The. Stories of both people making a difference shaping their nation. And their continent. W. s new multimedia series for africa. Dot com africa on the move. What does a football loving country need to reach its goals. Well tell you how german soccer made it back to the top. In our web special on the dot com. Football made in germany. This week on world stories. The struggle against Plastic Waste in sound home am trying. Violence against homosexuals in russia. We start in india where a third of the population cant read or write though every child has a legal right to education literacy is especially low among girls from poorer segments of society. Saudia khan has already been in class the entire day but shes still eager for more. Hardly anything can stop this thirteen year old from pursuing her love of learning making that. Is a very important for every everyone saw it up to gone to school even if im tired if i have then if the what if i am just six and that the most accomplished the f
and be patient. celine fernandez is helping out with the counting she works in the biosphere reserve team she says most of the plastic bottles arriving on the island contain palm oil for cooking by holding collections every few months the team has gathered up four hundred fifty thousand bottles for every fifty they hand out a reusable container made of stainless steel. a bit of metal over the plastic so we have four tons of plastic stored on the main island of southall me a maritime transport company is helping us by taking it to lisbon free of charge to the recycling companies there will receive it and it was a couple mess tourism hasn t yet come to the island and that s the way they want to keep it but the locals also need jobs so the idea is to help cycle the ardennes waste seventy percent of which is organic or about her that day that.
that s. the day you. may put it. taking you to see is a way of life on principle. that is the language you got about that definitely not taking the easy road when it comes to protecting the environment twenty four year old celina finance has a big day ahead but on the. good morning up i ve come for your plastic bottles today s collection day. that you got him already. recycling plastic has become a major activity on the island and young and old are getting in on the action. the collection depôt will be busy the entire day the routine is get in line and be patient. with. celine