Global Us: What connects us all

Siara Anacilia from Mozambique is 15 years old and loves music. She wants to be an engineer and earn enough money to support her parents.

From toilet paper made from bamboo to solar leasing, entrepreneurs in Ghana are brimming with ideas for green businesses. But they often lack capital. Crowdfunding gives them the boost they need.

Desertification is threatening the livelihoods of about a billion people worldwide. It's fueled by human-driven global warming. But its effects can be reversed with regenerative farming and regreening practices.

DW asks teens around the globe what poverty and inequality means to them.

Thirteen million people live in Brazil's favelas. Violence is commonplace so online retailers refuse to deliver there. With Favela Brasil Xpress, locals take over deliveries, creating jobs in a win-win situation for residents and online business.

Single sachets of coffee, soap or laundry liquid are ubiquitous in South East Asia. Large packs are too expensive for the poor, but the single sachet packs aren't in fact a better deal. Moreover, they're bad for the environment.

Europe's demand for fruit has turned Portugal's Alentejo region into a goldmine for landowners and corporations. Their laborers are mostly Asians hoping for a better life. But they pay a high price.

Once he was homeless, now Jacobus Claassen is a successful acrobat and performance artist with South Africa's Zip Zap circus. Refusing to give up is what got him where he is today, along with hard work and a bit of luck.

Year after year, the Finns are ranked the world's happiest people - with a beautiful country and generous welfare state. But Finland shares a 1000 kilometre border with Russia. Despite concern over Moscow's actions, the Finns are not letting it get to them.

Coping with the pandemic, coupled with news of war and fears about the climate crisis is not easy. What can help us to cope? Can we influence our mental and emotional well-being? What role does our childhood play in how resilient we are?