GLOBAL 3000: The Globalization Program
GLOBAL 3000 – DW-TV’s new globalisation magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalisation. GLOBAL 3000 gives globalisation a face. During the Kosovo War nine years ago, many of the ...
GLOBAL 3000 – DW-TV’s new globalisation magazine looks at the issues that are moving us today, and shows how people are living with the opportunities and risks of globalisation. GLOBAL 3000 gives globalisation a face. During the Kosovo War nine years ago, many of the people from Pristina fled abroad. One of them is Naim Bunjuka. Naim Bunjaku is a radio host, journalist, and singer who lives and works in Pristina, Kosovo. We asked him what globalization means to him, what he hopes the future will bring, and what keeps him up at night.
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Social Entrepreneur: Indonesia - No future without education
More than half of all Indonesians are under the age ...
More than half of all Indonesians are under the age of 30, but very few can afford a good education. Social entrepreneur Veronica Colondam wants to change that. Her organization, YCAB, provides affordable schooling for the poor. More than 40 percent of Indonesians live below the poverty line. Children and teenagers have hardly any chance of a better future. Concerned about the many teenagers and school drop-outs at risk of drug addiction, social entrepreneur Veronica Colondam founded YCAB in 1999. The organization supports young people and their families and has now reached more than 2.4 million Indonesians.
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Ghana: The fight against product piracy
Ghana had a textile industry it could be proud of. ...
Ghana had a textile industry it could be proud of. 30,000 people earned their livelihood from it. But lately the market has been flooded with cheap copies, most of which are smuggled into the country from China. The genuine textiles can be distinguished from the fakes above all by the irregularity of their patterns. In Ghana, they're blocked out on the fabric with resin or wax. Each dye is then applied in a separate step. The cheap Chinese textiles, in contrast, are simple prints. The pattern remains the same over hundreds of meters. The Ghanaian government has now established a special unit to take action against the smuggling.
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Fighting Corruption - African tax experts in Berlin
It's a difficult task - Frank Kalinzje (28) and Londiwe ...
It's a difficult task - Frank Kalinzje (28) and Londiwe Koze (32) are well aware of that. They belong to a group of people from southern Africa who are in Berlin for a year and a half to train as tax experts. At the Berlin School of Economics and Law, they're not only learning how German tax law works, but also looking for opportunities to improve their national systems. As representatives of the elite in their countries, they hope to reform the tax systems and especially attitudes to taxation when they return. Frank Kalinzje calls himself an agent of change, and he intends to do just that.
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Mexico: How the descendants of the Maya are saving their forest
The village of Huechen Balam on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is ...
The village of Huechen Balam on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula is still surrounded by subtropical forest. The villagers venerate the forest. For centuries, it's protected and nourished them. The times when their distant ancestors went out on hunting trips through the forest are over. Killing animals is allowed only to a limited extent. So the villagers have turned to farming and are clearing more and more of the forest. Many farmers are aware that they are destroying their livelihood, but they see no alternative. Within the framework of the United Nations' REDD+ Programme, they're learning how they can farm more sustainably in order to protect their precious forest.
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Philippines: China's brazen land grab
It's not just the Philippines and China that want more ...
It's not just the Philippines and China that want more from the South China Sea. Other nearby nations like Vietnam and Thailand have expressed their interests. But China is not losing any time. The idyllic Spratly Islands in the South China Sea look like sprinkles from the air. They might be the perfect spot for a holiday. Or the site of valuable natural resources. While the Filipino island residents have just four hours of electricity a day, the lights at Chinese construction sites burn day and night. Whether the Philippines will be able to resolve this growing dispute remains to be seen.
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Haiti - an island state is sinking in trash
Until a few decades ago, the Caribbean island nation of ...
Until a few decades ago, the Caribbean island nation of Haiti was famous for its pristine beaches. These days the country is making headlines with its extreme poverty and the environmental damage that comes with it. More than 90 percent of the forests have been cleared and many people live in garbage. In recent years the population has grown to around 10 million people. Plus, the earthquake five years ago left many homeless, with no alternative but to move to the big cities and live on the streets. In the northern coastal town of Cap Haitien, marine biologist Jean Wiener is trying to convince Haitians of the need to protect the sea.
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Armenia: Land of fruit and bad roads
Southern Armenia is famous for its fertile valleys, where just ...
Southern Armenia is famous for its fertile valleys, where just about anything grows. Figs, pomegranates, peaches - the region near the Iranian border could be a paradise. In winter the small town of Meghri can often be difficult to reach. From the local canning factory you have to travel 400 kilometers through the mountains to reach the capital Yerevan. That makes everything expensive, except for the fruit, which grows here in abundance. To remain competitive, the cannery urgently needed to modernize.
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Hepatitis C Treatment - How much should patients have to pay for good health?
Medications can be both a blessing and a curse. The ...
Medications can be both a blessing and a curse. The drugs Sovaldi and now Harvoni promise to cure most hepatitis C patients for the first time. But the treatment is expensive. More than 170 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C. The US biopharmaceuticals company Gilead has been charging between 700 and 900 euros per pill. The drugs are big money-makers. Sovaldi has to be combined with other medications - a two-three month treatment costs up to 108,000 euros. How much should patients have to pay for medications that can cure?
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Global Snack: Maandazi from Kenya
A form of fried bread, maandazi is the most popular ...
A form of fried bread, maandazi is the most popular snack in Kenya. Daniel Masharia dishes it up at his snackbar Ngumo Hotel in western Kenya, making up to 200 of the buns a day.
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Vietnam: Organic Shrimp
Over the last 30 years, mangroves have been destroyed and ...
Over the last 30 years, mangroves have been destroyed and ecosystems decimated in the Mekong Delta for the sake of the shrimp industry. Local fishermen are now hoping to revive fish stocks and ensure their shrimp qualifies for organic certification.A Dutch NGO supported by the International Climate Initiative, SNV is teaching Vietnamese fishermen about sustainable fishing practices and helping them reafforest mangroves. Now they've dispensed with chemical additives in their aquacultures, their produce qualifies for organic certification, which also means they earn more.
