for 2 recycling associations in bayda every day they take what they've collected to the women's ngo un's are to the groups aim is to provide both practical assistance for women and protect the environment polina kaner is the president and has led the organization since it was established in 2013. this is an association focusing on women with low incomes. so what we do is basically focus on recycling. that not only gives the women an income but also helps to keep our city cleaner. and most of them. together the women manage to gather around $1.00 tons of waste every month. at the recycling center workers sort of package it ready for transport after that it gets sent to an industrial recycling plant for processing the sorting facility provides an income for 40 women and 3 and then but the very success of the initiative has led to new challenges. for this community used to be very dirty with all the plastic waste. now i see a real difference in terms of cleanliness but that means you don't find much waste in this area anymore. so the collectors have to go further to find material for recycl

collectively, those systems, led by the government, supported by the un, ngos some of the assistanceegis chapman from the after ravaging us coastlines, hurrican dorian is now closing in on canada's atlantic coast. the slow moving storm that's regained its category 2 strength is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. damage has already been reported in nova scotia with strong winds and rain lashing the region. as fires rage through the amazon, half a world away another environmental catastrophe is unfolding. rainforests in madagascar are disappearing at an alarming rate. eariler on saturday the pope, who's visiting the country, expressed concern over the rate of deforestation making it a key topic in his address to a crowd of 800,000 people. gemma coombe reports. this is what is left of kirindy forest. on the western side of madagascar, it spans 100,000 hectares but it has lost almost half its size in just two decades. translation: the people who are in charge of the forest tell us we are doing wrong. on the one hand, they arrive because the forest is nature, it is god's creat