Young and old, they seek to escape poverty, violence and injustice. But the individual stories of refugees rarely get told. Instead they often become an anonymous abstraction. The number of refugees globally has almost doubled since 2012 to about 80 million. The majority of these people are displaced in their own countries. Very few of their stories ever make it into the public domain. But in the rare cases when it happens, they have a powerful effect. None more so than the tragic fate of 3yearold alan kurdi. The tragic exodus of the kurdi family ended at this beach near the turkish village of akyarlar. The mother, father, and their two children, were trying to reach the greek island of kos in a rububber boat. [rushihing waves] but ththe boat capsized. Little alan, hisis brother, ghalib, antheir r mother rehanna drowned. Only abdullah kururdi survive. The boat capsized after people stood up. I held my wifes hand. We had l life jackets and d td to keep our children out of the water, but it t didnt work. Ghalib died first, then alan. Ill never forget ghalibs words when he said to me, papa, dont be afraid. [crying] the image of little alans dead body made headlines around the world. The refugees desperation and their fate now symbolized by a tiny corpse. Four years later, we set out to make contact with his father. During our research, we first came across alans aunt, tima kurdrdi. Shes s lived in cananada for e than 20 years. She remembs s the phe cacall ththat she had w with her brbr after the incident, all too clclearly. The first words i said to him wewere its all my fault. Why . Because, oh i need to stop now. And i said to him its all my fault anand he said to me, no u are the e st sisistein the world. D. You trieded thelp us. Before that, many people, thousands of innocent people were dyingng but the wororld s silelent. Until that image of f my nephe, alan kurdidi. That was when itoved peoeople. It touched millions of peoples hearts, and most of them stood up from their silence and they said enough is enough we need to help the othersrs. Tima kurdi said that her brother, abdullah, now lives in ererbil in iraqqs kurdish re. Wewe were unablele to travel t o iraqaq because of f the coronas pandememic. On the phone, he told us his thoughts abobout what happened back then. N. Aftetethe accident, i was happy to s see how countriries opened their borders and theirr hearts to ththe fugees, d how they gavave them a wararm welc. But ununrtunately, this warm welcome sasappeared afteter tw or three m months. I urge people not to u undertae thth dangero journrn, to germanany or any othther coun. Kurdisish televisionon haso covered Abdullah Kurdis fate ananhas revealed some good news, Abdullah Kurdi h has one again becocome a father. R. He remamarried three e yearag. I was vy y surpsed when th. I cocoult belieie it. Er. R. He remait was ahock. E yearag. I ditt knoif i s suld be ppy or sad or if should y. I have no ididea what happenedo me. When you lose yoyour own c ch, and i hope it t never happens o you, i its a strange feeling f yove a alrea lost t a child and then have a new bababy. Thank god, im d doing better. Im happy about this new child. Sometitimes he sends me a vivideo of himim talking or sig to the baby and sometimes he will b be in another room becae the baby is crying and he said to me, i just t cannotot hearm cry. My sister said, maybe it t taks him m back to thatat moment whe lost his familily and was cryi. You know when youre traumatised, it honeststly taks a really long titime to heal. I know. For dullllah kurdidi, thw babyby is a great t gift. He has named him alan. The coronavirus pandemic has caused devastation around the world. Millions of people are grieving the loss of their loved ones. Many mororare wonderering whee their next paycheck will come from. Among this last group, are the huge number of people who rely on tourism to survive. Experts estimate that the covid19 Health Crisis will cause 1. 2 trillion dollars in losses to the travel industry. Thats equivalent to the entire annual economic output of mexico. Especially badly hit by the travel decline, jamaica, where gdp could fall by 11 percent this year. Thailand, too, is expected to see a drop of 9 percent. Last year, some 40 Million Foreign Tourists visited the country. So, what happens next . T thailand lookoks lover than ever. R. The dugongs, shy of humans, are frolicking cheerfully if slowly in the water. The beaches in ao nang and elsewhere are empty and clean. That has to do with the absence of foreign tourists. None have come to phunaka elephant camp since the government barred foreigners from entering the country in march. For the owner, suchat misi, that meant business came to a sudden halt. He did receive a oneoff payment from the government, but it did not go very far. He still has to feed his four elephants, and they each eat up to two hundred kilogrammes a day. [jungle sounds of insects] because of the Coronavirus Crisis there are no tourists anymore. I havent had any income for months to pay my staff. I am spending my savings. Its hard to keep going. Theres nothing going on at the tourist shops near the beach in ao nang. Tourism normally accounts for more than twenty percent of thailands gdp. Six Million People across the country who depend on the industry for their livelihood face losing their jobs. Some families have already been left with nothing. Inthira koontaweesap visits this village to deliver rice, eggs and canned fish. She started collecting donations in april and now helps about fifty families. Fishermen can no longer sell many fish, now that restaurants are closed. Hotel workers have nothing to do. Souvenir sellers have no customers. Inthira koontaweesap, who is a lawyer, says the state cant help everybody. When people are sufffering we need to help them so when i see them starving, not having anything to eat, i started creating the group and then asking my friend to help. How many tourist boats will reenter service after the pandemic is anybodys guess. Last year, some were saying there are too many tourists. This year, it looks like there are going to be seventy percent fewer than last. The avani ao Nang Cliff Krabi resort is still closed, like all the other hotels, but the staff are preparing to reopen. General manager farah jaber and his team are placing tables far apart to enable social distancing. He says, it is important to win the trust of returning guests. Guys, please make sure you pinpoint the digital menu to the guests because you want to avoid giving menus handtohand. When reopening occurs, there may still be no or few foreign guests, so hotels are hoping to welcome thai holidaymakers to tide them over. The big hope is that by autumn the foreigners will be back. Thank you very much. With all the measures we have put in place now, not only as businesses and hoteliers, but at the government level, youou can feel safe to come to the country. The country hahas mananaged the outbreak better than many others in many respects. Soso its safe. A new National TourismMarketing Campaign is set to replace the wellknown slogan , amazing thailand with amazing trusted thailand. The thinking is that visitors will only come if they have good reason to feel safe. Amid all the tragedy and heartbreak the coronavirus has caused, there have also been occasional glimmers of hope. One of the positivive devevelopments concerns how we get around. Over the past few months, airr travel ground to a standstill and traffic all but disappeared from the roads. Overall, lockdowns have been good for the climate. Thisas prompd some cies, cluding e frenchapital, overall, lockdowns have been ris, to think molity. Imate. Getting around the cones isnt that easy especially if youre a beginner. But Marie Christine leudjeu has a good reason to keep practising. I want to be able to ride uphill with my son. Bit by bit, im not going to give up. And also because of the coronavirus, i need to get stick with it and stop getting the train. And then . Ill take the bike [laughter] many parisians are using the pandemic as an opportunity to learn how to riride a bike. Less confidedent riders are gld not to have to learn on busy roads. Iim worried about the traffic. Its fine here. But its a different story in the city center with all the cars and buses promoting bicycle use in the french capital has often seemed like an uphill battle. But with the coronavirus, the tide seems to be turning. The french government has pledged 60 Million Euros to promote cycling. Programs. Efforts to make the lacity more environmentallyng authorities had already nnnned hiclcles fm a roroadlong thehe ver seine. Now, in n the era of a p pande, theyve gone a s step further d banned cars from the rue de rivoli, a busy thoroughfare. [ [beat parisian music] unfortunately, such moves have ignited the ire of drivers. Nicolas clifford is a passionate cyclist who owns a bike repair shop. We feel under attack from car drivers. Because our numbers are growing. The more space we take up, the more we bother them. Nicholas is among those benefitting from the governments investment in cycling. For every bike his workshop repairs, the ste contributes 50 euros. In the three weeks since the scheme began, some 60,000 bikes have been fixed. These days i start at 9 00 a. M. And finish at midnight. The guy who runs the workshohp for me has finally managed to take a day off. It was the first time in three weeks the e move away from cars n favovor of bikes is certainly good news for the environment. During lockdown, road and air traffic ground to a standstill. In the first three days alone, harmful nitrogen dioxide emissions fell by a third. Marie christine leudjeu welcomes the trend. Shes hoping shell soon be confident enough to cycle with her son. Cycling is good for your health and for the environment. Its a winwin. Elevenyearold julien is proud of his mother. Its good to keep active. And ill soon be able to go on bike tripsps with my mom. That would be cool. Trading four wheels for two. In paris, an increasing number of people are happy to make the switch. Lets leave france now and head to brazil, where well discover a very special snack. The city of manaus is located on the banks of the rio negro in northwestern brazil. The snack bar on rua Jose Clemente has been going for 15 years. Among the items on the menu is guarana, a a traditional Brazilian Energy drink, made from the seeds of the same name. Mirasilva oliveira is the owner. Guarana drinks are a speciality. A speciality associated with the amazonas region. We are talking about beverages that leave you feeling energized. These drinks help you stay awake, and as well as that, they actually dampen your appetite. Thats the reason why so many people here choose to drink them on a regular basis. The energizing effects of the guarana plantnt have been known for years. The indigneous people in amazonas used to take it while hunting to stop them from tiring out. Mirasilva has thirty different mixes on the menu. Her favourite . The house special, of course the ingredients i use are avocado, peanuts, cashews, guarana powder, guaranasyrup, and lots of ice. It all gets thrown into a blender. The shop sells 300 to 400 guarana drinks every day. A single concoction will set you back 10 brazilian reals. Thats about one eururo sevent. Every morning, i have a teaspoon of natural guarana with milk. Its g good. It gives you energy some people describe guarana is an aphrodisiacac and say it gis you that kind of energy. It also helps if you are trying to lose weight. It gives you the power you need to get through the day. People in manaus live longer than those in other parts of brazil. Could it have anything to do with their love of guarana drinks . [braziliaian music] now to our global ideas series. This time were in bangagalorea memega city bebest knownodayas nindias sililicon valley. Its green n areas, once homemo some 2 280 lakes, arare clogged with wastete, a result o of the citytys rapid popopulation gr. We p paid a visit t before the coronavirus struck to o find ot whwhat rthe situatation. Oing at in the heart of bangalore, garbage is festering everywhere. This neighborhood is literally drowning in it. Illegal dumping sites are more than just an eyesore. Residents complain of a foul odor all day long. Several cases of dengue have been reported in the area. [vehicle engines] the bangalore municipality has hired socalled marshals to crack down on those littering or dumping trash. The marshall makeses the offenr pick up the bag he just threw away. This guy is throwing his waste here. He hasnt separated it. This isnt a dumping ground. The garbage truck went to his house but he missed it because he woke up too late. He has to be fined. Its 200 rupees or less than three euros for dumping household trash. The citys infrastructure is failing to cope with the unchecked growth, the result of a decadeslong it boom. Once known as the garden c cit, bangalore now has a new nickname, garbage city. Some have had enough. Every morning, Padmashree Balaram inspects the trash pick up in her neighborhood of koramangala. Residents are meant to put their kitchen waste in a green bin without liners. It is then dumped directly into the truck. The chemistry teacher, takes it upon herself to educate residents. Newspaper not allowed, no newspaper. We cant put plastic in the wet waste. So that is the only problem im facing. I line it with paper, with newspaper. But you should not, because it has ink you know. It has lead. Its very dangerous to have ink because it will compost along with your food and then we will eat the sameme vegetables. Not everyone follows the rules. Here the trash has all gone into one bin. It boils my blood because the amount of effort we have put in. Its not rocket science. Just separate it. How hard is that . Entrepreneur som narayan encounters dumping sites daily. There you go, theres another spot there. There haveve been organinizats that work onon clearing ththose sitetes, painting g them up, mg it c cleanut agagaint reappepes after 15 days. Som, whos the environmental engineer, has come up with his own solution to reduce the citys waste. Hes joined hands with padmashree to set up a biogas facility. I think they are following instructions very well. Yeah, i think so. Hopefully it should continue. The organic waste from padmashrees neighborhood, which would normally go to a landfill, is instead brought here as raw material. The trash has to come in well segregated. Otherwise, it means higher operational costs and less biogas. Today, her efforts pay off. This is nearly 100 percent, right . Theres just 5 to 10 percent that needs to be stripped out like flowers and all that which has very high lignin content. I would rate this extremely good. This is now good enough for biogas. The facilility processes about 600 kilograms of local kitchen waste a day, turning it into slurry. The actual plant is further away built in refurbished shipping containers on lanand provided by the local authorities. Theres also a Business Model. The raw biogas is purified here and then stored in this tank. The resulting gas, brand named carbonlites, is sold. What were producing as an end product here is about 92 to 94 percent of methane which means its much better than natural gas. It can displace any fossil fuel , lpg, petrol or diesel. So at the end of the day, we are creating a clean r renewabe energy right here in the biggest buyer is a neighboring restaurant the gas is piped in from just 200 meters away. The place is hugely popular. The kikitchen uses about 70 kilograms of biogas a daywhich day, which is also cheaper than conventional cooking gas. With them, its directly piped, so theres no wastage, we dont have to stock cylinders, we dont have to waste space. Its cost effective, its convenient, were doing something for the environment. The bulk of bangalores waste is driven 40 to 50 kilometers outside the city. Sites thin the cy anymoreping fothe 5000 ns of garbes bangore generateevery 50 single d. He hasas scaled up o operationo make thehe operation v viable. 13 tons of waste arrive at this park every day from it parks and corporate campuses to create biogas. About 17 jobs have been created at the plant. Unlike the facility in the city, here the gas is also compressed. Its then bottled into cylinders that can be shipped to customers across bangalore. Our ultimate dream is to have this across india with entrepreneurs coming in to this business, running their own micro units. Its a winwin for the country as well as creating jobs as well as creating energy security. Som narayan has already expanded to two more states. He plans to continue growing. The waste to fuel Business Model could be a viable way for cities to clean up their act. And that wraps up todays show. Thanks for watching if youd like to get in touch, email us at global3000 d dw. 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