day. or to dubai. the pictures i've seen of it are so beautiful. i would really like to achieve something in my life. my mother let me stay at school until the twelfth grade, and i would like to repay her for everything she has done for me. what i would like most is a regular office job. goodbye!

>> the waters around belize have been invaded by hungry predators. not sharks, or even stingrays -- but lionfish. the venemous species are devouring the local fish population and destroying coral reefs. because lionfish have no natural predators, the government in belize is trying to encourage people to hunt--and eat--- them. but getting diners to chow down on a fish that's armed with a row of toxic spines is proving tricky. >> the caribbean sea off the coast of central america. the belize barrier reef stretches more than 250 kilometers, and is the second largest reef system in the world. the protected ecosystem is a

unesco world heritage site and home to hundreds of species of fish. a more recent arrival is the lionfish. native to the waters off asia and australia, this incomer is breeding at a rapid rate in the caribbean sea and threatening the fragile ecological balance as a result. >> lionfish have voracious appetites. they basically are indiscriminate feeders. they will just eat anything they come across. and they have this predation strategy which fish here don't recognize. the way they hover with their fins flaired, their huge gulping mouths which sucks the fish inside. so these fish in the caribbean have no idea that this lionfish is going to eat them. and these are usually juveniles. so its potentially devastating for the fish community and then the knock-on-effects to the rest of the coral reef are just enormous.

>> what is now regarded as an infestation, started in florida in the eighties when a handful of lionfish kept in aquariums ended up in the sea. since then, the insatiable predators have been eating their way through their host waters. they were first spotted off belize six years ago. lionfish breed every four days and they have no natural enemies. but hidden in their striking fins are venomous spines. an encounter with a lionfish can be a painful experience, as a fisherman tells us. >> it was here on the spear. and whenever i was going to get it, it slipped down the spear, hit me in my hand, here, poked me in my hand. and then my finger. its not so bad the first time, when it pokes you it's just like

a pinch, but then the poison comes in, and it hurts like fire. it hurts like fire or like lava, it hurt a lot. i just don't shoot them anymore. i don't beep with them. not at all. if stocks are to be managed, it is important that fishermen overcome their fear of the prickly pariah. for the past three years jennifer chapman from the ngo 'blue ventures' has been encouraging fishermen in northern belize to try something new. >> we're speaking about a new fishery, and not everybody necessarily believes in it from the beginning. so it is very important to have a good relationship, be honest about the opportunities, which do and don't exist. what may exist in the future. don't make false promises. things like that. >> for the marine biologist that

means explaining that lionfish present an alternative to seasonal seafood such as mussels and lobsters. it also means talking about the venomous spines. >> can you see any spines here?" >> these fishermen are pretty pragmatic in their approach to the lionfish. >> imagine what would happen if we couldn't catch the lion fish they'd end up taking over our fishing territory. increasing numbers of fishermen see lionfish as an opportunity and are killing them before they ruin their business. although the venomous spines can be cut off, there needs to be a consumer demand for the fish. the island of "caye caulker" is a belize tourist centre. residents there have heard of lionfish, but have they eaten one?

>> the fish is poisonous. so that's what i know about it. >> it is very dangerous. it is not good for your consumption. >> did you ever eat it?" >> no!" the fishermen take their catch of the day to the closest restaurant - but the kitchen staff is not sure what to do with it. >> we're going to leave these here, alright?" >> a bit scary. cause i don't think we ever cooked that kind of fish. >> for the first time they are faced with the reputedly inedible fish. >> like an land animal. the head of it. mouth usually comes out. it doesn't go up like that. and this is a bit - completely different. >> but they decide to give it a go. they fry the fish and even try it.

>> "get my phone ready in case we have to call 911. >> yes, that tastes chewy. >> it's nice. >> lionfish has long featured on menus in the village of sarteneja. in "pablitos" restaurant, a filet of fish with rice, beans and cabbage salad is a old favorite and more than a hundred dishes are served each week. >> blue ventures" wants to see the same success all across belize. >> well one thing that we are really working on is to try and increase the domestic demand outside of sarteneja. because at the moment the majority of domestic demand comes from within this community. there is demand elsewhere but we want to try and expand it and

get the demand everywhere. >> it is believed to be impossible to completely clear the caribbean sea of lionfish, but it may finally have met its first real enemy... man. >> it just goes to show you, sometimes, if you chew on your problems, you can solve them ..but often finding a solution is a bit more complicated. have you found something that helps people in their day to day lives? let us know! we might feature your idea here, as part of our global brains series.... >> houses made of tires.

muscle power generators. lambs made of plastic bottles. simple ideas that can make life easier. and what about you? do you have a bright idea, or know of someone who does? then write to us and tell us about your invention. >> thats all we have time for today on global three thousand. thanks so much for watching. and if one of our reports caught your interest,be sure to visit us online, and join the global conversation. we love to hear from you! but for now, from me and the whole global team here in our berlin bye bye. captioned by the national captioning institute national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

steves: gibraltar stands like a fortress, a gateway to the mediterranean. a stubborn little piece of old england, it's one of the last bits of a british empire

that at one time controlled a quarter of the planet. the rock itself seems to represent stability and power. and as if to remind visitors that they've left spain and entered the united kingdom, international flights land on this airstrip, which runs along the border. car traffic has to stop for each plane. still, entering gibraltar is far easier today than back when franco blockaded this border. from the late 1960s until the '80s, the only way in was by sea or air. now you just have to wait for the plane to taxi by, and bob's your uncle. the sea once reached these ramparts. a modern development grows into the harbor, and today half the city is built upon reclaimed land. gibraltar's old town is long and skinny, with one main street. gibraltarians are a proud bunch, remaining steadfastly loyal to britain.

its 30,000 residents vote overwhelmingly to continue as a self-governing british dependency. within a generation, the economy has gone from one dominated by the military to one based on tourism. but it's much more than sunburned brits on holiday. gibraltar is a crossroads community with a jumble of muslims, jews, hindus, and italians joining the english, and all crowded together at the base of this mighty rock. with its strategic setting, gibraltar has an illustrious military history, and remnants of its martial past are everywhere. the rock is honeycombed with tunnels. many were blasted out by the brits in napoleonic times. during world war ii, britain drilled 30 more miles of tunnels. the 100-ton gun is one of many cannon that both protected gibraltar and controlled shipping in the strait. a cable car whisks visitors from downtown to the rock's 14,000-foot summit.

from the top of the rock, spain's costa del sol arcs eastward, and 15 miles across the hazy strait of gibraltar, the shores of morocco beckon. these cliffs and those over in africa created what ancient societies in the mediterranean world called the pillars of hercules. for centuries, they were the foreboding gateway to the unknown. descending the rock, whether you like it or not, you'll meet the famous apes of gibraltar. 200 of these mischief-makers entertain tourists. and with all the visitors, they're bold, and they get their way. yeah? you can have it. you can -- you can -- you can -- here on the rock of gibraltar, the locals are very friendly, but give them your apples. legethe britishhat as lwill stay in gibraltar.ere,

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