0:00:01 > 0:00:06Now on BBC News, Reporters.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Welcome to Reporters.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22I'm Philippa Thomas.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25From here in the BBC newsroom we send out correspondents to bring
0:00:25 > 0:00:29you the best stories from across the globe.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33In this week's programme: The children of Aleppo.
0:00:33 > 0:00:39As the Syrian conflict escalates, Fergal Keane reports
0:00:39 > 0:00:42on the desperate plight and suffering of young people
0:00:42 > 0:00:43in the city.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45And meet some who have managed to escape but still
0:00:45 > 0:00:55carry lasting scars.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00...Crossed the mountains
0:01:00 > 0:01:01and Syria behind me
0:01:01 > 0:01:02and have arrived in Lebanon
0:01:02 > 0:01:05and they find themselves carrying the trauma of war in a world
0:01:05 > 0:01:07where they are hemmed in by poverty.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Hurricane Matthew's mayhem, we tracked the biggest Caribbean
0:01:09 > 0:01:11storm for nine years as it battered the coast of Haiti.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13The conditions here are absolutely atrocious,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16to step outside is to become drenched within seconds.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19A comic book with a difference, Tom Brook reports on how technology
0:01:19 > 0:01:20is helping victims of acid attacks.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23And a holiday hotspot, or an endless source of power?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25We report from Uganda on plans to turn the adventure capital
0:01:25 > 0:01:33of East Africa into a dam.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36We are now heading for part of the rapids, a small stretch
0:01:36 > 0:01:39of water that professional kayakers come for from all over the world
0:01:39 > 0:01:47because it is consistent.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51It is a war with no respect for age or innocence,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55in a city that was once a national treasure,
0:01:55 > 0:01:57and is now a living hell.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01More than 100 children have been killed in rebel held areas
0:02:01 > 0:02:05of the Syrian city of Aleppo in just over one week following the collapse
0:02:05 > 0:02:06of the recent ceasefire.
0:02:06 > 0:02:14The United Nations has called for an immediate end
0:02:14 > 0:02:17to the bombing of eastern Aleppo by Syrian and Russian forces,
0:02:17 > 0:02:18but the killing continues.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Fergal Keane reports on the growing tragedy of Aleppo's children,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23his report contains some distressing images from the start.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Tenderness.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30From a father who has watched the slow wasting
0:02:30 > 0:02:32of his child's body.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38Aged 11, he was wounded in an air strike.
0:02:38 > 0:02:46His stomach was ripped open.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05He is trapped by the siege, a child starving
0:03:05 > 0:03:09because of the damage to his bowl and the absence of proper nutrition.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15because of the damage to his bowel and the absence of proper nutrition.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16And constantly wary of new bombing.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Hospitals have come under sustained attack, with only basic
0:03:18 > 0:03:22facilities, doctors struggle.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27This seven-year-old suffers.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32Good boy, we are almost finished, the doctor says.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42He is taken home.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45His grandmother wants to get into Turkey.
0:03:45 > 0:03:55Listen to the sound of rockets landing, before she speaks.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03SHELLFIRE WHISTLING
0:04:03 > 0:04:04TRANSLATION: There is
0:04:04 > 0:04:05still an irrepressible longing for normality.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09This boy on the right is risking the walk to school with his friends.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11The children are now taught in the basement.
0:04:11 > 0:04:21In the hope they might be safer from falling bombs.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Aleppo's agony began four years ago.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55But it has escalated dramatically.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57The city's East is a claustrophobic hell from which there
0:04:57 > 0:05:02is now no escape.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Before the latest encirclement many fled, children losing
0:05:04 > 0:05:10their homes, and country.
0:05:10 > 0:05:17We met some of them in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20The siege represents just the first encirclement
0:05:20 > 0:05:23because even if they manage to escape Aleppo, the children
0:05:23 > 0:05:29face a new problem.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Those who have crossed the mountains arrive in Lebanon to find themselves
0:05:33 > 0:05:35carrying the trauma of war in a world where they are
0:05:35 > 0:05:40hemmed in by poverty.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44This man arrived from Aleppo three days ago, crossing the mountains
0:05:44 > 0:05:51by night on a mule with a severe heart condition and now exhausted.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56She has joined her grandchildren who arrived with her son two
0:05:56 > 0:05:58and a half years ago.
0:05:58 > 0:06:04This is a cousin, her father was killed by a sniper in Aleppo.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13This is the paradox of memory.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19It offers comfort and pain.
0:06:19 > 0:06:26The old Aleppo family where parents were strong has been upended.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32He cannot work because of injury.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35So his 14-year-old daughter works in the fields all day,
0:06:35 > 0:06:37every day to support the family.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55Cluster bombs, bunker busters, barrel bombs, phosphorus bombs.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58They have all been dropped here.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00By the Syrian government and its Russian allies.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05106 children have been killed in just over a week.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The Kremlin says that rebels are deliberately using populated
0:07:07 > 0:07:16areas and rejects claims that Russia is carrying out war crimes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We are taking, as I said, most strict precautions to make sure
0:07:19 > 0:07:23that we don't hit civilians by any chance.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26If this happens, well, we are very sorry, but we need to investigate
0:07:26 > 0:07:30each and every accusation.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I have never seen anything so blatant as the kind
0:07:33 > 0:07:39of attacks upon children.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Everyone knows that as long as these kind of attacks with these massive
0:07:43 > 0:07:45explosive weapons take place, children will be killed.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50It cannot be denied that this will be the result.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53So these attacks should stop immediately.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55There are enough treaties, laws and promises to
0:07:55 > 0:07:59protect these children.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01The trouble is that nobody with power cares
0:08:01 > 0:08:06to obey or enforce them.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10That is the tragedy of the children of Aleppo.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16Fergal Keane, BBC News.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20STUDIO: It is one of the most powerful Hurricanes to hit
0:08:20 > 0:08:23the Caribbean in recent years.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Hurricane Matthew hit parts of Cuba,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Jamaica and the Bahamas as it headed towards the coast of Florida.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But possibly worst hit, was Haiti where it left a brutal
0:08:31 > 0:08:33trail of destruction as it swept across the island.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Torrential rain and storm winds of more than 200 kilometres
0:08:36 > 0:08:41an hour forced many people to abandon their homes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:51Nick Bryant sent us this report, from the Haitian capital,
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Port-au-Prince, as Matthew hit land.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Haiti has taken a brutal pounding from the worst storm to rip
0:08:56 > 0:08:58through the Caribbean in almost a decade.
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Hurricane Matthew has brought sustained winds
0:08:59 > 0:09:07of 145 miles an hour.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10And torrential, unrelenting rain.
0:09:10 > 0:09:15This category four storm has compounded the problems of a country
0:09:15 > 0:09:18still reeling from the 2010 earthquake and a Cholera epidemic
0:09:18 > 0:09:23that these conditions are sure to exacerbate.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25The interim president said that the storm has
0:09:25 > 0:09:35already cost lives.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37TRANLSTION: We have already seen deaths, people out
0:09:37 > 0:09:38at sea, people missing
0:09:38 > 0:09:40and people who did not respect the alerts have lost their lives.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43This is one of the world's poorest nations, many of the country's
0:09:43 > 0:09:4611 million people live in shantytowns that offer little
0:09:46 > 0:09:50protection from the high winds and rains.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Many refused to evacuate, fearing the few possessions
0:09:53 > 0:10:02that they have left will be stolen.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04This is the main route into the capital, Port-au-Prince,
0:10:04 > 0:10:06almost impassable as the floodwaters began to rise.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09And the fear is of catastrophic mudslides in a landscape badly
0:10:09 > 0:10:12denuded of trees.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Hurricane Matthew could drop as much as three feet of rain
0:10:15 > 0:10:18and we are seeing evidence of flash flooding already, the conditions
0:10:18 > 0:10:26here are absolutely atrocious.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30To step outside is to become drenched within seconds.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32These are the people made homeless, these are the children whose futures
0:10:32 > 0:10:40seem to be continually blighted by tragedy.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44The epicentre of the 2010 earthquake is a short drive away, so it is not
0:10:44 > 0:10:47just sorrow that they are feeling but a sense of unfairness.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50The children have just started school, and their new uniforms
0:10:50 > 0:10:54were washed away.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57These children were evacuated from coastal communities before
0:10:57 > 0:11:02the storm hit and given shelter in the capital,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04now they are stranded.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08They don't know when they will be able to get home or what they will
0:11:08 > 0:11:09find when they get there.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14With the storm barrelling towards America, this first world
0:11:14 > 0:11:17emergency is in the making but here, hurricane Matthew has left a trail
0:11:17 > 0:11:19of third world destruction.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23And this impoverished country is struggling to cope.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30STUDIO: President of the European Council Donald Tusk has
0:11:30 > 0:11:33said that migrant flows across the so-called Balkan route
0:11:33 > 0:11:39to Europe has come to an end but new evidence seen by the BBC
0:11:39 > 0:11:42suggests a distinctive different picture, latest figures show that
0:11:42 > 0:11:45at least 1000 refugees and migrants are still attempting to reach
0:11:45 > 0:11:55the EU through Serbia and the Balkans every week.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58We travelled along the route, finding many refugees arriving
0:11:58 > 0:12:03in Serbia, helped by a network of people smugglers.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06This is how they are getting into Europe now.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Afghan refugees, clinging to the bottom of a train.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Heading towards Austria.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27We were five people under a train.
0:12:27 > 0:12:2820 hours they spend there, among them, Hamid.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30How much did you spend?
0:12:30 > 0:12:311500 euros per person.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32To go from Greece to Austria?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Caught by police, he is now in Serbia, he spent months trapped
0:12:35 > 0:12:37in Greece, spending months teaching other refugees English,
0:12:37 > 0:12:39determined not to go back to Afghanistan, too
0:12:39 > 0:12:43afraid after the Taliban murdered his friend.
0:12:43 > 0:12:50He was beheaded in front of my eyes.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55So when I was inside the bus, the Taliban took one of my friends,
0:12:55 > 0:12:59they searched his pocket and they found the ID card
0:12:59 > 0:13:08of an American translator...
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Europe's refugee crisis has not gone away, instead
0:13:10 > 0:13:11smugglers have taken over.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13So Serbia along with Greece is now becoming the new staging
0:13:13 > 0:13:15post for refugees.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19The Army has been sent to try and secure Serbia's borders but up
0:13:19 > 0:13:27to 200 refugees a day are being discovered.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Smuggling is now so lucrative, we were told, that other forms
0:13:29 > 0:13:33of crime are falling in Serbia.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35TRANSLATION: Our information is that refugees pay from 800
0:13:36 > 0:13:37to 1300 euros per person.
0:13:37 > 0:13:44It is very good business, good money for smugglers.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47And this is the reason why: In Greece, thousands
0:13:47 > 0:13:50are stuck in grim conditions, their claims to Asylum stall.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54So they are finding new routes.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Several hundred refugees have disappeared from this camp
0:13:56 > 0:13:58in recent months.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02The children and their mother, are from Damascus.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Anyone who can afford it uses a smuggler she says.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10If you have money, you go to the Mafia.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11So some people are going?
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Yes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:18But we don't have money.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19We stay here.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21This is the route the refugees have been taking from Greece:
0:14:21 > 0:14:23to Macedonia, over the mountains, to Austria and Germany.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Government say that closing the borders has stopped the flows
0:14:26 > 0:14:29but it seems that refugees are still making it through,
0:14:29 > 0:14:37evading police, escaping detection.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Further north in Serbia, they are starting to back up.
0:14:40 > 0:14:45Borders may be tightening, but the dream of Europe isn't fading.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Just turning into an organised underground racket.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56STUDIO: There were such high hopes for Colombia but after the people's
0:14:56 > 0:14:58rejection of a landmark peace deal, work has already started
0:14:58 > 0:15:05to try to save the agreement between the government
0:15:05 > 0:15:07and the Farc rebels.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09A senior adviser has told the BBC that the resumption of violence
0:15:09 > 0:15:13is not an option and the rebels say that they are prepared to review
0:15:13 > 0:15:15the terms of the deal which would end more than half
0:15:15 > 0:15:20a century of conflict.
0:15:20 > 0:15:26We examine what is next for Colombia after the peace deal.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30SINGING
0:15:30 > 0:15:31He loves singing
0:15:31 > 0:15:33with his daughters but he has never
0:15:33 > 0:15:34physically seen them.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36The 37 year old former policeman was blinded when he stepped
0:15:37 > 0:15:40on a landmine 11 years ago.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43But his anger is not for the guerillas who killed
0:15:43 > 0:15:46and maimed, it is for those fellow Columbians who he says have passed
0:15:46 > 0:15:51up on the chance for a lasting peace.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54TRANSLATION: If I and other victims of violence can find
0:15:54 > 0:15:58the strength to forgive, then these people sitting
0:15:58 > 0:16:01behind their desks in the cities should be able to do the same.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04So it happened to me.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09But this is what war does, and we as a country have to move on.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Like many in Colombia and abroad, he was shocked when voters nearly
0:16:12 > 0:16:21rejected a peace deal, between the Colombian government
0:16:21 > 0:16:23and Farc guerillas in the referendum.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The deal which had been prematurely signed by both sides now
0:16:25 > 0:16:28has to be renegotiated, the Colombian President Santos has
0:16:28 > 0:16:31set up a multiparty commission to do that.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34One adviser to the original talks says that it is a dangerous
0:16:34 > 0:16:38moment for Colombia.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41We cannot allow again child soldiers, we cannot
0:16:41 > 0:16:47allow again atrocities against civilian populations.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51We are not prepared to live again in such violence.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55I think that we have to think how to work on this, and how to really
0:16:55 > 0:16:56sign again a peace agreement.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01This country and its institutions were ravaged by 50 years of civil
0:17:01 > 0:17:04conflict, a war that this peace deal was meant to end.
0:17:04 > 0:17:11There was no plan B, said the government.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14That is exactly what is needed now, with thousands of Columbians
0:17:14 > 0:17:16on either side stuck in limbo.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18Guerrilla fighters have been gathering in jungle camps preparing
0:17:18 > 0:17:21to hand over their weapons and demobilise and to return
0:17:21 > 0:17:23to society with a promise of salaries and limited
0:17:23 > 0:17:27immunity to prosecution.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31All of that is gone for now.
0:17:31 > 0:17:41Many Columbians concluded that the government had made too
0:17:41 > 0:17:43many concessions to Farc, although there is widespread
0:17:43 > 0:17:45consensus that a new deal has to be reached.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I think this situation is terrible because our next generations,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50we will suffer the effects of this decision.
0:17:50 > 0:17:57There must be a coalition between those two segments.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02And we need an answer as a civil society now.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06And with a government warning that a mutually agreed ceasefire runs out
0:18:06 > 0:18:12at the end of the month, these are ominous days in Colombia.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13BBC News, Bogota.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16STUDIO: Interactive technologies are being used these
0:18:16 > 0:18:20days for everything, from video games to the workplace.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24And it is raising awareness about acid attacks.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Every year, thousands of women in South Asia, Africa
0:18:26 > 0:18:31and Latin America are victims of such assaults.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Tom Brook reports from the New York Film Festival
0:18:35 > 0:18:37where an interactive film about acid attacks is having
0:18:37 > 0:18:41its world premiere.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Amid the ever expanding world of immersive storytelling of virtual
0:18:44 > 0:18:50reality and other technologies comes this downloadable comic book
0:18:50 > 0:18:54which uses what is termed augmented reality technology,
0:18:54 > 0:18:56to bring together animation videos and real-life stories
0:18:56 > 0:19:00including testimonies from acid attack survivors.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04You lose all of your passion towards life and confidence
0:19:04 > 0:19:08and you think you have no one left.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11This animated comic book has been made possible by way of a new app
0:19:11 > 0:19:13enabling different pop-up elements to be accessed when specific
0:19:13 > 0:19:16pop-up images are scanned by a phone or a tablet.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21It uses a device like a phone or a tablet, to literally make
0:19:21 > 0:19:24the images come to life, or to bring material
0:19:24 > 0:19:30out of the comic book.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35So it actually exists if you pardon the expression, in a 4D space.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37The comic book images can be scanned anywhere,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39even on an outside wall.
0:19:39 > 0:19:46We are actually creating street art and mural art all over India,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50where people can scan the art on the side of walls and we will see
0:19:50 > 0:19:52through the technology and the nation it popping out
0:19:52 > 0:19:53of the wall.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55This is another way of engaging with other people.
0:19:55 > 0:20:05Woven into the comic book narrative is a story featuring Monica Singh,
0:20:05 > 0:20:08who told me how a group of men threw a bucket of acid
0:20:08 > 0:20:11over her when she was 19, she has had 46 reconstructive
0:20:11 > 0:20:12surgeries on her face.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15When people read this comic book, they will know, that I'm a girl that
0:20:15 > 0:20:18had dreams in her life before the acid attack but she wants to
0:20:18 > 0:20:21continue to live like a normal girl.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24We can advocate to the young generation and the youth of every
0:20:24 > 0:20:26country to understand about this issue and get together
0:20:26 > 0:20:31and work on it.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34This is a comic book funded by the World Bank,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36it is an interactive endeavour to tackle a global problem.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39But just how effective is it going to be in terms of raising
0:20:39 > 0:20:40awareness and reducing acid attacks?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44The creators clearly see it as more than a gimmick,
0:20:44 > 0:20:52they think that the technology has the ability to engage authorities
0:20:52 > 0:20:55they think that the technology has the ability to engage audiences
0:20:55 > 0:20:57quite differently to different campaigns aimed at
0:20:57 > 0:20:58reducing acid attack.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Reading a comic can be potentially a solitary endeavour
0:21:00 > 0:21:01and potentially working with our interactive technologies,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and potentially working with our interactive technologies
0:21:03 > 0:21:10allows multiple kids or readers to play together and discuss it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13And that is the challenge, to make sure that this
0:21:13 > 0:21:15new technology does reach its target audience of young males,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18to chip away at entrenched attitudes that every year leave so many
0:21:18 > 0:21:23women scarred for life.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25STUDIO: Now to a place known as the adventure
0:21:25 > 0:21:30capital of East Africa.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34The rapids at Uganda's Kabalega Falls are considered some
0:21:34 > 0:21:36of the best in the world.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39But it is now in a hotspot at the centre of the debate
0:21:39 > 0:21:44as to how it should use its natural resources to boost its economy.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47We took a ride along the falls to find out more.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49White water like this can only be found in a few
0:21:49 > 0:21:59countries across the world.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02This stretch of the River Nile is a town in eastern Uganda that has
0:22:02 > 0:22:04earned the title the venture capital of East Africa.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Whitewater rafting is one of the most popular activities
0:22:06 > 0:22:10bringing in 20,000 tourists a year.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13We are now headed to a part of the rapids called special wave,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16the small stretch of the water that the professional kayakers come
0:22:16 > 0:22:18to from all over the world because it is consistent
0:22:18 > 0:22:21all the year round.
0:22:21 > 0:22:31This adrenaline rush won't be available here much longer.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35This man says he will lose the job he has had for 20 years,
0:22:35 > 0:22:36when the power project is complete.
0:22:36 > 0:22:43The power is going to benefit more people than me just doing
0:22:43 > 0:22:45the rafting, but that, I'm not sure.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Because I haven't seen it.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50But with the rafting and how much I have done for my community and how
0:22:50 > 0:22:51much rafting has done for Uganda.
0:22:51 > 0:23:01Further down the river, the dam is already under
0:23:01 > 0:23:03construction, its large reservoir will flood the famed
0:23:03 > 0:23:04Kabalega rapids.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07People have already had another dam shorten the rafting rout which led
0:23:07 > 0:23:17to a drop in visitor numbers.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21People have already had another dam shorten the rafting route, which led
0:23:21 > 0:23:22to a drop in visitor numbers.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Before the dam you could make big money and the
0:23:25 > 0:23:25business was really big.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28These days, you come here and stay for morning
0:23:28 > 0:23:30after evening without even seeing a single customer.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32This was once the industrial hub until an economic slump caused
0:23:32 > 0:23:34by political turmoil in the 1970s.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36For the government, providing cheap energy that will revive industries
0:23:36 > 0:23:45here and around the country is the first priority for the area's
0:23:45 > 0:23:46biggest natural resource.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47There is always a trade-off.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Some people may lose jobs, especially around the site but also
0:23:50 > 0:23:51it comes with other programmes which also help
0:23:52 > 0:23:55better the community.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59The tourism industry in Uganda will sacrifice one of its greatest
0:23:59 > 0:24:01attractions for the sake of producing more energy
0:24:01 > 0:24:06to drive development.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Those whose livelihoods have depended on these rapids
0:24:08 > 0:24:10can only hope that this upset will be worth it in the end.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15That is all from Reporters for this week.
0:24:15 > 0:24:25From me, Philippa Thomas, goodbye for now.