Population of 94 million, has a violent history. The independence gained in 1960 was followed by bloody civil war and thirty years of dictatorship under mobutu. Today, the drc is still plagued by political instability. But there e are oases ofof peacd serenity. The capital, kinshasa is known for its lively c cultural scen. And that includes one of central africas only symphony orchestras. He is tough and demanding. Conductor Armand Diangienda, says this is how he gets the best from his students. You have a problem with your flute im actually a pilot. But music is my passion. Its true, i dont have academic training in this area. But passion is what helps us get to know our instruments and to learn to play. Everyone here shares that same passion for classical music. Barely anyone has professional training instead, they all trained right here, together, in this orchestra. Im happy here and i have a lot of friends. Dauphine mata started learning the violin at the age of twelve. And right from the start, she was determined to join an orchestra. Dauphine lives in this district. Music, she says, has helped her enormously. Music has changed me. Classical music has something very calming about it, and this helps me to reflect and react, in my everyday environment, with my friends and others. Dauphines family livives ia modest house. Her father sings in a choir and was supportive of his daughter learning an instrument. It was only possible because the orchestra subsidized the cost of the lessons. But the conditions were far from ideal. There were 30 students but only two violins. In the mornings, i went to school, and in the afternoon, i had violin lessons. But actually i could only hold the violin briefly, then it was the next childs turn. Now dauphine practices every day. And she rehearses with the orchestra five times a week. Shes also studied and is doing an internship with the foreign ministry. The 28yearold hopes she might get a job there later. Finding work is not easy in the democratic republic of congo. Unemployment is high here and poverty widespread. Over 70 live under the poverty level, earning less than 2 euros a day. Life in kinshasa is difficult sometimes. Its like living in anarchchy. Its tough, but we stay here nonetheless. The government frequently fails its citizens, and churches bridge the gaps. The orchestra is run by a free christian church. It offers people support and has also built a number of schools and hospitals. In 1994, it set up the orchestra. Music lessons take place within the church building. There are no music schools in the democratic republic of congo. So how is anyone supposed to learn how to play an instrument . I love music. Ever since i was little, when i listen i feel good. Music is the soundtrack to everything. The church is now building a real music school. It wants to give more people access to the power of music. The new school will also have rehearsal rooms for the orchestra. The project is being funded by the church and, above all, through donations. Conducuctor Armand Diangienda s supervising the construction work. I visited music schools in other countries and i noticed that children started learning an instrument very young. I thought, thats what i want for our children too. The new building will have five floors. Everyone here is prepared to roll their sleeves up and get to work. Even the musicians. The worork is not difficul, and afafterwards, at 4 00, i goo choir. The church also runs a large choir. And until the building is finished, the 80 or so singers rehearse outside. And then theyre joined by the orchestra. Theyre rehearsing a cantata from mendelssohns psalm 42, in german. We are a large, symphonic family. Many musicians have found their own voice here. Ananthe orchesestra simply accompmpanies each musician in their dreams. The school shapes the musicians of tomorrow. Back in 1971, thenu. S. President richchard nixon declad war on drugs. Since then, the United States alone has sunk more than a billion dollars into the campaiaign. Accordrding tohe u. N. , more than 225 Million People worldwide use illegal substances. Globally speaking, the Illegal Drugs trade is worth around 300 billion to 500 billion a year. Is there any hope of winning this battle . This path through the forest leads to an illegal marijuana plantation. Itsusust one manany in sosouthwestern c colombia. Hernan norena s shows us a fif. He usesed to grow cacannabis d spent two years in jail for it. The colombian governmentsnsnt a major presencece here. Until a yearar and a hf f ago, thisrea wawas der the e ntrol of farc rebels. I belieieve about 80 of te polatition he growow cnabis. They a w want s stop paicipating in thihis illegal activity. A few raise cattle o or grow planants such asas manioc or bananas. But hardly anyone can make a ling f from. For corintoto, a village of 13,00000 people, mededical maria is a real opportunity. Th u used toe inin theiddle e of farccontrtrolled territitory,d for 50 yearsrs there were e fews to e earn a livingng here. E mayor is pleas abobouthe new buneness. Says a dozen faerss cooperatatives have alalready sd agreements witphararmaceutical compananies. We want to change this s in rintnto. Because of c criminal ngngs, dg cartels s and mafiosi,i, weve a lot of v violence herere. Weanant to replacece them by cos and businesses. Colombia is looooking to bece anan global expoporteader inin memedical majujuana. 91omestitic and foreign compmpanies have already obtaid growing licenses. The fit one was issued to the canadiancolombian firm phpharmacielo, w which is basesr medellin, in oober 201017. Ceo ferico cockcorrea says eyeyve alady y inveed morore than 40 million i in modern productition facilitieies. Colombias climate, fertile so and ththe peace treatyty reacd th farc all helped win vevestors er. Medical cannabis could d bece very imporortant to cololombis economy. The indudustry could b be wort0 billion n dollars worldwide. As things s stand now, c coloa uld alreadmeet 20 to 30 of global d demand. The Company Grows cannabis in its own greenhouses. Its requirered to obtain n at t 10 of i its raw matereriamuste sourced frfrom small and midsid growers. Thats why pharmacielo h has as signed a conontract with a a con cocorinto in thahat includes 6 3 famililies. Cololombia only pepermits the et of medical c cannabis prododuc not the flower. They government wants the country to develop its own processing industry. Sugarcane is also grown in the corinto valley, but only a few locals earn a living frorom i. The mayor r hopes that Legal Cannabis will do more to increase employment. We mainly produce sugarcane here. 8 hectares of that creates jtt one job. B. One hehectare of mededical maria crcreates 1015 5 jobs. In the first year alon w were expeing bebetwn 1,000 0 d 1,1,500 new jobsbs in the reg. H hernan nonorena doesntt anything t to do with ththe ll drug mafia. Heoioined wi morore th 100 otheher farmers toto found a cooperative. After a years wait, theveve reiveded the officiciagrowerss licensnse. Hehe hopes that t a legal wayo earn a living willakake a bi fferenenceor his f fily. I hope my son will be a abo attend a g good universisit. Once hes received an education, then mayaybe he can work here o. Withouout doing anytything illl or dangegerous, and wiwithout hg to deaeal with crinalsls. More ways to earn aiviving legay willll ao help b bng peace to thehe region. The remamaining rebelsls and e drug lorords have withdrawn to e mountains. At n night, theieir marijuana as glow. The lights are intended to make the plants grow more quickly. But ththeyre also a warningngt drug m mafia arennt yet reado throw in theowowel. T ts week in n global ideas , were off to jordan, country whwhere water isis extremely s. To find out more about thehe challenges of Water Management in an arid region, our reporter Dan Hirschfeld met people near the capital, amman. Abdallah ibrahim aburowaa waters his familys olive trees every day. But they only get water from the mains on wednesdays. So that is when ththey are alws busy stocking upup. Everybody here has a tank on the roof or a cicistern in thehe ga. It often doesnt rain for weeks on end here. The village of annuzha is 50 kilometers from the capital amman. Water from the mains just one day a week is standard across jordan. When there are problems at the waterworks, it sometimes doesnt show up at all, even on wednesdays. If theres no water, it affects everybody and everything. The cooking and cleaning. The family and the animals. The olive trees and all the other trees. Water wasnt always as scarce as it is today. Abdallahs father ibrahim remembers when it was plentiful, and came from a nearby river. But those times are long gone. Back inin the 1960s, there s alwaysys enough water. We had a big fatat 12inch pie from the river. But then it was capped in 1984, because there was less and less water in the river. That river, wadi alwalla, has now shrunknk to a mere trickl. Its the same in most parts of the country. Very little rain falls here, and water is extremely scarce. Jordan is one of the driest countries on earth. At the same time, its population is growing. So demand for water in the cities has soared. In madaba, for example. 200,000 people live in the area. At an elevation of 800 meters. Water has to be pumped here from lowerlying regions hundreds of kilometers away. That takes lots of equipment and energy, and its expensive. The countrys aging water supply system eats up around 15 of all the electricity used in jordan. And a lot of the water it transports is lost due to leaks. Bassam hayek is an engineer whos here to work on improving water resource management. Hes employed by germanys giz development agency. Old d pumps use a lot of electricity. Hayek is installing new ones that use a third less. That will give us a way to sustain water supply for the communities. And also the utility itself will be able to use the savings in the energy to maintain thehe facilityty, to maintain the network and so on. And after all this will be reflected in positive impact to the community as a whole. The price o of the electrtry that powers the water works has just soared 40 . So pressure is mounting to hike water prices, too. But with more efficicient pump, power consumption will decline. And they should make the watatr supply more reliabable as wel. Thats good news. The new pumps have been flown in, and have just passed through customs. A little while later they arrive in madaba. Theyey cost a quarter ofof a min euros and were paid for by the giz. Hayek says theyre a good investment and good for the environment. Although jordan is shifting to renewables, most of its electricity is still generated by fossil fuels which emit vast amounts of co2 into the atmosphere. Co2equivalent reduction that will be in the range of 800,000 kilogram co2 per year. Justst only from this one stata. Alall madaba, the watercycycln madaba results in 28 million kilogram co2equivalent per year. There are other stations and we are working to cover the whole cycle as well. Zaki shahem runs a small commercial garden. He has greenhouses, a few outdoor beds, and of coure his own reservoir. The problem is, t theres nt enough water. Thats why i have e to mostly e recycled waste water. Its ok, and its cheap. But its waste water but without it, my plants wouldnt grow. There would be nothing left. Bassasam hayek says everyoe here is concerned about the water supply, and all are looking forward to improvements. We believe that the future community will feel this effect as well. Better services, better maintenance, and continuity of water. Hayek stops by the aburowaa family home. Ibrahim says he is looking forward to the day when his water supply really is reliable once the new pumps are up and running. Most people dream of sharing their life with a special someone, but in china, the odds are stacked against wouldbe grooms. For every 100 women, there are 113. 5 men. In a population of 1. 4 billion, that means 34 million more men than women. Its the sad legacy of the governments onechild policy, when more boys were born than girls. Now, matchmaking agencies are helping lonely hearts track down potential partners. This man is on the lookout for women. But not for himself. Yin zhizhong and his female colleague are matchmakers. Their turf the malls of shanghai. The objects of their interest are supposed to be pretty, ylylish and eleganant and, theres a height requirement, too at leleast 1meterr63. I say hello to them and introduce myself and my job. I then compliment them on their beauty and ask them if they have a boyfriend or if theyre single. Yin zhizhong looks for potential marriage partners for wealalthy men. But the e first women he approached today have given him the cold shoulder. These matchmakers work for a special marriage agency. They have six million registered clients which is rather small for china. But they offer tailormade matchups starting at 10,000 euros a year. James wang would like to get married. He works for a car importer which gives him very little spare time. Thats why the agency is finding candidates for him, and organizing rendezvous. She looks quite sweet. Shes from shanghai, says matchmaker yio li. Her parents are civil servrvan. James wang owns an apartment and a luxury car impressive status symbols here. If you have a better car, maybe you have a a better chane to find a woman, but for me, i dont want to take this into this path. Because i would like to find the right woman a woman, a girl, who just doesnt value me for these things i have, but more likely my person. Some 200 million chinese are single. The pressure to marry can be intense, but people are choosy, especially when it comes to money. Oftentimes, love is not enough. Without finanancial securiy love is wishful thinking. An illusion. Financiaial stabability is a requirement. T. Of course, its not t the only thing that counts, but it is a factor. For wellheheeled clients, e matchmakers will keeeep lookig for as long as it takes. The agencys Success Stories line the halls trophies in the hardfought chinese marriage market. At this park in shanghai, matchmaking takes a more traditional form. Parents are here on their childrens behalf. The notes on these umbrellas brag about their childrens accomplishments a degree from abroad, a job at a foreign company, a good salary. Owning an apartment is a major draw. Parents of chinas onechildld generation worry their son or daughter will never marry, and never have children. By the time singles are in their mid20s, theyre often being nagged about wedding plans. To give cucupid a boost, this Agency Offers a speeddating session every evening. Chinas former onechild policy has led to a large surplus of men. But that doesnt mean women have an easier time finding a partner. Many say thats because women are choosier, and are usually aiming for a wealthier mate. Men, on the other hand, aim at their own social class, or just below it. Nearby is one of shanghais most popular agencies, which teaches bachelors how to attract a suitable mate. Pei is 31 years old. He runs a small company, but doesnt own an apartment. Today hes learning breathing exercises. Pei is under pressure from his parents and it doesnt help that hes shy. Sunny ouyang offers dating lessons and shows men what else matters in relationships besides owning a car and a home. Many of her clients struggle with basic social skills. T the onechild generation s grown up rather egotistical and arrogant. Theyre used to everything being centered arounund them. If they now look for a partner, theyre could also be too selfcenterered. They find it difficult to feel empathy for the other person. Peis also getting wardrobe advice. Thats part of the 12,000 euro coaching package which wont end till hes found a wife. Sunny thinks his lack of fashion sense is getting in his way theres no way its suitable for a date. She tells him to shop for Higher Quality clothes more businesslike, and not too casual. Most of his wardrobe just doesnt pass muster. Then theres his posture. He needs to stand tall and confident chest out, stomach in. In just a few sessions, sunny says, hes already made progress. Now i take the initiative and approach women. Im more active, which is very important. Hes promised his coach that by the next session hell have managed to go on a date. Hes already got a candidate in mind. Back to the highend matchmaker. Yin zhizhong has found a woman whos interested in the agencys services. He writes down her information but she doesnt want to say what kind of man shed consider. He takes a photo for the agencys file its a good days wowork. Weve found a classically beauautiful woman with a lot f charisma. She is 1meter70 tall, and is a personal trainer in a fitness studio. And then another stroke of good luck. The next candidate is a bit taken aback at first, but then she agrees. Soon shell be on the agencys roster of eligible bachelorettes. And thats all from global 3000 thihis week. Dont forget, we love hearing from you so please write to us at global3000 dw. Com or visit our facebook page, dw global society. Take care and see you soon enenjoy. How will l we power o our fu . Can we crereate a healalthy and clean economy . . Climate one at ththe, what clcls at the fororefront of f the glol debate abobout energy,y, economd thee environmement, bringiging togegether the brightestst and t provococative leadaders of ouru, climate e one is thehe place w e bibig ideas geget heard. Withth a thoughthtful discusussn policy, bususiness, fininance d cultlture, the fouounder gets te heart ofof the matteter. Itit is our fututure. It is time to come together. Host from the, with club of common this is climate one. Im greg dalton. Climate disruption is getting personal, as monster