04/03/2017

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0:00:01 > 0:00:03Protestors have travelled from across the country

0:00:03 > 0:00:07and Jeremy Corbyn is expected to address the crowd.

0:00:07 > 0:00:07Now,

0:00:07 > 0:00:17Now, Reporters.

0:00:20 > 0:00:21Hello.

0:00:21 > 0:00:22Welcome to Reporters.

0:00:22 > 0:00:24I'm David Eades, and from here at the BBC Newsroom,

0:00:24 > 0:00:27we send our correspondants to bring you the best stories

0:00:27 > 0:00:28from across the globe.

0:00:28 > 0:00:31In this week's programme, the other side of the American dream.

0:00:31 > 0:00:35As Donald Trump sets out his vision for the next four years,

0:00:35 > 0:00:40Ian Pannell assesses the challenges that lie ahead.

0:00:40 > 0:00:42If you want to know what poverty in America looks

0:00:42 > 0:00:47like, well, this is it.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49President Trump says he is going to fix it.

0:00:49 > 0:00:57He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage

0:00:57 > 0:00:59in America, of crime, of drugs, of gangs,

0:00:59 > 0:01:00of violence and of poverty.

0:01:00 > 0:01:01Maram's Story.

0:01:01 > 0:01:04Quentin Somerville tells the tale of the Syrian baby

0:01:04 > 0:01:09who lost her parents and had nearly every limb broken in

0:01:09 > 0:01:10a bombing in Aleppo.

0:01:10 > 0:01:12And also her reunion with the British doctor who saved her.

0:01:13 > 0:01:14Hello.

0:01:14 > 0:01:21In Tunisia, Orla Guerin reports from Sousse,

0:01:21 > 0:01:24reports on terror attack of its kind and asks if the Government security

0:01:24 > 0:01:29crackdown has made it safe for tourists to return.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32We would very happy to see again British coming back to us.

0:01:32 > 0:01:33Yes.

0:01:33 > 0:01:34Do you think it's 100% safe?

0:01:34 > 0:01:35Can you say that?

0:01:35 > 0:01:36Yes.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38Absolutely.

0:01:38 > 0:01:39100%.

0:01:39 > 0:01:40100%.

0:01:40 > 0:01:44Is Greece's era of austerity over?

0:01:44 > 0:01:47As the authorities try to reach a new bailout deal, 18 months

0:01:47 > 0:01:49after the first major one, Kevin Connelly finds ordinary people

0:01:49 > 0:01:53unwilling to face more hard times.

0:01:53 > 0:01:5750% of Greek people are poor, poor and in the limits of indignity.

0:01:57 > 0:02:00And we are trying to protect all these people who cannot

0:02:00 > 0:02:01protect themselves.

0:02:01 > 0:02:06E-aid for Africa.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Alistair Leithead reports from Kenya on a new scheme to send

0:02:09 > 0:02:13money electronically to stop poverty and famine.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15And Fly Me To The Moon for $100 million.

0:02:15 > 0:02:19David Shukman reports on plans for two passengers to join the first

0:02:19 > 0:02:24manned flight to deep space for more than 40 years.

0:02:24 > 0:02:27It's going to give two rich people the thrill of a lifetime.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29Basically it's really an adventure thrill ride that

0:02:29 > 0:02:33demonstrates a new capability.

0:02:34 > 0:02:37President Trump used his first speech to Congress to declare

0:02:37 > 0:02:41what he called a new chapter of American greatness.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44In a surprisingly measured tone, he asked legislators to pass

0:02:44 > 0:02:47a $1 trillion package to build new infrastructure and he missed

0:02:47 > 0:02:52massive tax relief for the middle class.

0:02:52 > 0:03:02But what about his pledge at his inauguration to help the poor

0:03:02 > 0:03:05and repair what he called the carnage in America, crime,

0:03:05 > 0:03:05drugs, gangs and poverty?

0:03:05 > 0:03:08Well, Ian Panel has been to Baltimore, where a quarter

0:03:08 > 0:03:11of the population lives in poverty, and many no longer see America

0:03:11 > 0:03:12as the land of opportunity.

0:03:12 > 0:03:15Say hello to Jackson.

0:03:15 > 0:03:21A citizen of the wealthiest country in the world has ever known.

0:03:21 > 0:03:23And yet, he's clothed in hand-outs.

0:03:23 > 0:03:25His parents can't find work.

0:03:25 > 0:03:28They have no home of their own, and every morning, they come

0:03:28 > 0:03:30to the Manor House Charity, where the poor of Baltimore

0:03:30 > 0:03:40meet for a little food, warmth and compassion.

0:03:41 > 0:03:43What is your message to President Trump?

0:03:43 > 0:03:44Come and help us.

0:03:44 > 0:03:46Instead of critiquing is, come and help us.

0:03:46 > 0:03:47You'll see we need help.

0:03:47 > 0:03:48Bad.

0:03:48 > 0:03:51Like much of America, this is a story of two worlds.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54Baltimore is actually something of a boom town these days,

0:03:54 > 0:04:00but it doesn't feel like it in many parts of the city.

0:04:00 > 0:04:08In this economy there is no trickle down.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10Gun crime is surging here.

0:04:10 > 0:04:12Baltimore was even more violent than Chicago last year,

0:04:12 > 0:04:15driven by gang turf wars.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18For some of its residents, this is a city where selling your

0:04:18 > 0:04:21body or selling drugs is the only job available.

0:04:21 > 0:04:24If you want to know what poverty in America looks like.

0:04:24 > 0:04:25Well, this is it.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27Incredibly, this entire block is pretty much made up

0:04:28 > 0:04:32of dilapidated, abandon houses.

0:04:32 > 0:04:34Incredibly, some people are living in between here.

0:04:34 > 0:04:35Under President Obama, poverty grew in America,

0:04:35 > 0:04:38and President Trump says he is going to fix it.

0:04:38 > 0:04:40He's going to deal with what he calls the carnage

0:04:40 > 0:04:42in America, of crime, of drugs, of violence

0:04:42 > 0:04:47and of poverty.

0:04:47 > 0:04:51And there are few places better to do that than Baltimore.

0:04:51 > 0:04:56Marcus Allsop has lifted for 40 years.

0:04:56 > 0:04:57He repairs the city's homes.

0:04:57 > 0:05:06An eyewitness to the worst Baltimore has to offer.

0:05:06 > 0:05:08The poor live in the single houses.

0:05:08 > 0:05:10The row houses in Baltimore are generally rat infested,

0:05:10 > 0:05:13regardless of what you do as a person living there.

0:05:13 > 0:05:17Roaches, mice.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19I mean, an epidemic of bedbugs.

0:05:19 > 0:05:20The neighbourhoods are falling apart, not

0:05:20 > 0:05:25because the people are bad people.

0:05:25 > 0:05:30We are underpaid, undereducated in so many of us have in living

0:05:30 > 0:05:33like this for the second and third generation until we don't

0:05:33 > 0:05:34know how to change.

0:05:34 > 0:05:44Despair is a way of living.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47And this is where it resides, on a bleak row of abandoned homes.

0:05:47 > 0:05:50This is the end of the line for Americans gripped by poverty.

0:05:50 > 0:05:53Here, we met the last family living on the block.

0:05:53 > 0:05:55Three generations of the Stewart family are crammed in here.

0:05:55 > 0:05:58They are months behind on the rent.

0:05:58 > 0:06:00Unpaid bills are piling up, not surprisingly they just have

0:06:00 > 0:06:05$30 a day to survive.

0:06:05 > 0:06:06I love you.

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Be careful.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09Have a good day.

0:06:09 > 0:06:11They've been evicted before, forced to live in one of Baltimore's

0:06:11 > 0:06:13many abandoned homes.

0:06:13 > 0:06:16It hurts, it hurts that they have to stay wrapped up in blankets

0:06:16 > 0:06:17all day because they are cold.

0:06:17 > 0:06:19They don't want to get out of bed because there's

0:06:19 > 0:06:21no heat to keep them warm.

0:06:21 > 0:06:22People talk about us.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24They get bullied in school because of it.

0:06:24 > 0:06:29It hurts.

0:06:29 > 0:06:33They've got to where they don't even want to show their faces outside.

0:06:33 > 0:06:39But we had no choice but to live there, because of the economy.

0:06:39 > 0:06:47I've been struggling for seven years.

0:06:47 > 0:06:47Seven hard years.

0:06:47 > 0:06:49What pressure does that put in your relationship?

0:06:49 > 0:06:51Oh, we argue and fight all the time.

0:06:51 > 0:06:52All the time.

0:06:52 > 0:06:54I love this woman to death.

0:06:54 > 0:06:57She is my best friend, but to see her go through the things

0:06:57 > 0:06:59she goes through, it hurts.

0:06:59 > 0:07:08It hurts me.

0:07:08 > 0:07:11For so many people, this is no longer a land of opportunity.

0:07:11 > 0:07:17Hope has given way to despair.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20And the children who clamour for charity hand-outs

0:07:20 > 0:07:23have no American dream.

0:07:23 > 0:07:26It will be perhaps the biggest challenge for the new president.

0:07:26 > 0:07:28Ian Panel, BBC News, Baltimore.

0:07:28 > 0:07:33The Syrian conflict of course is full of terrible tales

0:07:33 > 0:07:35of horror and suffering, but one story stands out

0:07:35 > 0:07:40as a symbol of just how brutal and unfair war could be.

0:07:40 > 0:07:44In the New Year, five-year-old Maram lost both her parents

0:07:44 > 0:07:47and nearly every limb in her body was broken when her house

0:07:47 > 0:07:50was bombed in Aleppo.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52The British surgeon who operated on her watched her leave

0:07:52 > 0:07:56for asylum in Turkey, not knowing if she would survive.

0:07:56 > 0:07:58Well, seven months on, Doctor David Nott has returned

0:07:58 > 0:08:00to Turkey to be reunited with Maram.

0:08:00 > 0:08:02As Quentin Somerville reports, this is a harrowing story

0:08:02 > 0:08:09with a happy ending.

0:08:09 > 0:08:14So much of a Aleppo's pain is anonymous.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17But Maram's suffering was unforgettable.

0:08:17 > 0:08:27An air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill.

0:08:32 > 0:08:38There was shrapnel inside her hip.

0:08:38 > 0:08:41From here, and only five months old, she was evacuated

0:08:41 > 0:08:44to Turkey, lost and alone.

0:08:44 > 0:08:46But after months of searching, the BBC tracked her down

0:08:46 > 0:08:53and reunited the two.

0:08:53 > 0:08:58Everything at home, at Christmas it's lavish,

0:08:58 > 0:09:01lots of food, lots of happyness and I left this little

0:09:01 > 0:09:03girl without any food and without any happiness.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's going to be a bit emotional, to be really honest.

0:09:06 > 0:09:16A bit emotional.

0:09:16 > 0:09:17Right.

0:09:17 > 0:09:19Oh, my goodness me.

0:09:19 > 0:09:24Well, well, well.

0:09:25 > 0:09:28Well, well, well.

0:09:29 > 0:09:32Hello.

0:09:34 > 0:09:38Gosh.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40Gosh, she looks beautiful.

0:09:40 > 0:09:45You look beautiful!

0:09:45 > 0:09:46Absolutely beautiful.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48Look what I have got for you.

0:09:48 > 0:09:50It's a dolly.

0:09:50 > 0:09:54Dolly.

0:09:57 > 0:10:01Is her leg healing?

0:10:03 > 0:10:07The final surgery was nearly too much.

0:10:07 > 0:10:11Maram almost didn't make it.

0:10:11 > 0:10:16Her wounds are healing, but there will be work

0:10:16 > 0:10:19to reconstruct her bones and repair damaged nerves.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21It's said children can't remember pain.

0:10:21 > 0:10:23Few though don't have as much to forget as Maram.

0:10:23 > 0:10:31When I saw Maram today, it was very emotional.

0:10:31 > 0:10:34As a doctor, you try and stay fairly unemotional when you're dealing

0:10:34 > 0:10:35lots of people with injuries.

0:10:35 > 0:10:40I suppose having got children as well now,

0:10:40 > 0:10:44and how much you love that child, you know, a tiny piece of my heart

0:10:44 > 0:10:51was left with Maram.

0:10:51 > 0:10:57That's what I have been thinking about everyday since leaving.

0:10:57 > 0:11:00This morning was a beautiful moment.

0:11:00 > 0:11:03To meet her again.

0:11:04 > 0:11:06The story of Maram.

0:11:06 > 0:11:09We wish her all the best.

0:11:09 > 0:11:15Just how safe is Tunisian today?

0:11:15 > 0:11:18The Tunisian authorities say that now, 18 months after the biggest

0:11:18 > 0:11:22terror attack of its kind in the town of Sousse,

0:11:22 > 0:11:31it's now 100% safe for tourists.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34Following a British inquest findings that the Tunisian police response

0:11:34 > 0:11:36to the attack was shambolic, they insist major security

0:11:36 > 0:11:39improvements have taken place and that you knew there is as safe

0:11:39 > 0:11:40as many European destinations.

0:11:40 > 0:11:42Orla Guerin has been back to visit Sousse yesterday.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45On alert in Sousse.

0:11:45 > 0:11:52The new vigilance that was utterly lacking on the day of the attack.

0:11:52 > 0:11:54Now permanent checkpoints and patrols by the police

0:11:54 > 0:11:56and the Armed Forces.

0:11:56 > 0:11:58The message is clear.

0:11:58 > 0:11:59You are safe.

0:11:59 > 0:12:04It's a new Tunisia.

0:12:04 > 0:12:07Ministers are looking to brighter days after tourism was gravely

0:12:07 > 0:12:12wounded in the carnage on the beach.

0:12:12 > 0:12:15We improved our security a lot, and we think that tourists will be

0:12:15 > 0:12:21coming back in the next few months now.

0:12:21 > 0:12:24We have good indications for summer 2017, and we will be very happy

0:12:24 > 0:12:26to see again British coming back to Tunisia.

0:12:27 > 0:12:29Do you think it's 100% safe?

0:12:29 > 0:12:30Can you say that?

0:12:30 > 0:12:31Yes, absolutely.

0:12:31 > 0:12:32100% safe?

0:12:32 > 0:12:37100%.

0:12:37 > 0:12:43Metal detectors are now standard when you enter a hotel,

0:12:43 > 0:12:46even if you own them like Mohammed Bashir.

0:12:46 > 0:12:49He co-owns the now closed hotel where the British holiday-makers

0:12:49 > 0:12:53were killed on June 26 2015.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57He admits security in Tunisia should have been tightened that March,

0:12:57 > 0:13:01after an attack on tourists in the Bardo Museum.

0:13:01 > 0:13:03It should have been stricter after the Bardo attack.

0:13:03 > 0:13:06To be honest with you, it should have been.

0:13:06 > 0:13:15But there is a before 26th of June 2015, and there is an after.

0:13:15 > 0:13:17This is not the same country any more.

0:13:17 > 0:13:21This was the picture when terror came to the beach.

0:13:21 > 0:13:23Locals say the lone gunman was on the loose

0:13:23 > 0:13:29for over half an hour.

0:13:29 > 0:13:32At the inquest in London, condemnation at the glaring absence

0:13:32 > 0:13:36of the security forces.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39When tourists were being slaughtered here on the sands, police

0:13:39 > 0:13:41could and should have made an effective response

0:13:41 > 0:13:45according to the coroner.

0:13:45 > 0:13:48He says police could have arrived here in minutes with everything

0:13:48 > 0:13:51they needed to confront the gunmen.

0:13:51 > 0:13:55Instead, they deliberately delayed their arrival.

0:13:55 > 0:13:58The first officer on the scene stayed outside the main gate

0:13:58 > 0:14:06and never fired a single shot.

0:14:06 > 0:14:08Mehdi knows only too well that the police

0:14:08 > 0:14:10were nowhere to be seen.

0:14:10 > 0:14:14When the shooting started, he was on the beach

0:14:14 > 0:14:15selling rides on jet skis.

0:14:15 > 0:14:19His response was swift.

0:14:19 > 0:14:23Here he is, chasing the killer, armed only with two ashtrays.

0:14:23 > 0:14:27Hoping in vain for help.

0:14:37 > 0:14:39TRANSLATION: No one came, apart from the two

0:14:39 > 0:14:41guards, who did nothing.

0:14:41 > 0:14:51Then, when we ran along the beach, there were three

0:14:51 > 0:14:52national guard boats in the sea.

0:14:52 > 0:14:56They didn't come until afterwards, when he was killed.

0:14:56 > 0:14:57At the Imperial hotel where the gunmen

0:14:57 > 0:14:59claimed so many lives, they are getting ready

0:14:59 > 0:15:00to reopen in May.

0:15:00 > 0:15:02Hoping tourists will return to the golden sands.

0:15:02 > 0:15:05Sunbathers now have company on the beach.

0:15:05 > 0:15:08Protection that came too late for 30 Britons who just wanted

0:15:08 > 0:15:09a break from it all.

0:15:09 > 0:15:11Orla Guerin, BBC News, Sousse.

0:15:11 > 0:15:16Greece's debt drama is back again.

0:15:16 > 0:15:21This week, the country's creditors held talks with the government

0:15:21 > 0:15:24over plans to unlock billions more dollars in bailout money to help

0:15:24 > 0:15:25the struggling economy there.

0:15:25 > 0:15:3118 months after the first bailout, the Greek Prime Minister has

0:15:31 > 0:15:33insisted that the era of austerity is over.

0:15:33 > 0:15:35As Kevin Connolly reports from Athens, it's clear that

0:15:35 > 0:15:38ordinary people are just no longer prepared to put up with any

0:15:38 > 0:15:39further economic hardship.

0:15:39 > 0:15:42CROWD CHANTS

0:15:42 > 0:15:49In the outskirts of at Athens, Greek frustrations

0:15:49 > 0:15:51with deficit and debt and deadlines from banks boils

0:15:51 > 0:15:53over at a courtroom.

0:15:53 > 0:15:57The man in the striped shirt is a lawyer, come to process

0:15:57 > 0:16:00a repossession order on a building whose owners couldn't

0:16:00 > 0:16:03pay their mortgage.

0:16:03 > 0:16:06The activists have come to stop him.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09He can't get the case heard because he can't make himself heard,

0:16:09 > 0:16:19and it's abandoned for the day.

0:16:19 > 0:16:21A victory in the fightback against austerity say the protesters.

0:16:21 > 0:16:2350% of Greek people are poor.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25We are at the limits of indignity.

0:16:25 > 0:16:34We are here to protect all these people who cannot protect

0:16:34 > 0:16:36themselves because the state does not protect these people.

0:16:36 > 0:16:42After years of cuts, many Greeks fear the IMF

0:16:42 > 0:16:48and the leaders of the euro zone are preparing to demand more.

0:16:48 > 0:16:51Traders in the Athens fish markets say business has fallen by 70%

0:16:51 > 0:16:55since the debt crisis began to bite seven years ago.

0:16:55 > 0:17:04They warn that they and their customers can't take any more.

0:17:04 > 0:17:09TRANSLATION: We don't believe them.

0:17:09 > 0:17:10They always want more cuts.

0:17:10 > 0:17:13There are always new cuts and never new jobs.

0:17:13 > 0:17:16If the IMF and Eurozone impose more austerity nothing will change.

0:17:16 > 0:17:18More investment would make things better, but more austerity won't.

0:17:18 > 0:17:20Greek problems with debt have an ancient feel

0:17:20 > 0:17:25to them these days.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27Superseded in the world's attention span regarding Brexit

0:17:27 > 0:17:28and the coming of President Trump.

0:17:28 > 0:17:31The Greek Government says those changes are part of a wave

0:17:31 > 0:17:38of populism around the world, that are going to help

0:17:38 > 0:17:40it resist any demands from its creditors for new cuts.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43This is a general incentive for all people of Europe

0:17:43 > 0:17:48especially in Greece, because we have been hit

0:17:48 > 0:17:54by austerity much harder than any other places in Europe.

0:17:54 > 0:17:56The real question, how to reverse austerity?

0:17:56 > 0:18:05I think there is hope in that exactly because

0:18:05 > 0:18:08the elites cannot govern as in the past.

0:18:08 > 0:18:10Plenty of Greeks want their Government to push back

0:18:10 > 0:18:12hard against any calls for more austerity.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14This protesters are communists, not likely to be part

0:18:14 > 0:18:16of any future Government, but certainly part of the drumbeat

0:18:16 > 0:18:18of discontent against any deal with international creditors that

0:18:19 > 0:18:23would mean further hardship here.

0:18:23 > 0:18:31So, the international community talks about light at the end

0:18:31 > 0:18:34of the tunnel on Greek debt, but the message from meetings

0:18:34 > 0:18:37like this and from these streets is that it is a tunnel that keeps

0:18:37 > 0:18:40getting longer, and a light that never seems to get any brighter.

0:18:40 > 0:18:43Kevin Connelly, BBC News, Athens.

0:18:43 > 0:18:50We are going to take you to the Horn of Africa where drought

0:18:50 > 0:18:52is causing intense suffering for the people of that region.

0:18:52 > 0:18:54Last week, famine was declared in South Sudan.

0:18:54 > 0:18:57Somalia announced a national disaster this week because of

0:18:57 > 0:18:59drought and that was just weeks after neighbouring Kenyan

0:18:59 > 0:19:01declared its own drought emergency.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04In the midst of all this, Kenyans have come up with a novel

0:19:04 > 0:19:07way to help those affected.

0:19:07 > 0:19:12Rather than food aid, it's started to use electronic cash payments.

0:19:12 > 0:19:14As Alistair Leithhead reports, direct transfers are helping to lift

0:19:14 > 0:19:23people out of poverty.

0:19:23 > 0:19:25There are thin pickings for the cattle of northern Kenyan.

0:19:25 > 0:19:27Drought is back and with it, a difficult decision,

0:19:27 > 0:19:37whether or not to sell the cows to survive.

0:19:38 > 0:19:41Help can be as simple as sending cash to stop them having to

0:19:41 > 0:19:43sell-off the family assets, and it's being done

0:19:43 > 0:19:44from hundreds of miles away.

0:19:44 > 0:19:45In Nairobi.

0:19:45 > 0:19:48So the red shows the area where we have had extreme drought,

0:19:48 > 0:19:51and if you have a look at this and compared to what we have this

0:19:51 > 0:19:54year, you can see we have red all across the four counties.

0:19:54 > 0:19:56The satellite data determines who gets emergency aid

0:19:56 > 0:19:57money from the UK.

0:19:57 > 0:19:59No strings attached, direct cash payments are becoming

0:19:59 > 0:20:02increasingly popular.

0:20:02 > 0:20:05This man's card automatically gets topped up with credit.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08He identifies himself by a fingerprint scan.

0:20:08 > 0:20:10$25 a month is handed over.

0:20:10 > 0:20:15The worse the drought, the more people receive

0:20:15 > 0:20:22cash to cover the bills and keep them going.

0:20:22 > 0:20:24If it wasn't for these cash payments, he said,

0:20:24 > 0:20:27he'd had to sell the livestock as there are lots of things that

0:20:27 > 0:20:28have to be paid for.

0:20:28 > 0:20:31School fees, food for the family and all the other basic needs.

0:20:31 > 0:20:38Well, you can see why this idea of sending people cash directly

0:20:38 > 0:20:40works in places where there's a humanitarian crisis,

0:20:40 > 0:20:41like here, where there

0:20:41 > 0:20:44is drought and people are doing everything they can just to keep

0:20:44 > 0:20:45the cattle alive.

0:20:45 > 0:20:47But there are joining places that aren't as bad.

0:20:47 > 0:20:49Just to try and lift people out of poverty.

0:20:49 > 0:20:51Here in western Kenya, there is no drought but people

0:20:52 > 0:20:56are extremely poor.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58A charity called Give Directly is doing just that.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Like everywhere, people have big dreams.

0:21:00 > 0:21:04This evening a lump sum of thousand dollars

0:21:04 > 0:21:07this lady to build a little house and start a business

0:21:07 > 0:21:09selling cooking fat.

0:21:09 > 0:21:11A tin roof replaced the thatch which needed

0:21:11 > 0:21:19regular and costly repair.

0:21:19 > 0:21:22TRANSLATION: I'm happy because I'm not using any more money on my roof.

0:21:22 > 0:21:27I can use it to buy my close, food, pay school fees and other expenses.

0:21:27 > 0:21:32Others use the lump sum to buy cattle, fertiliser, seed.

0:21:32 > 0:21:35After five years of detailed research here into how people

0:21:35 > 0:21:37spend their free money, there's little evidence

0:21:37 > 0:21:41it is wasted or abused.

0:21:41 > 0:21:44And there's plenty of proof to show it's being used to reduce poverty

0:21:44 > 0:21:46and make a difference in humanitarian crisis.

0:21:46 > 0:21:49Alistair Leithhead, BBC News, Kenya.

0:21:49 > 0:21:54How ready are we to fly to the moon and back for a holiday?

0:21:54 > 0:22:01Well, the prospect of space tourism has moved a little closer this week,

0:22:01 > 0:22:04after an American aerospace company SpaceX has said it has room for two

0:22:04 > 0:22:05passengers on its next mission 2018.

0:22:05 > 0:22:07This would be the first manned flight to deep space

0:22:07 > 0:22:10in more than 40 years, although it would involve

0:22:10 > 0:22:11a lunar landing as such.

0:22:11 > 0:22:12There's a catch.

0:22:12 > 0:22:16It's going to cost you $100 million a seat.

0:22:16 > 0:22:20Our science editor, David Shukman has been to find out more.

0:22:20 > 0:22:23A SpaceX promotion.

0:22:23 > 0:22:26Bold and often boastful, this young company knows how

0:22:26 > 0:22:31to whip up excitement.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33The rocket is the Falcon Heavy.

0:22:33 > 0:22:35It's yet to be launched.

0:22:35 > 0:22:37This is an animation, but already, two tourists

0:22:37 > 0:22:39have been promised seats

0:22:39 > 0:22:42on it to fly around the moon as early as next year.

0:22:42 > 0:22:45Not since the last Apollo mission, back in 1972, have any humans flown

0:22:45 > 0:22:50anywhere near the moon.

0:22:50 > 0:22:53The tourists will not be landing on it, but if this trip happens then

0:22:53 > 0:22:55they will get amazing views, and space scientists

0:22:55 > 0:23:00say this is plausible.

0:23:00 > 0:23:04We are really now entering the era where space

0:23:04 > 0:23:05tourism is a possability.

0:23:05 > 0:23:08In fact, a probability.

0:23:08 > 0:23:12Maybe not for another 10, 15, 20 years,

0:23:12 > 0:23:13for ordinary people to afford it.

0:23:13 > 0:23:19It will be the playground of the rich.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21The man behind SpaceX is Elon Musk.

0:23:21 > 0:23:23When I met him he spilled out a startling vision

0:23:23 > 0:23:24of travel beyond Earth.

0:23:24 > 0:23:27I think we are really entering a new era of space travel

0:23:27 > 0:23:28that's very exciting.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30There is a history of SpaceX promises running late

0:23:30 > 0:23:36but eventually being delivered.

0:23:36 > 0:23:37Ten days ago, it landed

0:23:37 > 0:23:39a huge rocket, significant because reusing spacecraft

0:23:39 > 0:23:42will make launches cheaper.

0:23:42 > 0:23:45Last year, one of its rocket blew up, but SpaceX quickly got

0:23:45 > 0:23:46back to its key business of launching satellites.

0:23:46 > 0:23:48This week, its Dragon capsule delivered cargo

0:23:49 > 0:23:53to the International Space Station.

0:23:53 > 0:23:56A trip to the moon is obviously harder, and critics say it

0:23:56 > 0:23:58would just be a joyride.

0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, it's going to give two rich people a thrill of a lifetime.

0:24:01 > 0:24:05It's not anything to do with science or exploration.

0:24:05 > 0:24:10It's repeating missions that have been done 40 plus years before,

0:24:10 > 0:24:15so it's basically an adventure, a thrill ride that

0:24:15 > 0:24:16demonstrates a new capability.

0:24:16 > 0:24:17I love space.

0:24:17 > 0:24:20So, how much will it cost?

0:24:20 > 0:24:23Well, tourists visiting the International Space Station have

0:24:23 > 0:24:25paid at least $20 million each.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28A moon trip would be much more.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31We don't know who the two passengers are, but if they get there,

0:24:31 > 0:24:34they may pave the way for others to follow.

0:24:34 > 0:24:38David Shukman, BBC News.

0:24:38 > 0:24:40That's your lot from Reporters this week.

0:24:40 > 0:24:46From me, David Eades, goodbye.

0:25:02 > 0:25:02Fancy

0:25:02 > 0:25:02Fancy seeing

0:25:02 > 0:25:02Fancy seeing you