our reporter tabea mergenthaler went to kenya to find out more. ♪ reporter: the music and festive atmosphereattracts a crowd. the safe pwani theater group is performing today in bomani in southern kenya. the play is about everyday hardship, environmental issues and climate change. it's called "miongo." that means 'decades' in swahili. it sweeps through the last forty years, starting in 1981, when nature here was still intact. but years of deforestation have followed to feed the charcoal industry. what will things look like in future? group manager david kalume takes the audience on a journey. where did we go wrong? he asks. what can we do differently to ensure the next ten years will be better? the story ends in the year 2031. >> just put people under the mirror for them to see that this is exactly what i'm doing. so what can i do? so the idea has been it's just a reflection of their life. so from the reflection, you can understand it's like a mirror. if you have a something that on -- if you have dirt on your face, then it's time for, you know, to try to clear the debt. -- for you to clear