Crossfire between drug gangs and police. Armed conflicts are no longer restricted to battlefields but play out in cities to the civilian death toll is growing and children are especially vulnerable. In twenty seventeen three hundred fifty million children were living in crisis sons over ten thousand children were killed or maimed in armed fighting worldwide war isnt officially raging in brazil but violence claims a shocking number of lives the standoff between armed drug gangs and Police Forces regularly claims civilian lives in Rio De Janeiro alone some twelve hundred people including many children were killed by Police Bullets in twenty seven tane. Bruna silva is a broken one has son marcos was murdered on his way to school here in memory of for valor in Rio De Janeiro. Which any moment is it that it was here that he died. And when marcos turned the corner on his bike he saw the military police. He wanted to turn back one only for you but then he was hit in his side by a bullet which tore straight through him it was a high caliber weapon she was when. He died under this over the past on the edge of the for valor the sprawling slum is home to more than one hundred thirty thousand people. Shortly after eight in the Morning Police swooped on suspected drug dealers in a densely populated neighborhood. Shots are fired from the end and from mom vehicles on the street. The target of the assault the criminal gangs that terrorize marais but as usual the general public including children will cause stopping the violence. No question there was a hail of bullets. There was a helicopter overhead i had to hide under a bus and it was this image that shows us the bullet holes left in the street by machine gunfire from a police helicopter. On. The bullet holes all the signs of fish local residents have counted them fifty three in this street alone with violence perpetrated by rios military police. Take. Up only solid body investigation into the attack was only superficial it was us the residents who investigated where the shots were fired no they dont think so the police didnt even come here to reconstruct the attack was so we. After the death of fourteen year old marcos his School Uniform became a symbol of the tragedy. His family lives in cramped quarters his bruno works as a cleaner her husband is a construction lanka. She shows us where marcos used to sleep on the sofa in his parents bedroom. She keeps the shirt he was wearing when he died in his rucksack and has never washed it. Was for sure. As i was on the school this shirt is a legacy with the state cant go murdering our children the police wear uniforms and so do our children this was my sons School Uniform he wore it in the expectation that it would bring him a Brighter Future though. The conflict thats been raging in rios for values in recent months is starting to feel like a war between the heavily armed drug gangs who hold sway in the city slums and the state. And its the children who get caught in the crossfire. The state has turned to the army for help but the surprise swoops carried out by military forces in a bid to improve Public Security only worsen the plight of poor residents. A little bit of all military and Police Operations require an element of secrecy for had we announced this one the criminals would have fled and the operation would have achieved no result. The military forces have yet to make any public apology for marcos is death. Bruna silva is devastated by their indifference shes coming to central rio to join a protest shes brought marcos a School Uniform with her she and all the mothers who have lost children in the violence besetting city a demanding justice. Human rights activists have invited her to talk about what happened. Its no easy task for the bereaved mother. On stage bruna overcomes have grief and vent her fury she tells the audience that the police are still maintaining her son was a gangster. Thank. You only its the only reaction that came from the Security Forces was a statement saying that the operation in mari was a success so. It was not a success so this is the blood of an innocent boy. Lawyer is still waiting for an investigation to provide answers and establish who was responsible for her sons death. There are many cases that have been going on for decades sometimes. One case is over twenty years old. And the perpetrator still hasnt been identified. I. Guess. If a mistake was made in operations then of course there will be an internal investigation into what happened so that ultimately whoever is responsible will be punished. But silva no longer believes that therell be an investigation into her sons death. Its usually the poorest most vulnerable sectors of society in rio who are paying the price for the escalating violence and children in the city slums in particular. According to the United Nations two hundred sixty four million children around the world are denied access to education many of them live in crisis sons education in afghanistan has been devastated by decades of conflict three point seven million children there dont go to school thats almost fifty percent of children between seven and seventeen last year alone one thousand schools was shut down for security reasons in the capital kabul a mobile is of grey of hope and a safe space for eager young. This is no ordinary bus that offers hope to children in kabul every day a tours the Afghan Capital is residential neighborhoods for two to three hours children can discover worlds far from the surrounding city here by getting lost in a good book. Around three hundred children visit the bus daily. I like books with stories about princes and beggars best ones with dragons. I read books in two languages here in pashto and in diary. There are so many good stories here i read books about all kinds of things. Fresh to cut room started the mobile library with the help of donations after fleeing afghanistan with her parents she eventually studied at oxford no shes back seeking to encourage Critical Thinking among children in her home country. If youre trying to do with two things at the Grassroots Level we are giving people access to books and Critical Thinking and all and it policy level we are trying to influence policy is our goal is to have a society that think critically and think for themselves. There are about six hundred books on board the bus is a safe space in an otherwise dangerous city fresh the hopes theyll inspire the children who visit the bus to seek a future in afghanistan explosions are a problem. And that can happen and any time but in the art we are trying to park the car inside the communities where it is far better it is much more secure but i think overall the security problem in the country is less than that good exists for any projects so we cannot stop our work just because its clear from the life moves on the un Security Issues that. Nine year old shop eagerly waits for the bus to come. Why each day. I enjoy coming here because there are so many exciting things to read i like stories about goats best i dont have any books at home. Shop numbs father always picks his daughter up the family fled to kabul from can do is in northern afghanistan thinking theyd be safer in the capital but explosions now rocked the city nearly every week recently a car bomb exploded near the familys home the girls panicked parents went looking for her. After the blast we finally found shabnam at the mo by library we were relieved the only time we let the children out of the house is to go to the library. Maad struggles to scrape together enough to feed the family he doesnt read books himself but hopes theyll help give his children a leg up. Children will build afghanistans future. Im confident that mine will become people who are willing to do things for others for their society and for their country. Even if that much afghanistan has one of the worlds highest illiteracy rates over sixty percent around one child and three here cant read or write so fresh theyre also reads to the kids a lot on the end he gives keeping hold on for me as highly important because im all for these children and we all feel that together it can make it something you have received this countrys time im off the bus heads off to another area where more kids are waiting to escape their often difficult lives for a few precious hours fresh to carry him has started collecting donations again in the hope of renting another bus and bringing even more books to more children on the streets of kabul. Japan is the worlds Third Largest economy ninety five percent of the population lives in cities its a highly progressive country at least in terms of technology but the population is aging and shrinking over a quarter of japanese people are over sixty fall while only thirteen percent are children this has triggered a labor crunch theoretically more women could join the workforce but that would mark a break with tradition japan is place one hundred fourteenth in the World Economic forums global gender equality ranking the older generation is resistant to the prospect of women working in traditionally male professions but slowly attitudes are finally starting to change. Until recently me was an i. T. Manager in tokyo about five hours away. She never spent much time on the coast. The first time when i came here in the war spirit. Very dark and various reigning actually in the target for years actually i would space. She said herself a tough challenge to help revive the regions increasingly marni been diligent and bring the local fishing industry back from the brink of extinction. With young men moving away to the cities theyll be no one to replace the fisherman when they retire. Plan is to train up young women and have them take over if. Fishing is a mans business calls for physical strength. And that anyway its just the tradition there are lots of other traditions we abide by here that also exclude women. Rural japan is still lagging behind when it comes to gender equality. We respect their own people and all papers to have that kind of tired out like in their old males to have that culture she wont really look down all but they still think the man this bit stronger there are men. But uni is starting to change attitudes. And shes found a first trainee remey was born and bred here and even as a young girl dreamt of becoming official woman she wasnt deterred by the fact that fear in her village fishing is a male dominated industry how do other work. I love the sea and marine life. Ive always done physically demanding work and not just go things with skis. But even when opposed the scheme on religious grounds. Where women are unclean they menstruate and that angers ben ten the goddess of the sea. The japanese buddhist god as doesnt like to see women in her room. The fish are sacred and fishing is dangerous the goddess is temperamental lange gets jealous when women go to sea and thats why we cant take her with us on the boats. Remains father was against her fishing to the point blank banned her from going out to sea. Nonetheless remey would go down to the harbor every day to fish by herself and just to be close to the water. I was yelled at every day dont be arrogant dont expect us to treat you nicely just because youre a woman. So underestimated us it was hard for me. This continued for years every morning the men would go out to sea to fish and remain would have to stay behind. But then you me arrived from tokyo and offered her an opportunity to become official woman remey didnt hesitate. Since then shes been training with you me and learning to do the job and sisters did fishing with large mesh nets. I always used to watch the fisherman from afar and now i can do it myself. It was quite a while before you mean i was able to go. Along with a man she doesnt have any formal training but she shadowed the fisherman for a long time. After. The men soon realized what an asset the women are. Now the captain even challenges bill for a tour of the sea god s. I dont know kind of thought it was the goddess is female and so why should she have something against other females. Even permits something that local fisherman usually consider highly dangerous. He prays together with the women to the sea goddess. And it seems that shes fine with the new state of affairs. Theyre heading back to land up to a successful mornings fishing the catch was good and the sea is calm. At this point locals are well disposed to view these projects even though many of the elderly residents have that doubts that it will help secure the villages future. At the end of the day the region is too remote and life here too lonely for young people says the custodian at the buddhist temple. Just so you want over seventy percent of locals are over seventy at the villages really going to regenerate this is just a drop in the ocean most young people will still move away sooner or later staying as it were that you know. Yumi is used to such reservations but she remains resolute her latest idea involves fitting the fishing nets with underwater cameras so that the fisher folk will know if its worth heading out to sea she is and remains an i. T. Expert from the big city. I mean i think its a good idea its important to change with the times underwater camera needs maintenance but it means we wont make any unnecessary trips out to sea. And ill be japan and number one fish a woman after you me of. Remey and you me have become friends here in this remote fishing village where women lucia lee stick to very traditional roles. For you me the village has become something of a second home its a beautiful corner of the country it would be a shame in more ways than one if it didnt survive. Many people in south africa regularly consult a sangoma a traditional healer they make use of Natural Products many derived from trees and plants their medicine is known as the market is huge thats taking a heavy environmental tall. There are markets for traditional medicines all over south africa this is where he lives also and gomez stock up on everything they need and her barking routes to animal parts believed to have healing properties. As Cheney Takuma low is a sangoma he buys his muti here we use this house with different people just like forecasting always and sometimes if we. Try just because i dont know where these heads are coming from and i dont. Have this part. In order to meet the huge demand medicinal herb so harvested in south africa on a scale that is no longer sustainable. The bark of the pepper tree for example is widely used even though its on the brink of extinction he knows use it to treat colds chest complaints malaria and even nightmares. If its stripped of its bark a tree will die. In Kruger National park there are few specimens left. Because we have to protect the trees from illegal harvesting. People sneak into the park and steal the bark branches and roots. They make a lot of money because outside the park the pepper bark trees have already disappeared it could. Not be. The skip is the indigenous plant nursery in the park breeds pepper trees. Meriel by lawyer and karen hunter vague have been involved in the project for several years. Its no longer possible to find seedlings growing out in nature. Paper box trees dont produce fruit or seed in the wild but we managed to source some seed from an area over seven hundred kilometers away from script cruiser this group recently gross the province on and they get distributed to the communities no one knows why they dont produce seeds anymore one theory is that it has to do with the climate getting hotter and drier the nursery has already bred and distributed thirteen thousand young trees in the area around the park where louise swimmer and rosie macca baler deliver a new batch to a village they also hold a workshop with local people about a Million People live in the immediate vicinity of kruger there are few University Trained doctors and many healers practitioners of traditional indigenous medicine they are powerful figures in their communities rosie mccabe is a healing practitioner doing a swimmer works for the park administration. There workshop is just for he lets theres plenty of interest because there is a severe shortage of Medicinal Plants professional traffickers still huge amounts to supply customers in the cities so local healers need alternative sources we teach them how to plant how to do two to harvest in a Sustainable Way so that tomorrow or maybe somebody else if he comes you can also get disability dismantled plant. Luis where merce as a priority is to protect the plants that grow in the park larry ive been so good will but once its in the workshops the healers discuss whether they can use leaves rather than bark its really an Engagement Process we have to talk and to Learn Together with the heel is and try and work out ways in which we can Work Together to save some of these plants for the benefit of everybody. All the heroes of the workshop get some saplings to plant on their land survey have their own source of leaves and bark. If were. Going to rebut the volume is not nearly enough to supply the cities that is another problem. Our first phase has really been about supplying the subsistence markets and were going to be looking into ways of trying to address the commercial market through promoting access to to these plants that we growing after the session louise swimmer and rosie meet a woman who took part in their very first workshop six years ago the seedlings rose child he got back then a flourishing. Evidence the propagation project is making a difference shes happy she no longer has to buy her leaves and that she can help her colleagues. That are run by law even by their management of i dont even harvest leaves to give to other healers who need them urgently the weather way out by often the bad what about an hour then they can use them to treat their patients at that time movie of or not but with elephants are. The more the projects takes root the less the pressure on the trees growing wild in the park. 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An unusual friendship. Is the story of paul and he. Is a student from cameroon other a filmmaker from germany has read about. I likely never be able to say whether he chose me or i chose him he says this is the story of how we met. On europes most dangerous ha. Ha. What began as a documentary. Broker and sacrificed everything for. A story about those seeking refuge. And those ready to help. When paul came over the city from cameroon to berlin starts oct fourth on d w. This is d w news coming to you live from berlin desperation deep in sin indonesia as the death toll surges to more than twelve hundred following last weeks devastating earthquake and tsunami people wait for news of their loved ones and relatives and they recall the horror of the moment when the earthquake struck. When the ground started moving i went outside to. Ones in the whole street rose up in it it was like a wave off and we were swept away i mean