khadija is a teacher and has high hopes for 8 year old mariam and for her 15 year old son a solid. but as a parent she has it harder than most she's raising her children in one of the most dangerous places on earth kabul the capital of afghanistan. it's the overall situation in afghanistan is full of destruction. but every 2nd people are living in fear of an explosion and i worry if i step out of the house i may not make it back alive. mozart their. teacher and her family are among millions of afghans living every day with the prospect of being killed in a bombing or suicide attack. the u.n. says nearly 4000 civilians were killed in 2018 that's the highest figure since it began compiling numbers in 2009. violence has already struck at the heart of khadija family. 2017 her brother colleague was killed in an attack while on his way to work. i want to get out when i went to see his body it was very difficult for me it had a great impact on my children especially my son for months after he would say why was my uncle martyred it wasn't his time he was so young. sergio on. teacher is det

violence has already struck at the heart of khadija is family. and 2017 her brother colleague was killed in an attack while on his way to work. on it when i went to see his body it was very difficult for me it had a great impact on my children especially my son for months after he would say why was my uncle martyred it wasn't his time he was so young to this now sergio and. teachers determined to prevent her life and that of her children from being derailed by the tragedy. she's doing everything she can to lead a normal life and to make the best of the situation in the city convulsed by a tax. law i always say keeping yourself from work from life is wrong we can't just say that things are bad and stay at home to do nothing otherwise your life will be paralyzed which is. d.j. her job as a teacher at a private school in kabul is one source of strength she say she's inspired by the children's optimism but she also sees it as a way of making a difference to the future by teaching the next generation about the value of peace . of those and i am still

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[khadija ghouate speaking native language] jamila bargach:ere the poverty has been staggering in teof water. people were living in perpetually endless anxiety. and many of the women were telling us how they would go thirsty and give water first to their children, to the elderly, and to the animals. [donkey brays] [grunting] [hazna tazroute speak native language] bargach: the water shortage and the irregularity of rainfall have made livelihood here very difficult for the households. h [vehicle hoks] [mohamed zabour speaking native language] [aissa derhem speaking french] bargach: the impact of climate change just within the 12 years that we, as an organization, have been active in the region is really staggering. h thers been a significant increase in the heat and in the summers. the sahara ht on the other side of the mountain and is moving towards this region very steadily. [mounir abbar speaking french] barga: fog takes away all your visuals. then it comes very, vy slowly and graciously. i run this organization that today has the largest functioning fog collection project in the worl

[cheers and applause] >> thank you, khadija! big round of applause! [cheers and applause] >> next up we have an amazing artist who organized a lot of artwork you see here today with me, all these amazing pickup trucks. of the executives. >> boo! >> we hate them. she is going to be speaking here. [cheers and applause] >> oh my gosh. my name is reina hatcher, i'm only 16 years old. i am here to speak for the trees. and all other life on earth which cannot speak. we are killing our planet. not just for the human race but everything on earth. we are destroying habitats. poisoning water. polluting air we need to breathe. and ruining our chance of having a future. we are only one species who is going to be responsible for the destruction of millions of others. this is not our planet to take. as humans we seem to enjoy blaming others for our problems. but if everyone did the way we do here in the united states we would need five earths to provide enough for everyone. pollution is so bad that our geological record will be made up of plastic. we will go down i