Transcripts For DW Focus On Europe - Spotlight On People 20171223

To share a christmas tell with you one that even involves an angel who shows us how determination and commitment can change the lives of many for the better when Harriet Bruce anon emigrated to europe she never forgot the children growing up in the slums and her native golla ten years ago she brought some of them over to ukraine among them where Ashley Abraham and shames brown. Her plan would provide a way of investing not only in these children but also in her country despite her modest income as a restroom attendant in germany she saved every penny she could and with the help of donations and sponsorships many of these children are now studying at university in ukraines capital kiev. This is james brown today a twenty seven year old student of agriculture in kiev. He and the other former Street Children from ghana got an opportunity to go to university and theyre using it they can thank area bruce ana and she got them except at universities and. Theyre studying medicine law Computer Science and business administration. Why ukraine because harriet explains like ghana its a country striving for democracy the city. Theyre lending valuable lesson because the problems it is also up in the most of african countries and then the kids learn that people stood at fault for democracy then you dont give up in the tree we always turn for the country. Walls in our youth are always leaving their leaders to do whatever they like it shouldnt be so that. Ukrainian law requires that they return to ghana after their studies thats important for harriet that was her intention when she moved to distil dorf in two thousand to. Work as a cleaning lady and sent her savings back to ghana to build an orphanage. She looked around for sponsors and donors and founded the african angel association. At first the children and students didnt know that harriet was cleaning restrooms and just to finance their education. And for me it was. I didnt know what to say because i wasnt going to school and for some are to cling tightly just to take over now what. Is marriage comes from a poor district in garners capital accra her parents were unemployed and on able to. Take care of her. To keep the girls from drifting into prostitution and the boys from living on the street harriet brought them to the orphanage. At first harriet kept silent about how she financed her project she wanted the children to concentrate on getting ahead and helping their country develop. The industrial countries and kissable them that they wanted to get to wed to do you really need to thats a switch the can really have great impact on the society from within coming from ive got education of good knowledge i have something to do with my time so i go back. I have a couple of businesses in my mind already yeah i want to be a big at that but no. And one of jamess Business Ideas came from the best chocolate maker in ukraine. He and his friend richard love the beautifully packed and. He dreams of opening shops like this one in his homeland. Where do you can get this chocolate from where to begin to cook you from. Probably from guyana. Yes from ghana so if we can produce seeds there then. We have we help the countrys economy. Were going to have cool we have should go. All the foods and then you can make this one of the flavors to its cool cool by you or Something Like putting up with Something Like Something Like Something Like coke or to get a different flavor to. The young people are learning a lot in ukraine carry a dissatisfied with them if they had to let the markets here much as they would in africa. They can speak russian too but i think quickly when over the cellar she gives them all some free samples. Harriet doesnt clean restrooms anymore shes busy managing her organization with success. But the things. Are going to look for easy. Theyre independent theyre selfconfident they have prospects for their lives and they know exactly what to expect that makes me very happy and proud you cant push them around anymore they know exactly what they want. In twenty eighteen james and richard plan to be the first in their group to graduate from university and prove to harriet that if you just give Street Children a chance they can compete with the best. A. Big fish in. The world you. Know that is a wonderful way to pay forward good will. A camp where Human Dignity is denied this is how the greek island of los books was recently described by its mayor because lesbos is one of the Aegean Islands closest to turkey shores it was a cape way for many migrants who entered europe at the height of the refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen but instead of it being temporary the camps there have become unbearably overcrowded where both refugees and islanders struggle to cope with a hidden camera our reporter takes an exclusive look inside the camp. Of its aid in the morning after a cold night on the greek island of lesbos. Even making a cup of tea is a logistical challenge for us. They rocky and his friends have run out of firewood theyll have to burn a Cardboard Box instead. The school. Has been stuck here for two months in an illegal camp near the morea refugee camp. That we dont have a buffer. Course here and. We are many. Three but we dont have. A different here just. Less busy official refugee camp morea is located nearby it resembles a high security prison the camp was set up to keep migrants on the island until their applications for asylum can be processed its forbidden to film here and journalists arent allowed in either. But ahmed wants to show was what really goes on in the camp we follow him in and film using a hidden camera. Here it smells of smoke garbage and human waste. The United Nations Refugee Agency described morea as dangerous for children and pregnant women and yet they are the ones left languishing in the camp many have been stuck here for months. They dont give people to live with good food. Security what does no good to see. Because it is getting colder in many simply set fire to old olive trees to keep warm. But these trees belong to this man stelios coffield us he struggles to remain calm while surveying the devastation. This olive grove has been in his family for generations some trees are up to three hundred years old and hes devoted his life to cultivating the. Little remains then about here with all these trees are burnt all burnt there is nothing left these trees will not grow back they have finished their one hundred twenty trees and has only four left and no one cares if it ignited to compensate us not to stop them. Every night they cut the trees and burn them it would. Still use shows us the hole in the fence they used to go in and out. All of his attempts to press charges against the refugees have proven unsuccessful thats likely why they continue to kill his sheep zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. Zero. Zero zero zero zero follow the law. The last ones here even left their tools behind the farmer tells us hes kept them as evidence a backpack from the United Nations Refugee Agency and the knife he says this is clear prove that refugees are to blame and he has a fairly good idea why the refugees kill his sheep. Or here at the bionic theyre not stealing because theyre hungry they kill the animals and they solve them. One or two people cant eat seven or ten sheep as we found out they sell them to other refugees ive seen people in the fields grilling the meat on campfires that is kind of up to what yes gets in the grass. The village of moria lives as of in a state of siege. Still eels and the other villagers meet your regularly to discuss what action they might take to end the crisis coming up with. The Village Council head nickels truck haleys has just returned from athens he reports on his talks with the greek authorities he doesnt have much positive news in their early years and if the situation goes on like this it wont take long before we have physical confrontation. Up to now weve tolerated the looting of peoples assets and its fortunate that things have become violent. But its only a question of time before this happens there are usually. Fled from the violence in this iraqi homeland he doesnt want to be equated with lawbreakers he just wants to leave less space but right now boarding a ferry to athens is something he can only dream of. Life ever be waiting for a more thorough. Problem. So were planning to escape from the site. He still thinking about it but others are making concrete plans. Every evening people try to get through the fence in reach the ferry unnoticed for many its deal only way to leave the greek island which has become their prison. When we think of democracy in the e. U. We think of the electorate elections and be elected who then debate and decide our laws but not everyone finds this procedure satisfactory could there be another way the irish think so inspired by ancient greece they established a Citizens Assembly and it turned out to be rather successful. Ireland is one of the European Union smaller members and the scene of a revolution in democracy. Finbar obrian a sixty two year old postman explains what that means all his life he says politicians were the ones up there i didnt know he about politics i never discussed politics i had no actual interest in politics. Up until today i was just sitting inside the restaurant and this lady came up and asked me what id be interested. In the Citizens Assembly debates the big issues facing Irish Society three years ago when barnet to vote on our lands introduction of same sex marriages it was a hard task you often heard of priest peter fights and so many similar to that would be on me to a person and. But years ago i used that item all under the one candidate i was. Given all to seem to me that all paedophiles again our lives being whatever they were the same type of people and i just had to jump i just displays them. For the past few years this hotel near dublin has hosted this experiment in grassroots democracy now arlens fourth Citizens Assembly is meeting here been barred took part in the First Assembly in two thousand and fourteen the concept is for ninety nine ordinary irish citizens to debate politics for one year young Old University graduates farmers even a bouncer there chosen by lottery. This group is debating Pension Reforms they pore over statistics listen to experts and consider details everything is broadcast live on the internet no closed doors actions here the sort of experience that our country went through with from about two thousand and eight on words serious crisis and a lot of anger on the streets about the into the mess that our economy was in and a lot of blame to touch to all politicians so theres a strong sense from two thousand and eleven on the war its particularly that we need to try something new we need to get our citizens in debates about a constitutional future they take a vote and pass their recommendation on to parliament the representatives are not bound to vote according to the recommendation but they do give it serious consideration. The legalization of same sex marriage seemed inconceivable in ireland with its conservative population and the powerful influence of the catholic church. But the Citizens Assembly discussed this previously taboo subject for three years objectively and finbar bryant changed his mind. And it taught me no i be dressing and i learned a lot by doing that and in that case to know israel to distinguish and to gay people or no having to adjust that on people they just want to live down there you know how im to children that you know how to talk to people and thats why i stood up at the above and said my path and i said that id be a voice in the morning on behalf agape of gay people to get married the majority in the Citizens Assembly voted yes that led to a referendum and that led to predominantly Catholic Ireland introducing same sex marriage participation and having a say in things finbar thoroughly approves of the idea. Caught everyone into or new people into it so i shorten it to the people who did nothing but it did get our opinions. And their opinions were listened to. When verses politicians just need to have the courage to give some of the power to the people. Many critics argue that democracy needs updating and this could be a big answer the question is who do you trust when it comes to making important decisions a politician or your neighbor. Germany is often lauded as a leader in the or nubile Energy Revolution after the Fukushima Nuclear disaster in two thousand and eleven germany pledged to shut down its last reactors within a few years and go green yet the danger of radiation exposure still exists for some in the belgian city of the Nuclear Plant is outdated and has had to be shut down several times due to accidents this is worrisome for residents in the german city of aachen which is right across the border and now some are preparing themselves for the worst. Despite all the gingerbread and Christmas Lights many people in arent in a festive mood and theyre worried and Nuclear Accident might occur just across the border in belgium auckland City Administration even issued free iodine tablets just in case until your house carries them with her at all times to be prepared for the worst. I could see them in my wallet every day its not a nice feeling to see those pills and think you might have to take them at some point. But isnt just passing out iodine tablets its launched a court appeal in belgium and would like to see the plant closed down Officials Say they arent panic mongers. But if its about a potential Nuclear Accident and taking the best possible disaster prevention measures for. Andrea companies us on the seventy kilometer journey to the controversial Nuclear Facility she cant believe people live so close. I can imagine living here i get a little queasy just thinking i live in auckland though its quite a few kilometers away. Id move away from there. Go through the. Cracks have been found in to react or vessel the power plant has been shut down repeatedly over safety concerns belgium has also distributed. But the Belgian Nuclear control agency says its plants are safe where you are ensure that they were safe they were stopped or stopped for more than two years until they could prove they are safe so now we are convinced that they are safe so they can run again. He my mind have said that but opinions vary alternately as an emergency or Disaster Management agency we need to take potential risks seriously and prepare ourselves accordingly. Parts of the plant have been in operation for more than forty years belgium plans to phase out Nuclear Power by twenty twenty five though its unlikely to meet this stuff. It lacks an alternative Energy Program so some belgians take a dim view of germanys pressure tactics is that a north. German should look after their own problems. I think belgium is mature enough to take care of this issue on its own. I tend to trust germanys government its a country that functions pretty well so im more inclined to believe what they say. Ive never been afraid to live here im happy and im not angered by the germans concerns either theres simply no reason to worry. Because its. Still people and plan to keep up their fight in the summer and helped organize a human chain which stretched from an all the way to the power plant more than fifty thousand demonstrators took part they hope their protests will change attitudes in belgium to. America i mean i guess more and more you notice belgians are against it too at first the belgian media held back and did little critical reporting on the issue. Now you can see belgian reports that deal with tea hung in a critical way. That theres another demo undress says arson is her hometown and that she wants to live here even after shes finished her studies. She and her fellow campaigners plan to continue their protests until it is finally shut down no matter how long that takes. Neighborly relations are also an issue on the other side of germany despite the e. U. s promise of a united Europe East West fault lines are deepening the Czech Republic recently voted in a euro skeptic government critical of german migration policies but in the bavarian and bohemian forests the largest contiguous forest area in Central Europe german and czech conservationists a found an issue that both countries can agree on. Powerful batch can came here with the intention of doing research on black grouse hazel grounds and would grouse the shine birds live in the National Parks on both sides of the check but then border. But its not hard overnight so powerful wont be able to find any of the birds tracks with. These species are disappearing from commercial woodland but here in this forest theyre doing fine we want to find out how many of these birds there are and where theyre located we work with them if you live on the war the two National Parks are working on a joint project that will do exactly that in fact both parks cooperate closely on these kinds of efforts and no one represents that spirit of cooperation better than biologist pavol better he works for both parks. Together the parks make up the largest primeval forest area in Central Europe. Human shape the landscape for a long time now its nature again and that attracts numerous visitors. The park agencies also cooperate on book publications most are available with texts him both german and check. And. The man responsible for this is powerful who been a director of the National Park party faced a lot of opposition. To the world. When you go through both National Parks and both directors are working toward the same goal that. We want these parks to develop together with the same conservation policies. And we both have similar ideas on how to do that. In appreciation of this cooperation the European Union has provided subsidies totaling more than six Million Euros over the last two years that money is also welcomed by the bavarian National Park administration. Director france libels says this kind of cooperation shows that european nations can work well together. He explains why the program works. Thank you we talk to each other a lot and we trust each other. We try to find things that we have in common and then we put projects together and then sometimes we just sit around in the evening and discuss things over a beer and then for. A look at a room. You know that were honest people and they tell it like it is. They dont pull any punches. But our discussions are always very pleasant. Communication is good. Communicator. A real chance german winter fairy tale. Box powerful bench has says both sides will have to work hard to make sure things stay that way in the years to come. A timely story of cross border harmony for the Festive Season thats it for today but if you like to find out more about any todays reports visit our Facebook Page stories or send me a tweet thank you for watching and on behalf of the whole focus on europe we wish you a Merry Christmas until next time good bye. I dont even line said smallest clubs can be gods house of music but this time the songwriter from lions head will best play. Bowing style grace maya. Was. Fifty six dollars. Images from an isolated country. Images from north korea any telling photographer captured fascinating shots of every day life in a regimented society. An exclusive peek behind one of the last iron curtain. The North Koreans starting december twenty eighth on d w. Oh. I like. Being on the bathtub was there. The last half. The fun go up. Thank you im. Running as salmon im a learner. And on the. Hill. Or in the gear my i was. Full of warming. Almost the galil know what i did with. What i am a man a. Fish. I am saying. This is news live from berlin the United Nations gets even tougher on north korea imposing fresh sanctions on the country the u. N. Security Council Unanimously agrees to measures proposed by the us the aim to limit oil supplies needed for pyongyangs of nuclear