Uganda we meet some courageous animal lovers who are helping to save the rhino. Rhinos are one of the worlds most endangered species in africa only zimbabwe kenya and namibia and south africa have reasonably sized populations of them the reason is poachers who came to profit from their valuable homes they fetch a fortune on the global black market traders get around sixty thousand u. S. Dollars. In uganda their numbers have slowly been increasing in recent years our reporter. Paid a visit to a privately run sanctuary and met with some committed conservationists. Very safe here in this century it covers seventy square kilometers and a sponsor by the rhino from. The southern white rhinoceros has been wiped out in other parts of uganda but here twenty four of them roam the savanna and what learns. Raymond o. P. O. Is trying to find one for us. The rangers sometimes has to trek far into the bush to track one down. Finally we catch a glimpse of her baby who was born in june. The gestation period for the species is eighteen months. We have to be cautious rhino mothers offer rushes and defense about a young. Man. Who is Like Mother Like Daughter the model is the same character the mother when he had just a small stick breaking she is very a lot shes already facing that area. But his wife who is who is a no nonsense lady and i think she will attack three rhinos cross our path the drivers getting a little nervous. Which is just. The safest move when you see a rhino is to freeze that it understands you dont represent a threat. But when its due and. We can continue. About ninety rangers work here and you jeanette is in charge shes been running the rhino fund since two thousand and eight and has brought a lot of new staff on board. And the number of animals in the sanctuary has almost doubled under her direction while the situation on the run is that the new guy if for a long time there was a short period. Maybe in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine hundred eighty three rhinos were pretty secure and then lead the poaching spot the problem is it doesnt just spike in one country its parks all over poachers havent killed any animals in the sanctuary the rhino fund has been breeding them have eighteen years now the first was brought in from kenya others from various zoos. Went out in the bush among the rhinos its important to remain quiet walkie talkies can make the rhinos restless. The ranges observe the animals behavior during the day and at night documenting where they graze sleep and wonder. The data shared with researchers and zoos all over the world. Martin look hero is more involved with the rhinos than he is with his own family and he sees them twice a year the trainers are my second family there while paying my school fees that i want to and from my familys keeping them step one for. The rhino fund is financed largely by tourists who come here from around the globe the sanctuary is one of the few places they have a chance to see rhinos in a natural habitat. Weve been all over africa western africa and Southern Africa and the rhino is the one thing that weve not seen so anywhere would have been looking for the big five we seen that rhino had just defeated us so this looked like the one opportunity to be able to see them. The rhinos are only safe in the sanctuary because so many rangers work here ramit o. P. O. Explains that strategy. I think if you want to read a success were up to date because of the when you get around we walk and when you go around and for this kind of project to stand there must be full is the Community Reporter cannot come from china and yet it in a way a porch dryness right where yeah we have to use the local people and the local people are you offering you the business you know theyre not going to vote. In four months that. And that includes the farmers in the area. Theyre allowed to graze that cattle in the sanctuary up to forty animals each per day. Try to. Help us to raise. If they have enough rest which was to increase the amount of milk and the children in the area can now also attend school its financed by the rhino fund. The rangers regularly come to talk to the kids about the run as and explain why theyre so important to you all of you know what is there are you know. What in rhinos have on their head. How many horns to. Writers use their home to protect themselves how do they they fight using their home if the enemy comes they will use their home and fight do you know that when we started to hear. People within this area they were like its fine to kill an animal to kill a wild and it is fine to do anything to their wild cutting trees it was fine for them and when we came to be here it was a big tug of war to get the grass root person to understand why she did. Raymond op you know spends a lot of time out on patrol he hopes that one day rhinos will again be able to live free without need of protection it will happen that the right isnt go back into the wild in uganda but do we need. A very tough law for that. So we need people are very much committed in conservation my dream is to see the rhine is being put back into the National Park and multiplying in the numbers in the National Park of uganda. But that will take at least twenty to thirty more years only then will the organization have bred so many southern white rhinos that some can be released from the sanctuary to roam free in ugandas National Parks. According to an International Survey of eye doctors in thirty years half the worlds population predicts that a billion of them will be almost blind shortsightedness can be hereditary but that cant possibly account for the dramatic increase in numbers the condition begins in childhood while the eyes are still developing if you dont practice looking into the distance you can end up short sighted in many countries children spend too little time out of doors and too many hours staring at phones or tablets starting is a very early age this development is particularly acute in countries like singapore south korea china and taiwan. A dragon boat race in taipei an exciting event especially if you can tell whos out in front yet many here can see about this much practically nothing. Some eighty percent of taiwanese children like peggy are severely short sighted by the time they leave school peggys mother only realized this when peggy was twelve years old she was constantly falling behind in class i think. One day she came home and couldnt read anymore the doctor told me that peggy would need an operation if i didnt do something about it straightaway now its awful its. Peggy was about to go blind then tragically her father died and her mother couldnt afford laser eye surgery for her daughter and so from their small flat peggys mother began selling insurance policies should then so until the early hours of the morning scraping together enough money for a treatment thats become very popular in east asia night lenses. The extra thick contact lenses reshape the patients cornea while they sleep but theyre only effective if worn every night and peggys mother has to keep buying new ones. In a n. G. s having its expensive but the eyes are the windows to the soul and if she didnt see anything then the world would be a very dark place and thoughts too i wanted to have light thoughts. Those are like dancing well i was so scared of going blind. So i know my mother had already prepared me for a donation she got me as high payoff and told me how to wash and felt myself for the tome see when everything eventually went dark a lot today. Peggy was naki yet cases of sudden blindness as a result of short sightedness becoming ever more common in taiwan then mainly due to the immense pressure of succeeding at school in university and the continued use of old chinese characters is also problematic they take a long time to learn because theyre complicated and difficult to decipher. Cross khan was a successful i. T. Manager and to just developed a new Software Program when he woke up one morning looked at his cell phone and couldnt see anything he had a detached retina hid ignored his short sightedness for too long con underwent twelve operations without success as she tried it did it again and i fell overboard because when you apply its difficult to do anything serious suicide was so awful there was ironic but then it was to the point that my family made me realize no matter what happened to me but why i came here i can move i dont always going to be there for me thats the love and because of the family bond things that made me realize that for gods if im settled out for myself that i can tell something that i can still do something for myself and others. Since then hes been sure in taiwan schools as a living morning to others this principal invited him personally she wants to move away from conventional teaching that classes which can be bad for the arts and instead bring in a motto for lessening. By con first describes what its like to wake up and not be able to see. Then he tells the students how best to help a blind person so its a lesson thats become a fixed part of the timetable. The principal wants to attack the problem head on today two professors are visiting she shows him her students high marks. The professors the hair on behalf of the government and analyzing study methods a high ranking official sits in the background passing of one that when you treat your shortsightedness is now a National Security problem for taiwan were struggling to find engineers and soldiers. And if our students cant see then in the end they cant learn anything were bound by that you pull. The study is unequivocal whats needed are fewer teacher led lessons more breaks and more natural light. Thats all it is that you enjoy this you know you think that one. And all recent experiments with chickens and monkeys have clearly shown that regular daylight can reduce myopia in children by thirty percent a year this is. Something that he said everyone agrees in the staff room to its parents that are the principals biggest problem socially bad so they keep telling me that there are no grades for being able to see well its exams they care about they say its more important for their children to do well and those that this is for them to be able to see. Can meanwhile is breaking more to do so by suggesting the children learn less. Every half hour we give our eyes a break for hello ten minutes. And how long you have to play outside each day at the very least two hours. Is something that many of their parents would rather not admit that mr khan is these childrens ideal teacher a real person talking from his own experience instead of delivering a conventional lesson that you will be able to hes a very special person. Here in taiwan we say he fell from the clouds into a deep valley and talked to stars all over again the children understand us and i admire him for his courage in sharing his story with us. But you know one pair of. Cans recommendations are immediately put into practice its time to get out of the classroom from now all afternoon classes will be held outside. The keepers here are now learning that the health of their eyes is more important and intense study in good grades. And that this sort of learning can be really fun. For most of those here in any case. The fact is we human beings sit around too much according to a study by the World Health Organization forty two percent of people in germany a couch potatos thats more than the global average in two ways it may apply to as many as sixty seven percent of the population and thats bad for our health too too little exercise can give rise to diabetes heart and circulation disorders and weight problems two point three Million People were overweight in two thousand and sixteen in the small town of run in northwest spain people are actively tackling the issue. Hard as it may be they set off at seven in the morning. And carlos payan euro notes only too well just how hard it can be. Thats why the general practitioner or the company says patients on their daily walk twenty to forty people take part depending on the weather some are overweight others have heart problems or diabetes but after three quarters of an hour they all feel great. When my friends are all round like barrels drink too much beer and then its cough and here we come carlos our doctor says move around dont eat so much dont take so many pills thats healthier and im trying to do that. One for the. That appears you dont want to end up like your friends no i still have some fight me. You need to be pretty optimistic to believe that our compass weighed thousands of people to change their lives at first people used to say carlos is crazy but the physicians got neuron moving in this small town in calista in the far northwest corner of spain almost four thousand people are taking part in this collective exercise young and old healthy and sick and theyve discovered a new sense of community along the way. Sowing beans is pretty tough work but this group of preschoolers doesnt seem to mind now its time to add a kernel of maize to each bin. And of course everyone knows what maize kernels are there for. To graze into pop corn. Well not exactly but thats where lorenzo cosin he explains maize cops come first and they grow on plants that are this big one the salad he can show the kids the apples where apple juice comes from. And the children are even allowed to collect the eggs late by lorenzos chickens the eight year old is one of the many volunteers who have embraced the Health Project he believes children should learn where food comes from phil i show them that salad and cabbages are healthy and completely normal food how can they know if they like something or not if theyve never seen it. Alice some draw has lost nine kilos because shes a veteran of karlas canarios project. Miguel a relative newbie is also here for a weigh in. Keep up your Twelve Thousand steps every morning then youre on the right path. So everyone who signed up to the project thinks that the most important thing about it is that theyre not alone. And that having said that theres an advantage to doing things together you dont want to look stupid in front of the others so on some days when you really dont feel like getting out of bed you do it anyway with. Everything a done if your neighbor takes part two you get this lets do it feeling. One in two adults in spain are overweight and obesity rates have doubled in the last twenty years in a relatively poor region the development is particularly visible unemployment here is high many people dont get enough exercise obesity is frequently linked to poverty and. Of course everyone is responsible for their own health but it would be a mistake to blame individuals for this disease the problem is more common in particular social backgrounds. Seafood and fish used to be a staple part of the diet hearing alysia today many of these products are fairly expensive meat bread or eggs often end up in people shopping carts instead. Restauranteur diego platter says that doesnt need to be the case hes making sardines today. Currently in season and he says theyre full of healthy fats and very affordable ten restaurants in iran including diegos are participating in the Health Project. Their mission is to return to atlantic cuisine with simple to prepare food that people can also cook for themselves. And the chefs are happy to tell customers how. This is not sorcery prepare good quality products well in enjoy them whether it takes three minutes or an hour but people dont take the time to cook these days now that i was. Not at medical and Public Health conferences delegates are being informed about this Health Project that draws on the expertise so chefs retirees and patients researches say whats happening in iran is trailblazing. Their initiative really attempts to engage the whole community theyre talking about interacting with almost every Single Member of the city and that really doesnt happen anywhere else. And if you want to work it must be fun to the line local schools are taking sports teachers say kids should be motivated and not preach to children and getting a chance to try out games and pastimes that their grandparents used to enjoy. Stuff. Everyone had forgotten about the old games now were playing them again as i found out there right after if i forget a rule i just asked my grandparents to remind me that the same they are the bad boys and girls always play football separately so we can play the old games together. Over the next two years the aim is to get up to Twelve Thousand people moving on the project leaders are convinced cheap this goal thanks to new ideas and the revival of past traditions together they have taken a big step forwards. And. Ok to cheat. Today our global team comes from costa rica. And you know left my name and sharon pian and annalise im seventeen years old and i live in qatar go to costa rica. And. I think that as i have Three Sisters and my mom in karachi i get along really well with them. One sisters engaged and one lives in point blown away of course it makes me really happy to be with my family and nothing makes me happier than me when im away from them i get sad there what makes me happy is still life. In my free time i like to watch t. V. Or play with my sister sometimes i play football or listen to music. When im older id like to open a beauty salon with my sister wed run it together. Thats my dream if that doesnt work out id like to design clothes id also like to have children with my boyfriend and i want them to finish high school and not drop out like i did then they could do something with their lives. There are Serious Problems here people leave trash all over the place there isnt enough money some people live on the street. Others can only afford to rent a home they dont have enough money and they suffer along with their children. Is a bank on those nearing all. Who cares about the flower industrys destructive impact i do. Who cares about global algae bt writes. Who cares about Homeless People living on the streets of l. A. I do to support Sustainable Farming in the amazon. I do two cans about equality for women in africa i do want to follow to get real to society. And thats all for this edition of global three thousand twit back next week and in the meantime to forget to write to us global three thousand d. W. Dot com all on facebook Global Society see you next time. Because. The modern. History up close mob merlin has no shortage of locations where you can revisit the citys turbulent past.