A man. Who will look at his final year in office and his in crest of career. Blame on the last cultural diplomat. Starts nov 16th on d w. This week the world stories. Starting in spain despite coronavirus. Planting trees to save forests in russia. But we begin in belgium like almost everywhere else in europe the number of coded 1000 infections in seriously ill patients is rising hospitals are struggling to keep up. This used to be the Recovery Room for patients whod had surgery now it serves as a makeshift intensive care unit for cope with benteen patients on life support hospitals in the belgian province of li is are now the epicenter of europes 2nd wave and struggling to keep up we are not about to admit one new profession any more so if a patient comes in the emergency room with a 3rd we have to transfer him to another or until the flemish both of the engine will be ortho for the devo tells us his team is not only short of beds but also personnel one in 5 nurses in the region have tested positive for the virus themselves but the pressure is so high that those who dont have symptoms continue to work on a strict safety precaution the actual number of infections is likely to be higher than the official figures across town at least as University Hospital testing is ongoing. I cant smell or taste any more and i have a headache. The medics year can conduct 280 tests every day but these tests are strictly for those who have a doctors prescription family members friends or coworkers who have been in close contact with them but dont show any symptoms cannot get a test for them or at the moment we have so many positive cases the problem is there are far too many contact persons given the huge number of people who have symptoms wed be unable to test them as well as all the people theyve been in contact with at least not with the amount of tests we have currently if we had more tests we probably could back in the covert ward doctor duvall fears the lax handling of the crisis in summer will put him and his colleagues in a very difficult position very soon. When you have only one bet and 10 people asking for the same bit you have to choose between the team that which one you were after and meant no doctor with want to do thats one thing its like you know we are not doctors who do that kind of thing we are doctor to treat patients not good truth which patient treating in germany has started to take patients from belgian hospitals with infections expected to continue to rise here in the coming weeks medical staff already at their limit will need all the help they can get. To combat the increasing number of corona virus infections in spain and not a curfew has been put in place but parties are still being held in private apartments even though theyre not allowed. Every weekend Madrid Police have been knocking on hundreds of doors to shut down illegal parties madrigal allows meetings of up to 6 people who are not related but police have broken up parties of more than 200 who are keen as a business student in madrid he only wants to speak briefly and anonymously as he regularly goes to such parties he himself recently helped organize one. That we just rented a place so we could drink and smoke inside just a few visitors even wore masks but that didnt last long honestly young peoples biggest fear is having to pay a fine thats why the places need to be well insulated so the neighbors sent the police want to take anything that. Bush wanted but its. Keane and his friends seem unfazed by this that just makes their 3rd of spending has become infected with the coronavirus at private parties 200 illegal parties were broken up in madrid last week alone police chief javier friend and this is especially troubled by the new Business Model being developed. Bars that are actually supposed to be closed certainly do take money in exchange for letting people in theres a clear economic incentive for it apart from that we have discovered private homes that were charging entrance fees right at the front door this isnt just about a few Friends Meeting up psychiatrys Diego Figueroa is calling for more empathy with a young people even if you support strictly abiding by the hygiene measures experts are starting to acknowledge the consequences of such drastic restrictions on young people socialites right now we have finding out that Young Peoples Mental Health problems have increased dramatically as a result of this springs lockdown is suicide safe increased by 22 percent so far and attempted suicides have even increased by 35 percent on top of that theres been a major increase in the consumption of alcohol in psychoactive drugs. Young spaniards are now confronted with new rules all bars in madrid must close at 11 pm starting this week and curfew begins at the midnight. Even so business student doesnt want to be forbidden from partying he says he can decide for himself what risk hes willing to tolerate even if it means partying in private homes until 6 am for the duration of the curfew. To help brown district of johan aspersion south africa is considered to be a problem area. Drugs violence prostitution and garbage plague the streets there. But now the residents want to change it for the better. These volunteers meet up every saturday to clean up their neighborhoods that came in my seiko is 35 years old and has been living and who grow for 4 years now. You need to stay in place youre going to be listing it seems like you know it takes no you have the people so you going to the next step to take an interest thats a hazard to guess who bro has a problem with rubbish its everywhere the citys Waste Collection service cannot cope on its own so the volunteers decided to form their own organisation its called clean city the organization has launched a program called adopt a street to help residents feel more connected to their community in the days of apartheid only white people were allowed to live a year later it became a melting pot with people from various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds but as the population and unemployment grew problem started to emerge became known for violence criminality and prostitution but that reputation is beginning to change actually in parks and people enjoying the districts improved image. They lived is their environment so its its bringing their pride to their own environment you know you dont have to just say its something out of a plastic or doing something out of a bottle and throw it on the ground so we started to to get their change of behavior in the people and the community that lives here and then eventually once a street on the air or a park is cleared and the crime elements they move out. The killer must take or says crime particularly robberies needs to be addressed he takes us to the block of flats where you works as a caretaker he says while the situation has improved dramatically in recent years the crew an arborist been demigods threatening to roll back those improvements the best that they need there said crime is the increasingly unhappy because people almost the contacts theyre finished then are treated so now this time just like them to get their foot in the side of the house thats not going to get with it so theyre trying to find some for their actions. So im saying that they could and theres no place im going to quit or nothing i finish and then thats it and it would be like if you. Go once to do what she can to make the locals a little bit happier next weekend and make the neighborhood a little more pleasant even if you can solve all the areas problems themselves many of those very happy to live in. Droughts and pests are destroying forests in russia. Activist Marianna Marciano who has dedicated her life to conservation says theres only one solution planting more trees. What looks like random bunches of greenery are in fact pine tree saplings thousands of them all ready for planting marianna meone ciano explains how its done. Its going to be simple you place the sampling in the hole then fill that with earth and check that the saplings firmly batted in. The f. Check once more that it cant be pulled out of a dream still for that so i. Take it 8000 saplings are due to be planted today here on the outskirts of moscow marianna munch ya know ask for help online and an army of volunteers has responded she regularly invites members of the public to help air. Rushes forests of taking quite a beating in recent years huge areas have been devastated by wildfires pests like bark beetles pose a further challenge russia has more forest than any other country trees cover nearly half of this vast land. Is ya it seems and more as ive been doing this and still there are 10 there were terrible wildfires back then throughout the whole of russia look at it sort of i saw a picture of a huge well established trees being blown across the fields by the when they were breaking off like matchsticks teach people why didnt they just stop marianna study economics and initially worked in finance but she quit her job to devote all her attention to reforestation to mining to michigan where can change the world one small step at a time to build and people will pull together for a good cause. Just sitting its. 7 years ago marianna maggio moved to moscow to build up her own Environmental Organization but shes still not a lover of the city her childhood in the countryside very much shaped to she is. But i love nature i love the forest as a child i always spend the summers with my grandmother in the village. All the good thats her house right next to the forest we would go out several times a week picking berries or mushroom. Back to the forest on the outskirts of moscow its time for lunch in the past 10 years marianna new and her helpers have planted more than a 1000000 trees thats the equivalent of around 1300 soccer fields a large number of volunteers of all ages have helped to make it possible. Last year she was selected by the United Nations for the young champion of the earth award. Right nearby she shows us some other young trees from her project that have had a chance to get established. Well you. Find this situation was planted just 7 years ago and as you can see its already bigger than me and i wish him enough soon this area should once again be a Strong Healthy forest hopefully Strong Enough to withstand all the challenges of the future. Plague. On the move. Desperate abandon. Destitute. Nice for single mothers in albania is especially difficult the organization a different we can provide support to someones name. From donations and volunteer efforts. To global treat those who voted next on d w. To cause blessings and good ideas that these benedictine monks how close. They transformed their money staring into an ecological form run. But is it possible to reconcile a Business Savvy with religious devotion. Ecofriendly must constantly scream abbey. In 30 minutes on d w. In the height of climate change. Africas mix of. Whats in store for the players playing out for the future come the books e. W. Dot com the 2nd major cities to double to get inside clear cut or cut. Welcome to global 3000. Full speed ahead why as you drill project has people in mexicos yucatan peninsula worried. Fresh eggs online how chinas farmers are Going Digital to survive the coronavirus pandemic. But 1st helping those who need it most how volunteers are helping albanian women to escape better poverty. Worldwide women are more affected by poverty than men theyre generally expected to look after the family when they can work they earn far less can save less and their jobs are more insecure. In times of crisis women are generally hardest hit the United Nations says that more than 70 percent of Domestic Workers lost their jobs in the 1st few months of the pandemic the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by 2021 around 435000000 women and girls will be living in extreme poverty 47000000 more than today and the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These n. G. O. S work is on their way to a woman who lives in rural albania with her children in fear of their lives a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation called at different weekend the organization has 12000 volunteers in all. One of the woman calls herself scored she doesnt want us to use her real name she and her children were repeatedly piece in by her husband he was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison but is being released in a few days. The value always threatened me saying that when he got out hed find me wherever i was and kill me me and the children. I said kill me but i beg you to spare the children i have to protect them they good kids they deserve a better life. Sure it isnt used to people listening to her she talks for hours telling the young volunteers about her life the poverty and hardship she indias. The n. G. O. S currently setting up the 1st womens shelter in albania its still under construction but squirter and her children are going to be brought to safety. Into rana the capital of albania 26 year old lawyer r. Bar high degree is on his way to the foundations main offices hes used to explaining the project unusual name. A different developed very organically. When i was still a student i wanted to help poor people. During a vacation i spent a weekend volunteering with or. It was a Public Holiday and everyone was celebrating except the poor so i packed a few with food and toys and went to the poorest parts of tehran. For the weekend i spent there was different. He holds a meeting with a different weekend volunteers every morning the Team Discusses the days tasks its a highly efficient operation. Next door move and his are fielding phone calls a call is just coming in from a widow called it vanna the family of her late husband have thrown her and her 3 daughters out and now they are living in a cow shed. With no heating no fridge and nothing to eat their case is given top priority 2 hours later the volunteers visit it van up bringing clothes food and also hope her husband died of epilepsy in march her inlaws wasted no time throwing her and the children out of the house and theyre now living here trying to get by on the equivalent of about 20 euros a month in welfare benefits. These photographs are all she has to remind her of her husband and son was happening at times although the family was always poor. So i never had a Birthday Party like other kids. Im turning 14 soon but we wont celebrate this time either our mother has no money so much ive never blown out candles on a birthday cake. Both in. The cache it is barely habitable at night rats and snakes crawl through the holes in the walls amelius so scared she cant sleep theres no electricity and no fridge so the little food they have spoils quickly just in this area here. We have done 35 houses till now and i really hope for the next house before this family very soon when i say so and i mean. 20. Tens of thousands of donations from all over the world have allowed the foundation to help some 50000 families in albania sometimes their circumstances have been improved only temporarily but some of them have been able to escape poverty for good but at the happiest hopefully it vannas luck has now changed thanks to donations the foundation has found a new home for her and her daughters theyve also found ivana a job a school around the corner full fiorello and swale and their little sister emily will go back to day care and be able to sleep at night again. By the way they are. Escaping poverty and leaving a selfdetermined life something that should be accessible to women around the world on our Facebook Channel d. W. Women youll find stories about women tackling problems and taking a stand d. W. Women gives a voice to the women of our world. Venice is normally swamped by tourists some 30000000 of them every year in a city with just 50000 residents. Is a money spinner. But in many places it has become a curse. Back in 1950 s. There were just 25000000 International Tourists compared to 1460000000 in 2019. Yet around the world there are more grand projects in the making designed to pull in ever more tourists not always to the delight of local people. The jungle means everything to cloudy or lopez its the only place he feels truly happy we met the tour guide an Animal Welfare activist in his element one of the most species rich rain forests on earth Mother Nature always has wonderful surprises in store for us. Right now im waiting for the bats to come out. Its the daily dance of the vampires millions of bats leave their underground caves here every night this remarkable place is known as the back volcano and Claudio Lopez is always thrilled to watch but these days hes also worried. But that the new train route will pass very close to these caves and the resulting vibrations could cause them to collapse. That could happen when the train passes through here. The new railway is called train maya its one of the largest Infrastructure Projects in modern mexican history work has barely begun but promotional films produced by the government are already showing would lies ahead 1500 kilometers of tracks will crisscross the yucatan peninsula the project will cost billions and will be partly financed by pride. Investors there will be new settlements next to engine mind cities and a Rail Connection for nearly 3000000. 00 tourists a year. Look at the goal is to support a region that has been forgotten for the last 5 decades. At the same time its a region with resources that can benefit the rest of the country. Profits for some but anger for others like guadalupe conceptus who lives in company. A town located along the old train tracks which are to be extended for the train my house is set to be demolished. Significantly just my home means a lot to me my life my history this is where i lived with my parents this is where i raised my children. In this area alone there are hundreds of families who will be forced to resettle in early june that mexicos president Andres ManuelLopez Obrador traveled to the region to announce the official start of the tracks construction critics say took advantage of the Coronavirus Crisis to push through processes in the controversial train project and yet there are also many people along the train my a route who support the project the train light could set a lot in motion especially after the pandemic putting on a real connection like this would have great economic advantages there would be more visitors and therefore more jobs it would make it easier for people to get here by train from cannes koon and other tourist centers. That are now travelers to the yucatan region have to rely on cars the further you travel in lead and away from the coast the more isolated and green it gets here there are eagles spider monkeys jaguars and other endangered species the new railway line also threatens their habitat in the jungle town of cio we met up with cloudy old lopez again the governments infrastructure plans are a big issue in the village soon the population will increase 10 fold from what it is now. The problem is that everything will grow without control. Prices will rise and as in other parts of mexico organized crime will take over. So who benefits from the development and suppose of progress in the land of the maya the legacy of history is omnipresent cloudier lopez takes us to meet an important representative of the indigenous population. But in the name trend maya is a disgrace. We the maya people are the ones who bear this proud name but nobody has spoken to us. This is not true we are in contact with all groups and there will be further consultations because of the pandemic contact might have been reduced a little but again if anyone benefits from the train its the Indigenous People. But once again many Indigenous People feel their concerns have not been taken into account the last stop on our journey is the back of the group or turquoise paradise which is also under threat. Biologist melina. Regularly takes water samples here with alarming results. Back and. Has such vivid colors but if the pollution continues like this this could get dangerous and very quickly. For a long time this place was an insiders tip but now the visitors have arrived and with them the hotels garbage and sewage the lack of Sewage Treatment plants and the shortage of water have become a huge problem and as of 2023 the train maya is expected to bring fountains more tourists every day. Who cant afford mass tourism even now we can hardly protect our ecosystems unit but they hit our nickel system the railway is coming to yucatan that much is clear but theres still time to check this out. Knows and changes course. Shattered shops and food markets covert 19 is a huge headache for retailers and farmers. Ecommerce is stepping into the breach Industry Turnover is due to grow by over 25 percent this year to more than 2 trillion euros. In 2023 point 5000000000 people are expected to shop online almost half the worlds population. The biggest market is china. These days of poverty are over. Shame was able to pay for a brand new tesla with the money he made in just 2 months the farmers son sells dunkin. One factor contributing to his success is that he is in constant communication with his customers. Mind streaming via the video sharing app ticktock or deluge as its known in china 2. But you dont worry about how this is a very good Sales Platform its much better than the traditional route with agents and middlemen who all want to cut. So youre going to get. Cured and salt and steamed are a Chinese Specialty theyre a much loved snack for whoosh unction business is booming output has quadrupled what are you getting now processed 200000 eggs a day. And thats the number were able to show each day osama yes developed here was a family. Who lives in the far south of china in a small fishing village where everyone knows everyone else. For generations now the young have earned their living by fishing before switching to breeding ducks and later in life. Streaming idea didnt go down well at 1st. One told me and the people here find Live Streaming shameless they dont understand what youre doing when you run around talking into his cell phone all day they look down on me because they didnt understand what i was doing. A couple. But his idea has paid off is entertaining and he knows how to build trust last month the Village Cooperative made as much profit as they used to in 6 months. 250 kilometers away line streaming courses this specially for farmers along with del yen and j. D. Dot com the chinese equivalent of amazon are involved in the project young up and coming farmers are getting lessons in direct marketing there are special studios where they can practice mr song as Sweet Potatoes to sell trainline streamers are helping him talking into a camera for hours on end doesnt come naturally to him. The influencers help me to create the right mood. From at the beginning i was really nervous but gradually things got easier i think its easy as a mom and a home the farmer now sells more than half his produce on line j. B. Takes the commission of one percent of turnover but the platform also organizes the transport. G. Ds Logistics Infrastructure works for us if someone orders online organizes everything that saves us a lot of work and they see it in them to. During the coronavirus pandemic organizing transportation became a problem one that couldnt be resolved by individual farmers tons of produce was left stranded across the country. For mr song and his cooperative the streaming project came at just the right time the rather retiring farmer has now got used to being accompanied by a Smartphone Camera when hes in the greenhouse. Well see about how do you think during the Coronavirus Crisis in february and march people werent allowed to go to the market or to stores so they looked around online and discovered they could get fruit and vegetables delivered to their homes even fresher than in the supermarket the usual bittorrent. Since the start of the pandemic online sales linked to Live Streaming have skyrocketed this Farmers Cooperative used to employ 70 people now its almost 300. They would earn less in the city than they do here and its practical its close to home people can look after their grandparents and their children they no longer have to go to the city to work. Without a little. Back at. The factory. This feeling confident about his future before he discovered lyme straining he had always thought he would have to leave his village to find work in a big city. We could communicate with the world over this platform. Here and see what we can share our cuisine and go culture and history with the world thats very exciting for us to get the woman without you dont know. Who would have thought that line streaming duck eggs could attract so many followers and bring so much business success. In this weeks global ideas well take a look at a particularly successful conservation project. Africas majestic wildlife is often the target of poachers making the work of wildlife preserves especially important to. Our reporter Thomas Hobbes went to kenya where he met some of the people whose project has made it onto the International Union for conservation of natures green list. The lay World Wildlife conservancy and Central Kenya is a paradise for animals and animal lovers the 250 square kilometers are home to thousands of giraffes elephants lions rhinos and many other species. The land used to be part of a cattle ranch owned by a british farmer in the 1980 s. When poaching was decimating the black rhino population the family turned the land into a sanctuary today around 170 black rhino the live in the conservancy. Theyre protected by 123 rangers a pack of specially trained dogs and a high tech Surveillance System most of the rangers are locals. 98 percent of rain just walking down from the neighboring community and that is very very important because you know the thing also is to send a message to a community that they have they want to shoot because you know people in the community see. It so its very important to work with people of the luckless the people who. Are on a bus. But they were conservancy says that working closely with local communities is an effective strategy in the fight against poachers. Community theater playing a Critical Role in terms of conservation with dont look putting them in the board youre not winning in terms of cost of vision. Or pushing its been a step by their communities and its been assisted even by a dentist that is what you have seen before and its just because of their money and thats why now were focusing in terms of putting a lot of programs outside the community so we can really win their community to get a lot of information and at least theyre going to be i think yes of us if the local people notice anything suspicious they reported to the ranger purity one more you she grew up here and knows almost everybody in the area but i just know we are 5 feeling just at the moment i was the 1st to be in bright wasnt played in 20 tells these consequences means everything to me because my mom we have a microcredit finance the you know so my mom is not is one of the benefit of that microcredit right now i have a son whos in from 2 plates now hes getting funds from level of education best selling. The little Wildlife Conservancy invests about 7 percent of its earnings in programs benefiting local communities such as person raise for 450. 00 school growers and irrigation schemes for a local farms one of lay was Top Priorities is empowering women. Pauline karumba who owns a small farm but for many years lacked Financial Resources but in 27. 00 team they were Conservancy Program helped to secure a micro credit. Card wangle humans and yes a good lay one has really helped me because it gave me a loan it was 10000 shillings about 100 dollars to go on im making it hard when i did a lot with the money dog i bought c. D. s to plant and i also bought 2 pigs so theres been lots of progress that i am moving forward. I have gained so much there are many benefits for example they bring in trainers who teach us about many issues that have to do with health and how we can help ourselves as women. 1800. 00 women have so far received microcredit there are also classes on business the environment and practical skills purity and lawrenceville too much work for the conservancy as womens empowerment program. Previously women. So that. They have come to. Meet. We. May be specially expecting across its back to the last so these farmers can benefit the best in the lead to take in the canoe. And produce. And for them. The programs have helped improve the standard of living in neighboring communities. Working closely with the local government the conservancy supports for clinics and runs one of its own local people receive free medical care including medicine and vaccines and medical services for pregnant women and new mothers. Setting up these clinics was to provide much needed primary healthcare so i was says to communities that leaves are the consequences monthly. 800 people. Theres a dire shortage of medical care in kenyas rural areas so locals welcome the clinics. It would be a big problem at this clinic didnt exist many people would have died the nearest hospital is in the next town which is quite far its good that there is a clinic here. The efforts made by the labor Wildlife Conservancy not only to protect wild animals but also to support local communities have Found International recognition since 2014 its been included in the prestigious i. U. C. N. Green list of protected areas. The seal of approval is a huge boost to the project. It helps us in terms of our Marketing Strategies it helps but helps us in terms of fundraising i would to help helps us so that there can be a model for us to emulate for others to come on line from us what we have been yeah its not for lower its for the kids and headed gauge is for the global head it is for the community heavy teach. The labor Wildlife Conservancy shows that protecting wildlife is compatible with the needs of local communities with the right strategies both can flourish side by side d. Thats all from us a global 3000 this week we hope you enjoyed the program drop us a line to global 3000 at b. W. Dot com check out our facebook pages your global ideas and you women bye bye for now. Concept blessings and good ideas means a benedictine monks allophones plate transformed them monastery into an ecological forerunner. But is it possible to reconcile a Business Savvy with religious devotion. Eco friendly monks plumstead new screen before. Coming up on d w. 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