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 first few months of thpandemic, the vast majority women. According to a u. N. Study by , 2021, around 435 million women and girls will be living in extreme poverty, 47 million more than today. And the situation isnt likely to improve by 2030. These ngo workers are on their way to a woman who lives rural aalives. Th r a group of 7 volunteers has been sent here by a foundation lled a difrent weeke. The organization has 12,000 volunteers in all. The woman calls herself shkurte. Shes doesnt want us to use her real name. She and her children were repeatedly beaten by her husband. He was eventually sentenced to 18 months in prison, but is being released in a few days. He always threatened me, saying when he got out hed find , me, wherever i was hiding, and kill me, me and the children. I said, ll me, but i beg you to spare the childn. I have to protect them. Theyre good kids. They deserve a better life. Shkurte isnt used to people listening to her. She talks for hours, telling the young volunteers about her life, the poverty and hardship she endures. The ngo is currently setting up the first womens shelter in albania. Its still under construction. But shkurte and her children are going to be brought to safety. In tirana, the capital of albania, 26yearold lawye Arber Hajdari is on his way to the foundations main offices. Hes used to explaining th projecs unusual me. A diffent weekenddevelod. Duri a vacatn, i spenti wantweekend lunteeringith orphans. It was a public hoday and everyo was celebting exct the po. So ipoorest rts of tira. Ith fothe ekend i spent there was e holds meeting th a fferent weekd voluntrs every morning. The team dcusses theays tasks. Its a hhly effient operation. Nextoor, more lunteers a fielding phone cal. A call h just come in from widow calleddvana. The familyf her la husband have throwher and hethree daughters out, and theyre now living in a cowshed. With no ating, nfridge, and nothing to eat. Their case is given top priority. Two hours later, the volunteers visit idvana bringing clothes, fo and almarch. 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 somewhat happier times. Although the family was always bitterly poor. I never had a birday partyl. Im turning 14 soon, but we wont celebrate this time either. Our mother has no money. Ive neverlown out cdles on a birthday cake. The cowshed is barely habitable. At night, rats and snakes crawl through the holes in the walls. Ameli is so scared she cant sleep. Theres no electricity and no fridge, so the little food they have spoils quickly. Just in this area here, in lushnje, weve done 35 houses up until n. I rely hope that the next house to be for this family very soon. When i say soon, i mean ximum 20 days. Tens of thousands of donations from all over the world have allowed the foundation to help some 50,000 families in albania. Sometimes their circumstances have been improved only temporily, but se of them have been able to escape poverty for good. Hopefully, idvanas luck has now changed. Thanks tdonations,he fountion has found a new home for her and her daughters. Theyve also found idvana a job, a school around the corr for orela and ela and eir little sister ameli will go back to day care and be able to sleep at night again. Mething that wod. Be leadinga se onur facook chnel, dw the women, youll find stories about women tackling problems and taking a stand. Dw women gives a voice to the women of our world. Venices normally smped by tourists, some 30 millioof them every year in a city with just 50,000 residents. Tourism is a moneyspinner, but in many places, it has become a curse. Back in 1950, there were just 25 Million International tourists compared to 1. 4 sex billion 1. 46 alien in 2019. Yet ound the wld, there are more grand projects in the mnot always to the delight ofer mlocal people. The jungle means everything to Claudio Lopez. Its the only place he feels truly happy. We met the tour guide and Animal Welfare activist in his element , one of the most speciesrich rainforests on earth. Nature always has wonderful surprises in store for us. Right now, im waiting for the bats to co 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 bat volcano and Claudio Lopez is always thrilled to watch. But these days, hes also worried. 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 tren maya. Its one of the largest Infrastructure Projects in modern mexican history. Work has barely begun, but promotional films produc by the government are already showing what lies ahead. 1,500 kilometers of tracks will crisscross the yucatan peninsula. The project will cost billions and will be partly financed by private investors. There will be new settlemes next to ancient mayan cities and a Rail Connection for nearly three million tourists a year. Deppe the goal is to support a region that has been forgotten for the last five 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 caceres, who lives in campeche, a town located along the old train tracks, which are to be extended for the tren maya. Her house is set to be demolished. 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, mexicos president , Andres Manuel lopez obrador, traveled to the region to announce the official start of the tracks construction. Critics say he took advantage of the Coronavirus Crisis to push through processes in the controversial train project. And yet, there are also many peop along the tren maya route who support the project. The train line could set a lot in motion, especially after the pandemic. A Rail 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 cancun and other tourist centers. For now, travellers to the yucatan region have to rely on cars. The further you travel inland 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 xpujil, we met up with Claudio Lopez again. The governments infrastructure plans are a big issue in the village. Soon, the population will increase tenfold 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 supposed progress . In the land of the maya, the legacy of history is omnipresent. Claudio lopez takes us to meet an important representative of the indigenous population. Deppe the name tren 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 indiginous people feel that their concerns have not been taken into account. The last stop on our journey is the bacalar lagoon. A turquoise paradise, which is also under threat. Biologist melina maravilla regularly takes water samples here with alarming results. Bacalar has such vivid colors but if the pollution continues like this, this could get dangerous and very quickly. For a lg time, th place was an insids tip, bunow 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 the tren maya is expected 2023, to bring thousands more tourists every day. We cannot afford mass tourism. Even now, we can hardly protect our ecosystem. The railway is coming to yucatan. That much is clear. But theres still time to check the signals and change its course. Shuttered shops and food markets. Covid19 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 2020, 3. 5 billion people are expected to shop online almost , half the worlds population. The biggest market is china. His days of poverty are over. Wu xiansheng was able to pay for a brand new tesla with the money he made in just two months. The farmers son sells duck eggs. One factor contributing to his success is that he is in constant communication with his customers, livestreaming via the videosharing app tiktok, or douyin as its known in china. This is a very good sales platform. Its much better than the traditional routes with agents and middlemen who always cut. Duck eggs cured in salt and , steamed are a chinese speciality. They are a muchloved snack. For woo shansheng, business is booming. Output has quadrupled. We now process 200,000 eggs a day. And thats the number were able to sell each day. Wu lives in the farsouth 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 in later life. Wus streaming idea didnt go down well at first. The people here find livestreaming shameless. They dont understand what youre doing when you run around talking into a cellphone all day. They looked down on me because they didnt understand what i was doing. But his idea has paid off. Wu is entertaining, and he knows how to build trust. Last month, the Village Cooperative made as much profit as they used to in six months. 250 kilometers away, livestreaming courses especially for farmers. Along with douyin, alibaba and jd. Com, the chinese equivalent of amazon, are involved in the project. Young, upandcoming farmers are getting lessons in direct marketing. There are special studios where they can practise. Mr song has Sweet Potatoes to sell. Trained live 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. At the beginning i was really , nervous, but gradually things got easier. The farmer now sells more than half his produce online. Jd takes a commission of one percent of turnover. But the platform also organizes the transport. Jds Logistics Infrastructure works for us. If someone orders online, jd organizes everything. That saves us a lot of work. Ding the conavirus pandemic, orgazing tranortationecame a oblem one thatouldnt resolve by ,ndividuafarmer tons oproduce s 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. During the coronavirus isis in february and people werent march, 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. Since the start of the pandemic online sales linked to , livestreaming have rocketed. This Farmers Cooperative used two employ 70 people. Now its almost 300. They would are no less in the city than they do here. And it is 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. Bacat wu xianshengs duck eggactory, wu is feeling confident about his future. Before he discovered live streaming, he had always thought he would have to leave his village to find work in a large city. We can communicate with the world over this platform. We can share our cuisine and our culture and history with the world. Thats very exciting for us. Who would have thought that livestreaming duck eggs could attract so many followers and bring so much Business Success . . In this weeks global ideas, we will take a look at a particularly successful conservation project. Africas majestic wildlife is often the target of poachers. However reporter went to kenya where he met some of the people whose project has made it onto the International Union for coervation of nares green li. A paradise for animals and consvancanimal lovers. Is the 250 square kilometers are home to thousands of giraffes, elephants, lions, rhinos a many other species. The nd used to be part of a cattle ranch owned by a british farmer in the 1980s, when poaching was decimating the black rhino population, the family turned the land into a sanctuary. Today around 170 black rhino , live in the conservancy. Theyre protected by 123 rangers, a pack of specially trained dogs and a hightech surveillance system. Most othe rangerare locals 98 percent of rangers who work in lewa are from the neighbouring communities and this is very important because also it sends a message to the community that they have an the community see lewa as, they are us so it is very important to , work with people, the locals, who are our neighbours. The Lewa Conservancy says that working closely with local counities isn effectiv strategyn the fighagainst poachers. Ommunitiesre playing a Critical Role in terms of conservation. Without puttinthem in th boat, we a not winni in terms of conservation. Aching h been assisted b the counities aneven by the rangers. And its just because of the money. And that is why now we are focusing in terms of putting a lot of programs outside to the counity so wcan reallyin the mmunity get aot of information and at least they can be eyes and ears of us. If the local people note anythi suspiciou they port it to ranger purity wamuyu. She grew up here and knows almost everybody in the area. Rightow we are five female , rangers at the moment. I was the first one to be employed. I was employed in this 2012. Conservancy means everything to me. Mum, we have a Microfinance Program at lewa, my mum isne of the benefiters of that microfinance ogram should i have a son who is in form two. Right now, he is getting funds from lewa education bursary. The lewa Wildlife Conservancy invests about 70 percent of its earnings infunds frprograms benefiting local. Communities, such as bursaries for 450 schoolgoers and peirrigation schemes for locals frfarms. One of lewas topl. Priorities iempoweri women. Pauline kambu owns a small farm, for ny years lked , nancial reurces. But in a Lewa Conservancy 2017, program helped her secure a microcredit. La has real helped me becausit gave me a loan. It was 1000 shillis, about a hundred dollars. I also bout two pigssoey there s been lotof progreso, i am moving forward. I have gained so much. There are many benefits. Foexample, ty bring in trainers who teach us about many issues that have to do with heah and how can hel ourselves as wen. 1800 women have so fa receiv microcreds. There are also classes o business, the environment and mutu work for e lewa rity mnservancywomens empowerment program. Previously won have bee so , disadvantaged in terms of accessing capital, in terms of engaging businesses. That is why we engage with the women around the conservancy, so that they can rlize thatpo. We comeo the farms or the groups where they meet, we do trainings, we link up with specialists, technical experts, agrodealers, so that this farmer can benefit with the best knowledge and techniques for farming and producing for consption and for the market. Therograms ha helped improve the standard of living in neiboring comnities. Working closely with the local government, the conservancy supports four clinics and runs one of i own. Lol people reive free govermedical re, includingy medicine and vaccines, and runs dical services for pgnant won and new mothers. The aim of setting up this clinic was to provide much needed primary Healthcare Services to communities that live around the conservancy. Monthly this clinic alone serves , 8 people. Theres a dire shortage of medical care in kenyas rural areas, so locals welme the clinics. It would be a big problem if this clinic didnt exist, many ople wou have di. The nearest hospital is in the next town which is quite far. , its good that theres a clinic here. The efforts made by the lewa wildlifeonservancy not only to protect wild animals but also to support local communities have found internional recognition. Since 14, its bn included in the prestigious iucn 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 us in terms ofundraisingnd it helps us so that we can be a model for others to emulate, for others to come and learn from us. What we are ing here on lewa, its not for lewa, its for the kenyan hitage, itfor the global heritage, its for the whacommunity herita. On lewa, he lewa wildfe consvancy ows that protecting wildlife is compatible with the needs of local mmunities. With theight sh can flourish side by side. S thats all from us ats of global 3000 this week. We hope you enjoyed the program. Drop us a line to global3000 dw. 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