A better life have so far been dashed. Unrest is brewing in many middle east and north african countries and its mainly coming from young people who want security and a Better Future unicef says around hoff of the regions population around the 24. 00 thats at least 200000000 people yes depending on the country up to a 3rd of those aged between 15 and 24 a jobless the figure is much higher when it comes to women. So day to arouse on the streets voicing their anger and demanding their rights to freedom and selfdetermination. Is. The mirror doesnt always reflect such a smiling face there are days when wafa and the g. The is too full and despairing but however she feels she never good. She keeps fighting for her dream of being a singer and living a free selfdetermined life in gaza. The videos she posts on facebook show a talented young woman with a voice crying out to be heard but its a voice that gazas macho islamised society wants to silence. One of my cousins called my dad your doors shes a singer and she putting her photos on facebook and here her songs are worried if they were living in america where in gaza you have to stop her. Its bad enough that sings the fact that she sings in english is considered an outrage. To. Me her detractors say she looks western her headscarf doesnt hide her hairline. Shes 27 and unmarried but she doesnt live with her parents and shes not afraid to speak her mind. And i am not. I dont feel that. Its my country and i want to stay here in this frickin work every year and i have to defend you know what country and. You know i just want to be myself live freely and sing and have my own life my own job. No fear just peace love happiness you. Know rents a small room in gaza city shes a nurse but hasnt been able to find a job in gaza as economy is in a state of collapse she gets by with odd jobs but worries constantly that she wont be able to afford her independence for much longer. Actually im so happy because im low. Yeah kind of independent i have my own work and i have my own space. Alone but not lonely one of us friend mohammed is also a musician. This is the 1st time hes ever visited her at home here in gaza being together unchaperoned is out of the question i just with my face its just its like. Hes my soul mate this is. Mohammed plays in a band. He gave this guy. Tara as a gift. His parents dont think much of his musical talent but he lives for his music in their opinion its a waste of time. Then and i thought once when i was away they destroyed all my instruments and all of that concert. His family refused. Completely. Because that. Affairs he said now. Says the saying is over one person she is not good for you so getting used. To get quite another girl. But not. All of it doesnt work. And that by the time you. Unlike mohammeds parents one of us family doesnt have a problem with their music. Theyre on their way to visit her family they live in russia a town in the Southern Gaza strip. Rafa is a highly dangerous place its a bastion of islamised militants and the majority of the population live in abject poverty. In gaza city we were allowed to film from our car but when we drive into rafa or immediately stopped by the police. To live in gaza is to live in fear. For. My boy yet. To see where it might but that is sad so america see you one of us father quickly ushers us inside he doesnt want the neighbors to see us. The whole family is viewed with suspicion theyre all musicians and that makes them outsiders. And then in one of us father is well known decades ago he won a Talent Contest in israel and performed in haifa and tel aviv but that was in another lifetime before travel restrictions were imposed on residents of gaza before hamas took control in 2007 and israel and egypt imposed the blockade of gaza strip. Before life became a waking nightmare. While his father remembers a time when music brought people together nowadays gaza feels like a prison. One im not happy that were in a different place but i know she needs to flee the reality we find ourselves in here who. Her father is sad to let her go but he understands why she chooses to live in gaza city where theres a little more freedom than in rafa. And there are also more people who are similar to wafa and mohammed. Like minded people who often meet up in this cafe the mood here is relaxed and happy which is rare in gaza its a welcome refuge from the harsh reality of daily life so. That. The close my eyes and wake up find yourself like oh my god im a mother please come out of. No hole there is no future here for the past i want to stay here for another year i will lose i love her i know and that but what if i isnt the type to give up she wont lose sight of her drain and i know that. According to the Un Refugee Agency by late 2018 there were more than 17000000 displaced persons worldwide often people flee their homes to escape war or violence but others go in search of work to help support themselves and their families all because they crave more selfdetermination and autonomy than they had at home. 6 years ago our jani had her 1st role as a soloist she and her ensemble were touring mexico. And she seized the opportunity to defect. Biggest. Just remember that it was hard it was really hard and. And at the same time just like. I didnt know what was going to happen. And i didnt know that. I was going to have a job right away and. It was just heart. She was lucky just a few months later she signed a contract with ballet arizona she defected along with 6 other ballet dancers including. Today theyre married in cuba they earned 25. 00 a month not enough to survive. Now our economy is one of her companys highest earners. For her dance opens the doors to another world. It is important to have a beautiful costume to feel beautiful in the states right. And thats a completely different world. The world of ballet and weve put on station this story this beautiful story of course is completely different to our normal life and our normal world. Christmas is coming and our jani is rehearsing the nutcracker shes dancing the role of the snow queen. To the ballet has a long tradition and its classical dancers are trained by excellent teachers and i remember she always used to say that that we are different because. Because our sense wallaby time of when we dance we we just give everything on the space and we just show that you know south side is not like that is more like we we dont sell so when were doing ballet but we give Something Different i think. Here anderson is the artistic director of ballet arizona. Which is this way originally from denmark he was an acclaimed ballet dancer himself he hired the cuban dancers because he has a deep appreciation of their technique and of the character they bring to their craft. You have a different way of. Seeing life theyre not afraid and theyre still its almost like old school. You know like their day to. Day love life. And they are not afraid of showing emotion. For these Young Students are jani is a role model regardless of her origins. The cuban ballerina was granted a residence permit a year after arriving in the u. S. After 5 years she became an american citizen. I think back in 2013 when are we having arrived cubans were still treated like 1st class immigrants. Are jani is doing well in her new home but it still feels foreign. She misses the street life at home. Americas huge supermarkets often make her feel sad about the situation in cuba which has become harder again now that President Trump has imposed tough new sanctions. Sometimes when i see it and i have dinner i think about that you know because they are probably not even they say most of it in oh its not us good single so you know you. Are jani and other 100 are living the American Dream but they didnt leave cuba for political reasons both grew up being taught that the u. S. Was the enemy and they didnt question this thinking the leader of the. Young men did that every and thinking you know its we always thought you know from the time we were children we learned in history class that the u. S. Is a monster and a mustang and most strong was evil milo and those. And i dont know if that has changed nowadays i dont know what are you going to do trumps paul. C. Is damaging cuba they say but theyre reluctant to criticize their new home. Comforts me we have more possibilities here we earn more and can have a comfortable and happy life here and can support our families back in cuba because if i love it you avoid anyone with a family and. Their new life would be perfect if only they didnt miss their family so much. I saw a couple meet up with cuban friends as often as possible. Tonight theyre trying out a new cuban restaurant. We have quality time and it is very special to us she said its their family we have the only. Thing we have like here you know they wear all the same which humans. Here in their new home in arizona they like to seek out places that remind them of where they come from. Our yani and on a 100 are grateful to the u. S. They have no intention of returning to cuba but they hope that one day relations between the u. S. And cuba will improve. This week in global ideas were off to the himalayan peaks where Renewable Energy usually comes in the form of hydro power the end of one of our sites and now home to many micro Hydro Power Plants they changed the life of villages that let spetz showed our reporting and teen how it works. The bark of the definition also known as locked up has to be washed and then boiled in order to make paper from it. One of the tricity came to this area room was finally able to purchase a boiler in traeger today he has 10 employees that collect and wash the lock to bark the heavy workers done by machines. Used to have to boil the locked up uk using firewood. And stamp on it without feet to soften it. The electricity comes from a small hydroelectric power plant the government has been promoting them in this Mountain Region for years and giving loans to entrepreneurs and farmers so they can buy machines. To the power plant was installed and we got electricity and i was in a better position economically in. My head lower labor costs so i was able to make a profit. And i could even save some money. When. The un appoint a Mountain Range in the himalayas overlooks the village of gun truck which lies at an elevation of 2000 metres this is where poor new groom lives. Has a lot of water so it makes sense to install hydroelectric power plants which are relatively easy to build and are environmentally friendly. Government support for the hydro Power Projects is granted only to villages that agreed to pitch in. 10 years ago karma helped to build this power plant today shes the deputy manager. The village meanwhile has 9 of these power plants. Each with a Management Board and a manager. They handle the finances themselves. Yes i did need a man with a head its like i am at the moment the plant is selfsustaining. And if the fee we get from our customers helps us pay our stuff so it was and its enough to maintain the plant as well theyve got us all going to his and has also got to saigon. The electricity from the Hydro Power Plant was also a blessing for shanta my a guru who runs a bakery there the mother of 2 can now provide the entire village with bread. So they say no i was the 1st person to open a bakery here. With us for the past 5 years shes been baking bread here her brother works by her side. Shes already managed to pay off the mixer in the oven but if something breaks it can get expensive. And then most of it can be difficult if one of the machine stops working then we have to go all the way to pick up to have it fixed. Fortunately she also earns money from her small kiosk which is right next to the bakery local people are her main customers but tourists who come here to go climbing in the on a point of mountains sometimes shop here to. The village of guns roque is home to about 5200 people. The power plants have changed their lives they now cook with electricity and there are 2 Telecommunications Masts in the Village Health care has also improved. Recently i had dental treatment which was only possible because the medical station has electricity now. Without electricity and none of this would exist everyone is making the most of it. None the less about 40 percent of the people in the villages here still dont have electricity. Has been working to renu and expand the electricity grid after a devastating earthquake destroyed much of it 4 years ago hydroelectric power is the linchpin of the governments plan. A lot has changed for paper make a porno gurung hes even been able to open a shop and poke around the 2nd largest city in nepal. This is where he sells his untreated paper as well as products such as diaries and notebooks cards and lampshades. This income made it possible for the widower to raise his 2 children and send them to school his daughter now lives in pokhara and also works in the shop. Corner girl room stops by at least once a week hes planning to expand his business. Others. Locked up and himalayan could be processed in the same facility so im thinking of expanding the processing nettles to make fabric. Corner go room has big plans for the future but he doesnt want to move to the city full time the mountains are his home. And. Find your power is the most Common Source of green energy that makes up 50 percent of the worlds production followed by wind and solar power geothermal and tidal power plants make up a small chunk of. The main produces of Renewable Energy asia europe and north america meanwhile africa next with just 2 percent and yes africa has huge potential when it comes to solar and wind power the Energy Revolution has indeed got underway that as can be seen at lake took konna in kenya. Terribly polluted is out fishing on his wooden raft lake turkana is full of fish but today he only manages to catch one hell be able to sell it for 0. 90 at most not enough to pay for a meal for his wife and 6 children. He can only dream of owning a real boat like one of these the village where he lives is tranquil far away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities. But the comforts of modern life are also missing such as electricity. Fresh fish would sell well in the town close by but the fish would need to be collected and kept cool thats difficult to do without electricity. And dried fish doesnt fetch as good a price. At all for you know we only get a delivery of ice once a week with which we can cool the fish if we had electricity we could sell more fish and then wed have more money for the education of our children or for when they get sick. One might think that this would be the solution the nearby Lake Turkana Wind Power project built at a cost of 600000000. 00 euros by a Public PrivateSector Consortium the hundreds of turbines have a joint capacity of 310 megawatts thats a lot of electricity and local people hoped to benefit. But in fact they still rely on fossil fuel Power Generators often old and unreliable the villages and towns here are not yet connected to the National Power grid. For condoms my kind its very annoying. The sound of. The same welding something for a few minutes and then the generator shuts down. Im fed up with always having to run over to turn it on again if i had electricity from the grid i could work faster and more effectively. The conditions here are excellent for a wind farm daily temperature fluctuations generate strong predictable when streams between the lake where the temperature is relatively constant and the desert hinterland where it fluctuates a lot the wind farm was built on land held by local authorities in trust for the areas inhabitants so its all the more dismaying that they dont have access to the power generated terran liberal notice says that has to change. We have a right to finally be connected to the electrical grid. Of villages and towns all the tribes. And also the white people who live here. We wont allow ourselves to be divided on this issue we demand electricity for every one. Of them. The wind farm provides around 15 percent of kenyas electricity. So whats the problem. In kenya and the regulations in kenya for the provision of electricity lake to connect can not provide power to the communities lake turkana must only sell to kenya power and light a company which is the off taker and the only licensed and regulated off ticket to be able to take. The wind farm is only responsible for generating electricity its distribution is in the hands of kenya power in which the government has a controlling stake we contacted the Kenyan Ministry of energy it told us that there are plans to connect the communities around the lake to the grid but its not clear when. Only a few people in this village have solar collectors. And theres just one t. V. For the whole community. Many here are angry and feel the wind farm is to blame. If i were a sorcerer i would curse it so the whole when. Pock would stop working. The foot that wouldnt help tolerantly polluted or his fellow villagers either theyll just have to wait for the day when electricity reaches their community. Thats all from us this time but we love hearing from you so drop us a line global 3000 at d w dot com and check us out on facebook when you women in fife announced. To mars around the world during a shopping frenzy. Online sales are going to run up to christmas. The tail is changing and our culture the follow the business the fever touch you feel and be encouraged to. Be in germany. No. Im not laughing at them well i guess sometimes i am but im still nothing. Thanks james or gemma culture of looking at stereotypes bequests to me is thinks hes entitled to that im not. Needed change is good for this drama. Its all that. Im a joke to join me to meet the gentleman from p. W. Post. Christmas time double. This is a 15 year old girl. Being gang raped. His teacher is beating a boy for talking by complots. For the rest of the class watches. By his mother breaking up lots. Just child sleeps in the streets because her family through her. Own life. Pushes a teenager over their heads. Just because you can see violence against children doesnt mean others and there are make them visible visible. Mike violence against children disappear. This is d. W. News live from berlin u. S. President donald trump could be impeached before christmas and we now know the charges against him u. S. Congressional democrats unveiling 2 articles of impeachment accusing the president of abuse of power and obstruction they say trump used his office to pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival and he then tried to obstruct the resulting investigation although live to washington also coming up the death toll is climbing and questions are mounting after new zealands fault