Equality. And all that glitters is not gold sometimes its mica in india child miners collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics. Cellphones and Electronic Devices all contain cobalt and gold medals that are often extracted and some of the worlds poorest regions and conflict zones under hazardous conditions. 1000000. 00 children between the ages of 5. 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines according to the organization stop child labor on average they earn less than 2. 00 a day mining drama serials for a sector that sees revenues totalling 700000000000. 00 a year the global Mineral Industry is booming but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. Kamaal debbie and her 5 year old son roger you turn the earth in search of mica the glittering mineral plays a vital role in this regions economy for many people mining the raw material is the only way to survive children working for hours in the blistering sun in the indian state of jharkhand its nothing out of the ordinary to a bett
Tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital mins and other cities to protest against hardline leader Alexander Lukashenko the opposition is threatening a nationwide strike on monday if he refuses to release all Political Prisoners and resign they accused of rigging his reelection in august. Chileans have shown up in numbers to vote in a referendum which could see the drafting of a new constitution it comes after a year of social unrest over inequalities in chile and Society Protesters claimed the countrys dictatorship era constitution is the main course of injustice in chile. This is the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. Or visit our website w dot com. That is. Why our reporter henry belling has climbed into a huge tug of graves is one of the things you will find out later on in the show. Hello and welcome to another fun filled edition of your own max with me your host meghan lee heres a look at what else weve got coming up for you today. Meet the oldest win
A virus spread. Why do we parent and when well. Consider through the topics covered in the weekly radio show its called spectrum if you would like any information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. Science friday. This week on the world story. British sheep farmers fear for their livelihoods. Dangerous apportions in kenya but we begin in the south caucasus where Armed Conflict between armenia and azerbaijan continued this week despite a cease fire the 2 nations from the former soviet union are employed old in a dispute over the now gone the car park region which has already cost the lives of many civilians. On the ruins of what used to be her life. Her neighborhood was destroyed in the missile attack over the weekend. For home 100 years. This is from where the rocket came there were houses everywhere here but they were hit and everything got destroyed. The small Spor
A kind. Enough to get us and we need to show what young people are up to because they have less scope than previous generations they have less scope to show what theyre doing even though they currently writing cuban history. At the moment. To many outsiders have an eye has a ragged but romantic image a place of fading glory where time has stood still. But it also has pockets of progress where young cubans are striving into the future with confidence and a sense of purpose and they want the world to know cuba now has access to the internet and while that may be sluggish and expensive its having a huge impact. On us and we know whats happening in the world its torn down barriers created a bridge across the ocean that surrounds us theres an explosion of creativity its like a jolt of electricity. Yeah yeah get arrow has also been profiled in davos. Shes a surfer. Another male dominated domain here in cuba. But as you may have it at this you make amulets guys told me to surf somewhere else
See you today near to well i know that in western uganda farmers helped him with the seed bank to enable them to grow healthy and nutritional crops for their communities more on that in a moment but 1st a look at what else is in the program. Would take a look at the plan to generate electricity eliminating west and we will also hear help cover by something a little greener in kenyas capital nairobi. We start the program right here in uganda around 10 years ago jane with a few other farmers used a few bucks of beans and a but then a seed start up capital to set up the Community Sit back and the concept has proved fruitful yields in the regions green harvest have risen up by 50 percent and a big fuck to me is that the initiative banks sharing anyone wanting to use the seeds hes given some training to. Join is explaining how to catch banana weevils. Shes giving a Training Session to Women Farmers in western uganda. Here she demonstrates another method put parts of a dead banana tree stump