Africa with me today our stories michael present in nigeria hello everyone im coming to you from Lagos Nigeria and it is good to see you again you see our transcontinental program its particularly well suited to these days all social distancing but lets leave that for now and look at whats coming up on the show today. Youre never too young to learn about Renewable Energy and how it is generated as we will see at a school right here in nigeria. Many of our friends imagine island life as paradise because of emotion thats where the lives and livelihoods of those in their lives turned to islands id risk. Me tonight in mali who is helping his Community Grow crops. To prolong the drought. Have you gotten into the habit of carrying one of the around a bottle of Hand Sanitizer its amazing how quickly its become a must have item i mean many places demand outstrips supply the good news is the hunter well easy to make especially if you already have most of the ingredients you need i 1st report comes from rwanda where an entrepreneur saw a way to help our community in these difficult times. In these days of covert 19 it helps to be able to improvise. Is a scientist and brewer who lives in. When she saw how quickly Hand Sanitizers reselling out she decided to produce them herself. Nellies alcohol based formula contains aloe vera and essential oils. Well what is the hope is that the Hand Sanitizer i produce is special because its made with Natural Ingredients those on the market contain chemicals which can trigger skin allergies in some uses a lot of people can afford my Hand Sanitizer and it has no side effects. The 1st case of covert 19 was confirmed in rwanda in the middle of march soon after the run started on Hand Sanitizers in pharmacies and drugstores. Sanitizer stocks were depleted at the start of the covered 19 crisis and we dont have any left waiting for supplies from the local manufacturer because of being imported at the moment. Because its supply the price for a local high quality sanitizer like the 1. 00 from nelly is around 10 euros for a half a liter the imported ones cost even more and stock is short. Those who cant afford sanitizers buy water and soap while theyre effective for washing away the virus they also cost money. At the water kiosk prices have gone up even before the pandemic reached the country a 20 leader canister can cost up to the equivalent of 0. 20 in europe. 4 times more than before. Cleaning the hands has become routine whether would sanitizer or water at the markets in the rwandan capital city kigali they mostly use water and soap. You deal with it but almost we usually dont use Hand Sanitizer here and have a has some opposite clients but they have to pay for it then i put some on their hands before entering the market as not all of us can afford sanitize as we use what we can get to stay clean. For now no your nasal is producing 402520 leaders per day after her product has passed the necessary tests but she plans on increasing to her full capacity of 1000. 00 leaders on the i dont consider the coronavirus time to be an opportunity for doing business this is about helping people i believe everyone in the world should do anything they can to help find solutions right now the money ive invested here could have been used in another more profitable business than this was on the water tunnel some of. The shortage of Hand Sanitizers is especially hard on Health Workers so nelly also sells to people at the ministry of Health Working in decontamination areas. Some local Health Centers and hospitals in kigali are also new clients. In the news. Now and thats just one of many stories about how a little ingenuity can go a long way towards helping a community cope with a corner virus pandemic and its also shows that selfsufficiency can be a real acid in times like these i next report is about a school we visited last year part of its mission is to teach children important lessons about being able energy but in this school they learn more than just here. All of the kids. These kids have lots of ideas about what can be done to combat Climate Change burn fuel for still feel this ride a bicycle use solar power discussions of this nature and giving high priority at this school who want our children to be problem solvers who want them to be people able to look at the environment and not do things where you know we School Principal because he is leading by example she runs the abbos heart school the private elementary institution not far from lagos the principal has had solar panels installed on the roof of the building. If the firm was such that we have. For. Each of them retired by right the. Top line butin. And actually the 50 the dust the air conditioning the lighting. We have the fun of without in order to plaster. But getting to this point wasnt. A sizeable investment they require. But the school was only able to get a bank loan so part of that money. To at some make it up with our own cars so now the nancys and those School Finance this so. We have issued the challenge of financing and we also have a challenge all from getting. Mom power you know training to manpower all understand the setting up of the projects the automation parts of the project and then to make demands also. The students of land that everyone can do their part to ease the burden on the environment. Instead of going in for sue for music are used in your book and sources. Like sun up our city life on the roads when imagery and i jus. Tried our best to save the planet like the ticks of dean we felt he was in the plans he said quote my friend he says he only uses geritol for only 2 days the rest of the day suso upon those i think that was all humans should try to do on days where there is little direct sun the abbos hard school is dependent on reserve so the energy is stored in batteries it then has to limit the use of electricity turned down the conditioning or ton of some of the lights but by generating its own clean energy the school is saving money and producing electricity without producing harmful see you emissions we are way behind in nigeria in. Bringing up creative and innovative ideas of protecting our environment i am protecting the future of the nation one of the greatest lessons we have to teach our children in this day and age is how to make them governments are better and safer place the example set by the school is teaching the students things porton support texting them varmint a very practical way the home is that they will now share their new insights with others. Decentralised access to energy can make a lot of sense especially remote areas but even thats only part of the story isnt it sandra yes it is a near in fucked it is even better when that poem is generated from the green sources on next report takes us to germany where a village is looking to solve as an example for the rest of the country it would also be interesting to know to be a model. Would walk in other regions as well. Pulse rate none of its energy comes from fossil fuel all of it comes from when your balls. Its all there in nature we dont need to take any energy from fossil sources underground plenty is given to us every day we just have to make use of it. Milled consecrate produces 8 times as much electricity as its 2600 residents can use all that electricity isnt produced in one big plant paternity centralized fashion and its then made available to others fire the grid. Delegations from the places around the world marked by flags who have come to inspect this revolutionary village. They usually welcomes by on. Hes been involved in the shift to renewables from the start. We are now into 9 and in 1909 we asked everybody here how things should be in 2021 wind energy was just one of the many different issues 92 percent said they were in favor which was a sensational result. People here are very proud of whats been developed. Ghouls basically theyve done it themselves. We can tote. Become thinking and thinking us over. The villagers have invested 50000000 euros over the past 2 decades 300 photovoltaics systems 9 Wind Turbines as well as several hydroelectric and combined heat and power plants. We want to show that it is possible to create a regional circular economy for Energy Production and energy use this country of course it has to make economic sense so if it erodes a profit and we save money and were doing something positive for the environment thats doubly good. But i dont know if thats not really stop and go to. Another father the green revolution or fill whole street is fun to learn i mean. Hes a farmer who started experimenting with Renewable Energy and the 1990 s. He soon won over his fellow villagers and set up a wind farm cooperative. To anyone who lives in the community where a windmill is located can invest the more people join the lower the amount each may invest. I mean siegler has set up for bio gas plants on his farm they now heat the entire village. He designed some of the components himself the Energy Sources are all local animal waste from 20 nearby farms. They replace 700000 liters of heating oil a year. 98. 00 less as Generating Energy from biomass alone point be enough to complete the transition to renewables at the national. Sun wind and hydro power are also needed. With the right mix it wont be hard to attain 100 Percent Renewables many people dont believe that but its true the amount of clean energy we produce in a very neat could also be generated in other communities districts and states. Of the. Energy generation is one key factor to others are Energy Storage undeveloped and intelligent grid so power can be moved to where its needed. Theres no known company and addresses both these issues it makes lithium ion phosphate batteries which in combination with solar panels enables households to become largely energy independent. It also manages an electricity sharing system so on and community. For the 4th or tissue but they say its cloudy here but the sun is shining in hamburg. And our customers in hamburg have energy in abundance. Their batteries are fully charged and they feed the excess into the grid which can then be used by our customers here for thats one small village in bavaria could inspire other people across germany and in other countries. The corner virus pandemic might be on the forefront of our minds these days but we still have to cope with the problems of due to Climate Change fishing communities especially are feeling the impact of extreme weather conditions in our next report we visit the tata islands of sierra leone to see how it is affecting local residents and also find out how communities are fighting back. Just 2 years ago. It was possible for the people of new young guy island to walk along this stretch without getting wet. But the rising sea level has splits one of sierra leones Turtle Islands into more than half of the island and has disappeared the occupant ago was once a bustling Fishing Community now 500 people have been forced to leave in the past few he is because their homes were washed away by floods. One of them is suliman kava he has already built 2 houses on the island now even the 2nd one is threatened by rising water. Most of his belongings he says have already been carried out to sea. I mean. This is where i grew up and ive lived all my life here its where i built my house. 1st the water washed away the last trees and then i took my house with it i said i built another house. But the water will soon take that one too. Now i have left the island and settled on a larger one thats nearer to the mainland. Silliman kava cant afford to resettle the whole family on the mainland immediately his wife still lives on a young guy and his children are with relatives. Starting a new life is expensive most people here live on no more than 0. 10 a day. Silliman carbonell tries to save some of the money he makes from fishing so one day the rest of his family can join him. Now he lives on. But even there hes afraid of flooding the threat of rising sea levels is very real a few years ago wade spread through the flood. In order to restore the damage see sure the municipality and the government Found International partners to finance this large scale project and this time they want to do it better says the my. We are worried that if we are to take. This issue. To restoring the free swore to also ensuring that we maintain our greenmount. It could be disastrous for our people or. This new embankment will be almost 2 kilometers long and one meter taller than the highest tide measured so far. But there is still a long way to go. Many islanders dont yet understand the danger of deforestation that tree cover would provide the islands a measure of natural resilience and would slow erosion. Still people continue to cut down trees to use as a Building Material and as a source of energy it may be illegal but they see no alternative. Is a fishmonger. If that ferry and she has no other way to preserve the daily catch she smokes the fish in a traditional smoking oven abound the wood often burns for days on end. The last time we had visitors from an organization they promised us a new drawing of and but that was more than 8 months ago and we have not seen them again they havent come back. Now they with our cities have started to involve the local population in measures to protect the climates mangroves are being planted. Fisherman alpha jello looks in on the young man grow plants nearly every day he says the roots will bind the soil and protect it from being washed away in the rainy season or through these mangrove roots will help the ground become stable again but if we dont plant here the problems will remain houses will be lost and people will have to migrate again the mangroves and the embankment project give him hope says alpha jello. But he knows that a lot more will need to be done to protect the homes and livelihoods of the thousands of people who still live on show bro and the smaller Turtle Islands. Well lets hope that project. Dealing with. It is a very serious problem. That. Adjust to the situation the mail. To the. Theres only just enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies even though the rainy season just ended. Up to like. A town in southern mali. And it wasnt as dry 10 years ago now we cant plant rice anymore if we dont stop chopping down trees soon we wont have any rain at all. Who is one of around 3500 officials in mali who have taken part in the Climate Change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. Most of 30000. 00 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them. Cotton is the most important crop here but growing it takes a lot of water. For. The niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year round but its too far away for the farmers and. They have to depend on rainwater. Now that rain has become scarce many local farmers have begun selling charcoal. Dependence on fuel and charcoal is a major contributor to. Ali funny and his brother my 2 are both farmers and they also operate a small roadside stand. And you know what you know were not selling charcoal for fun. We know that Climate Change is real. What can we do the land doesnt give us enough to survive on. If we had a choice wed stop selling charcoal. On this is so. But things may be changing thanks to the new insights the mayor gained at the workshop. Those new ideas have won over shake mamadou. He and his family run a small farm on just 2 hectares of land in recent years their harvests have been too small. Recently shaykh mom of 2 started planting different crops now his family can get by without destroying the forest. The mayor told us that fewer trees mean less rain thats why i decided to stop making charcoal and start planting trees i can live from that. I sell trees for my nursery and i grow eucalyptus trees that i sell for lumber and some of. Hes already sold more than 10000. 00 seedlings. Conservationism has been taking root in fina ever since the mayor launched his environmental campaign. Difference in 2 anyone when i stand here and see this. I get the feeling that were on the right path when it comes to the fight against Climate Change. And. Part of that fight is helping farmers boost their harvests. At the workshop mayor coulibaly learned about new drought resistant seeds for mains and millet he knows that people will move away if they dont have enough to eat. Who can read it. We realized that many people in the area were selling their farms and working in the gold mines because their harvests were too small thats also a consequence of Climate Change its something thats. Mamadu from also thought about throwing in the towel and moving away his harvest had declined but thanks to advice from Climate Change experts he bought new millet seeds from the capital bamako phage just needed a single heavy rain to start growing and that made all the difference oh and it will be what you know look i used to only harvest one and a half tons of militant her head tear at once and with the new seeds i get 3 tons is about right and found it was all. Knows that his work has just begun he plans to keep raising climate awareness in fun so that coming generations will still be able to live here. Its time to be a new farewell from Lagos Nigeria remember you can always visit our website all social media platforms to find all the latest somebody who africa including reports on how the. Damage is affecting the environment. Take care and seriously i go to sandra thank you and a big thank you to all of you all of us for joining us today please do continue to look after yourselves stay safe and healthy we here look forward to seeing you once again next time till then good bye for me. Here in kampala uganda. Absolutely. Cutting. Into the conflict zone mr tim sebastian. Hong kong never means to news for long these days now its the draft of a new security law to be imposed by beijing the full provoking controversy and protests joining me this week from a long long ways regina a member of the citys Legislative Council and chair of the probating new peoples policy hello conflicts the 1st. 30 minutes d w o. Resisting racism and. 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