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COVID-19 has disrupted children's education all over the world. Lockdowns and shutdowns have caused much more than kids missing out on school's curriculums though — it's taken a toll on their mental health, too. Can drones help in getting medicine and vaccines to remote areas? And how to best tackle COVID misinformation — volunteers in India try to encourage people to take the vaccine.

Only a few people live on the Aeolian islands in Italy during winter. The population is declining – if the school closes, the village will become nothing more than a pretty backdrop. That's why every effort is being made to keep these mini-schools alive – and digitalization is proving to be a great help. Natalie Muller has this story by Lisa Weiß.

In this edition: The textile patterns designes by indigenous weavers in Oaxaca, Mexico are hip with fashion companies who don't always compensate the designers. And: Meet Canadian First Nations activist Freda Huson who just received an alternative Nobel prize for her defending her people's culture and land.

We take you along to listen to a musical genre called AmaPiano that emerged in South Africa's townships. And we go to Turkey where young people are trying to carve out a living despite all odds — unemployment, inflation and a lack of freedom are taking a toll on their future.

One in 4 young people under 24 are without a job. Inflation keeps driving up prices and going abroad to study or to travel seems like a distant dream for many. Unemployment rates are especially high in the Kurdish regions in the country's southeast. And then there's politics that's dividing the country. Karin Senz reports from Turkey.