Global Us: What connects us all

Keeping sheep in Germany is hardly worth it anymore. Sheep farmers can no longer make money from wool. The competition from abroad is just too great. But one tailor is looking to change that and is making clothes out of local wool.

For centuries the indigenous Ngöbe people have been cultivating cocoa deep in the Panamanian jungle. One woman is helping to protect that green tradition and provide an income for indigenous female farmers with her artisan chocolate factory.

People of Asian appearance are being scapegoated in Germany because the coronavirus originated in China. The incidents expose ingrained racist beliefs. One woman has set up a website to make the problem more visible and provide self-help.

Sweet or savoury, buñuelos are a popular snack across Latin America. In Colombia these tasty fritters are eaten with almost every meal. José Gilberto Londoño shows us how to make them.

The river that runs through the Kenyan capital once teemed with life. Today it’s the most polluted waterway in the country. Together with young residents from the city’s informal settlements, Frederick Okinda is working to change that.

Maize meal, plantains, meat, vegetables: older women of the village of Cardenas in the state of Chiapas cook foods that have been enjoyed for generations. But how long can this traditional cuisine survive?

The coronavirus has left South Africa’s wildlife reserves, and the locals dependent on them, bereft of visitors and income. Poaching has surged as a result. Management, rangers and locals at MalaMala Reserve have joined forces to beat the crisis.

The Belize Zoo is reserved for indigenous animals like jaguars, toucans, tapirs. It's a place the Belizeans can learn about their country's wildlife and how important it is to protect it. But the project is threatened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Colombia’s Misak people want to protect the traditions of their ancestors. An indigenous university focuses on traditional values and spirituality as a protection against outside threats, from large-scale agriculture to drug cartels.

Even in Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of Argentina, the environment is polluted with plastic. Biologist Andrea Raya Rey, who studies penguins there, finds nests full of plastic trash. With the help of supporters she is hoping to change that.