Episodes
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| Ai For Good | 20231010 | 20231016 (WS) | Artificial intelligence can sometimes provoke fear and anxiety. Will it take away our jobs? Will it take over the world? So it's important to recognise some of the good things AI is being used for. We look at how AI chatbots are helping people tackle anxiety, how AI is being used in Africa to lower infant mortality and even speak to the team using AI to try and communicate with bats. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Hal Haines Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: An illustration of a digital brain (Getty Images) How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety and save children's lives How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety, save lives and even try and communicate with animals. |
| Bringing Dead Languages Back To Life | 20230110 | 20240227 (WS) 20240304 (WS) | Australia used to be one of the most linguistically diverse places, with over 200 languages. Today, many of Australia's indigenous languages are considered “highly endangered ?. Inspired by his native language, Hebrew, Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a linguistics professor who is on a mission to revive Australia's dead and endangered languages, painstakingly piecing them back together from historical documents. We speak to Ghil'ad and Shania Richards from the Barngarla community, whose language is being brought back from the brink. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Josephine Casserly Producers: Claire Bates & Craig Langran Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Annie Gardiner Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Shania Richards, in the uniform of the Youth Governor of South Australia How do you revive a language with no living speakers? Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Bringing Dead Languages Back To Life | 20240227 | Australia used to be one of the most linguistically diverse places, with over 200 languages. Today, many of Australia's indigenous languages are considered “highly endangered ?. Inspired by his native language, Hebrew, Ghil'ad Zuckermann is a linguistics professor who is on a mission to revive Australia's dead and endangered languages, painstakingly piecing them back together from historical documents. We speak to Ghil'ad and Shania Richards from the Barngarla community, whose language is being brought back from the brink. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place | |
| Building A Clinic To Save A Forest | 20231205 | 20231211 (WS) | How do you stop people chopping down a precious rainforest? In Borneo, Indonesia, researchers for a conservation charity discovered that local people where chopping down the rainforest around them for an incredibly understandable reason – they needed to pay for medical treatment for their children. So they started a project that would hopefully protect the forest, and help the local communities at the same time. They built a health centre and gave people a big discount on medical care if they stopped chopping down the trees. Ten years on, we visit the forest to see what happened next. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. How do you stop people chopping down precious rainforest? In the Indonesian part of Borneo, researchers for a conservation charity discovered that local people were chopping down the rainforest around them for an incredibly understandable reason – they needed to pay for medical treatment for themselves and their children. So they started a project that would hopefully protect the forest and help the local communities at the same time. They built a health centre and gave people a big discount on medical care if they stopped chopping down the trees. Ten years on, we visit the forest to see what happened next. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Ade Mardiyati Producer: Craig Langran Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Bridget Harney Sound mix: Hal Haines email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk How cut price health treatment has helped reduce logging in Borneo Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Clever Ways To Get Kids Learning | 20240305 | 20240311 (WS) | Schools across Senegal have discovered a clever way for children to surf the web even when there isn't any signal. They're using a special WIFI hotspot which works without an actual internet connection, so students and teachers can access all the relevant bits of the web, offline. Around the world, innovators are coming up with solutions like this - all designed to get children learning. We also hear from an entrepreneur revolutionising how science is taught in Ghana and a night school in Pakistan for children not in formal education. We look at innovative educational solutions in Senegal, Ghana and Pakistan. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. |
| Disaster Zone Innovators | 20231031 | 20231106 (WS) | In the midst of a crisis, sometimes the solution you need isn't obvious. Today we meet the inventors who found fascinating fixes amid the chaos and destruction of disasters. We visit the hospital that was painstakingly constructed inside a train, to treat Ukrainian civilians in a war zone. We follow a team in Fiji who have created a mobile workshop, designed to travel to remote villages after natural disasters and repair and make items on the spot. Finally we look at a medical robot that could soon treat injured people in places it's too dangerous for human rescuers to enter. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/Producer: Claire Bates Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Gareth Jones Editor: Penny Murphy Picture: University of Sheffield AMRC Hospital trains and robot medics Hospital trains and robot medics. |
| Fake Birds And Other Stories | 20231226 | 20240101 (WS) | This week we have a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023. We find out how scientists are using fake birds to help populations of seabirds to recover. By putting out model birds in restored habitats they trick the real ones into nesting there. Then we have the heartwarming tale of Theo – a man in his seventies - and Bickel the dog. We look at how dog sharing can deal with loneliness and bring improved health and happiness. And we uncover an innovative way of dealing with the scourge of Japanese knotweed - by turning it into paper. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producers: Richard Kenny, Zoe Gelber, Claire Bates Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Bridget Harney Sound mix: Hal Haines email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk (Image: Jessica Vagg with a tern decoy, BBC/Richard Kenny) This week a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Fighting Period Poverty | 20231121 | 20231127 (WS) | Millions of women around the world lack access to safe and hygienic menstrual products. But there are people trying to change that. We meet the British student who learned to sew in lockdown and started making reusable sanitary pads for refugees. She's helped distribute tens of thousands of pads and is now training refugee women in Lebanon how to make money by sewing the pads themselves. We hear about a design project inspired by tea cups which has created an efficient way of washing reusable pads. And in India we meet the woman who is challenging the stigma around periods with a comic book that's being read in thousands of schools around the country. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Lorna Acquah Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Annie Gardiner Editor: Richard Vadon email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Reya, a student in Beirut who is sewing period pads How hand-stitched pads are trying to make women's lives better How hand-stitched pads and a stigma-busting comic book are trying to make women's lives better. |
| Greener Ways To Feed The World | 20240326 | 20240331 (WS) 20240401 (WS) | Transforming the global food system is vital in the fight against climate change. Currently, food production accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the food system also fails to properly nourish billions of people worldwide. In this edition of PFTW, we're looking at high and low tech solutions to transform the ways we produce and consume food to make it greener and more equitable. In London, we visit a startup making cheese from genetically modified microbes rather than cattle, in a bid to make dairy production better for the planet. And in Philadelphia, we look at how planting fruit and nut trees in ‘food forests' is tackling hunger by providing access to healthy, nutritious food for low-income communities across the city. How lab-brewed dairy and urban food forests can tackle climate change and hunger Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| How Literacy Can Change A Life | 20240409 | 20240414/15 (WS) | Learning to read empowers people, reduces poverty and increases their job chances. Yet more than 700 miliion adults are illiterate, the majority of them women. We look at innovations to help adults learn how to read from flatpack classrooms in flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, to an app teaching tens of thousands in Somaliland. Plus how adults in the UK are improving their reading skills thanks to an army of volunteer teachers using a method developed in prison. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Claire Bates Series producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Tom Bigwood Sound mix: Andrew Mills (Image: Jahura Begum, Shabnur Akhter, Rashida Begum at Friendship class in Bangladesh, Friendship) How an app in Somaliland and moveable classrooms in Bangladesh help adults learn to read Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place How an app in Somaliland, moveable classrooms in Bangladesh and volunteer coaches in the UK are helping more adults learn to read Learning to read empowers people, reduces poverty and increases their job chances. Yet more than 700 miliion adults are illiterate, most of them women. Innovations to help adults learn how to read, from flatpack classrooms in flood-prone regions of Bangladesh, to an app teaching tens of thousands in Somaliland offline. Plus how adults in the UK are improving their reading skills thanks to an army of volunteer teachers using a method developed in prison. |
| How To Eat Plastic | 20231128 | 20231204 (WS) | Every year the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic – the same weight as all the humans on earth. Only a small proportion of this is recycled, and this isn't proper recycling but “downcycling ? – the new plastic is of a lower quality, meaning that almost all plastic eventually goes to waste. But now French company Carbios is using enzymes to break plastic down into its chemical building blocks – which can then be used to make high quality plastic again. So is plastic on the brink of becoming a resource like glass or aluminium, that you can keep on moulding and recycling again and again? The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution. |
| Improving The Health Of Our Oceans | 20240430 | Often described as underwater rainforests and the “lungs of the ocean”, kelp forests line as much as 25% of the world's coastlines. They provide important shelter and food for fish and other marine life, and are vital for our oceans' ecosystems. However kelp is under severe threat because of climate change, warming seas and overfishing. We look at projects aimed at stemming the decline of kelp including how scientists are growing it in a laboratory to be planted at sea as well as tackling a key cause of kelp degradation - sea urchins. We look at projects helping marine life along our shorelines Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place | |
| Kangaroo Care For Premature Babies | 20230404 | 20240429 (WS) 20240428 (WS) 20240423 (WS) | Premature babies often need a lot of expensive specialised care - but that isn't always available. So, doctors in Colombia are teaching mothers to look after their babies in a similar way that kangaroos look after their own young. It's called 'kangaroo mother care' and instead of being in an incubator, babies are wrapped tightly against their mother's skin. The technique was developed in Bogota in the late 1970s as a response to overcrowding in hospital maternity units. There weren't enough incubators and around 70% of premature babies didn't survive. Doctors started using this simple skin-to-skin method. They found it wasn't only saving babies but was also helping them to thrive. Now, kangaroo care has spread around the world. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Zoe Gelber Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: A baby in the kangaroo position The simple skin-to-skin approach saving newborn lives Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place Premature babies often need a lot of expensive specialised care - but that isn't always available. So, doctors in Colombia are teaching mothers to look after their babies in a similar way that kangaroos look after their own young. It's called 'kangaroo mother care' and instead of being in an incubator, babies are wrapped tightly against their mother's skin. The technique was developed in Bogota in the late 1970s as a response to overcrowding in hospital maternity units. There weren't enough incubators and around 70% of premature babies didn't survive. Doctors started using this simple skin-to-skin method. They found it wasn't only saving babies but was also helping them to thrive. Now, kangaroo care has spread around the world. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Zoe Gelber Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: A baby in the kangaroo position The simple skin-to-skin approach saving newborn lives Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place Premature babies often need a lot of expensive specialised care - but that isn't always available. So, doctors in Colombia are teaching mothers to look after their babies in a similar way that kangaroos look after their own young. It's called 'kangaroo mother care' and instead of being in an incubator, babies are wrapped tightly against their mother's skin. The technique was developed in Bogota in the late 1970s as a response to overcrowding in hospital maternity units. There weren't enough incubators and around 70% of premature babies didn't survive. Doctors started using this simple skin-to-skin method. They found it wasn't only saving babies but was also helping them to thrive. Now, kangaroo care has spread around the world. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Zoe Gelber Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: A baby in the kangaroo position The simple skin-to-skin approach saving newborn lives Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Keeping The Amazon Standing | 20240130 | 20240205 (WS) | The Amazon is the largest forest in the world, spread across nine countries in South America and home to 47 million people. It's crucial for the planet's biodiversity and in the fight against climate change. But vast numbers of trees have been cut down for logging, construction, mining and farming. On this edition of People Fixing The World we meet those who are making a living from the Amazon while keeping the trees standing - through rubber tapping and fruit picking - as well as big companies looking to make more of the fruits, nuts and other natural products. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Julia Carneiro Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Bridget Harney Sound mix: Andrew Mills (Image: Brazilian entrepreneur Francisco Samonek, BBC/Julia Carneiro) Making a living from the Amazon without cutting down trees Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. |
| Magic Mushrooms And Mental Health | 20240319 | 20240325 (WS) | Could psychedelic drugs help in the treatment of mental health conditions? We look at pioneering research into psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms. We visit a clinic in Oregon, the only state in America where the use of psilocybin in therapeutic sessions is legal, and hear from one patient who says it's the only treatment she's ever had that makes a difference to her depression. And we hear about some of the widespread concerns that widening access to such drugs could have. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Ben Wyatt Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Sam Bonham Sound mix: Annie Gardiner (Image: Creative image of an Hallucinogenic mushroom, Getty Images) Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. |
| Making Landfill Less Awful | 20231219 | 20231225 (WS) | Landfill sites are an icon of our wasteful society and the harm we cause to planet earth. But around the world, people are trying to make these filthy places a little bit better. We visit the human-built island in Singapore made of burned waste that has become a thriving ecosystem. In France, we hear how gas leaking from landfill sites is being collected as a source of energy. And in India, we look at a project trying to improve the lives of people who scavenge on open rubbish dumps. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. And in France, we hear how gas leaking from landfill sites is being collected as a source of energy. The people trying to improve this icon of our wasteful culture Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Claire Bowes Singapore reporter:Tessa Wong Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Bridget Harney Sound mix: Annie Gardiner email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk (Image: Semakau island, Singapore National Environment Agency) Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Making Life Easier For Older People | 20240220 | 20240226 (WS) | Barcelona in Spain is famous for its beautiful streets, lined with tall apartment buildings. But the architecture is a problem for many people who have lived for years in upstairs apartments but who now find the stairs unmanageable. In 2008, a survey found that in one district there were 300 people who could not leave their homes alone. A group of volunteers decided to do something about this and got hold of a special wheelchair with caterpillar tracks, so it can be used to take people up and down stairs. After an initial pilot scheme they launched a local service called “Let's Go Down to the Street ?, to help elderly residents go shopping or meet up with friends. Sixteen years on, the service is offered across the city. Esperanza Escribano joins the volunteers to find out more. Plus, we visit a home for senior citizens in an unlikely location: a university campus. The Mirabella complex at Arizona State University in the US offers its residents the chance to sample the college lifestyle – from lectures to shows and sports fixtures. We're in the US and Spain to look at how life can be improved for ageing populations. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Making Luxury Fashion Sustainable | 20240416 | 20240421/22 (WS) | Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place. A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them. Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible. |
| Overcoming Stigma | 20240213 | 20240219 (WS) | On this edition of People Fixing The World we meet people who've helped overcome long-standing cultural biases to create better outcomes for everyone. In India we hear about the social media campaigns which have helped city dwellers in Bengaluru see those who pick waste from rubbish dumps not as dangerous and dirty but as invaluable recyclers. In Nigeria we meet a traditional healer and a health worker who are collaborating to help improve the treatment of psychosis and break down some of the unhelpful attitudes towards severe mental health problems. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Makuochi Okafor, Claire Bowes Series producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Penny Murphy Sound Mix: Andrew Mills The communities in Nigeria and India changing mindsets. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| Rewilding Earth | 20240206 | 20240212 (WS) | From beavers in the UK to bison in Romania and jaguars in Argentina, ecologists around the world are reintroducing animals that once flourished in particular areas. The theory is, if done correctly, they can boost biodiversity and restore ecosystems with benefits ranging from reducing forest fires to tackling invasive species. But the strategy is controversial. Opponents say some species are no longer suited to certain areas and cause conflict with farmers, adding there is little evidence it works. Proponents admit some well-meaning projects haven't worked in the past, but insist properly planned rewilding, which has involved all the stakeholders from the start, can be very successful. We take a close look. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Claire Bates Series producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Penny Murphy Sound mix: Gareth Jones (Image: Beaver in enclosure in West London, Getty Images) How beavers, bison and jaguars may help rebalance ecosystems Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place How reintroducing beavers to the UK, bison to Romania and jaguars to Argentina may benefit ecosystems An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. |
| Sea Cucumbers Fixing The World | 20230214 | 20231024 (WS) 20231030 (WS) | Meet the oceans' unsung hero - the humble sea cucumber. An animal in the same family as starfish that looks like a lumpy sausage and lives on the ocean floor could help with some of the impact of global warming, pollution from fish farms and damage from the fishing industry that are threatening some of the oceans most important ecosystems. We meet the Australian researchers using drones to count the cucumbers to understand how their poo is helping coral reefs. And in Madagascar, we speak to the local communities which are learning to sustainably farm the creature, protecting the seas and increasing their income along the way. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer/Reporter: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Annie Gardiner Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk (Image: Sea cucumbers. Credit: Getty Images) How the humble sea cucumber and its poo is helping coral reefs How the humble sea cucumber and its poo is helping coral reefs. |
| Sharing The River | 20231114 | 20231120 (WS) | In the farming community of Los Negros in rural Bolivia, the river is their life and livelihood. So when that river started to dry up, it made life very hard. They blamed the villages upstream for not looking after their precious water. This conflict could have turned ugly. But with the support of a local charity, what came out of it instead was a ground-breaking agreement. After years of negotiations, the town at the bottom of the river agreed to support the communities upstream to protect their forests and keep the river healthy. The idea is now the blueprint for water sharing agreements between communities across the continent. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Jane Chambers Producer: Bob Howard Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Hal Haines Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Senor Rogelio Valverde sits by his water source How two communities in Bolivia learned to work together to protect their water How two communities in Bolivia learned to work together to protect their water. |
| Speaking Up At Work | 20240312 | 20240318 (WS) | Whistleblowers - they're the good guys right? The ones who speak truth to power and have films made about the heroic stands they took? Sometimes. Often the people who speak up in the workplace are ignored or shut down. Worse still they're often bullied or harassed or end up losing their jobs. They're the ones you never hear about. This week we hear about two projects that are encouraging people to speak up about wrongdoing at work and how they're improving people's work environment, saving time, money and even saving lives. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Claire Bowes Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Penny Murphy Sound Mix: Annie Gardiner (Image: Hear Me play performed in front of Australian medical staff, Hear Me) We look at how to raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place This week on People Fixing the World, we're looking at wrongdoing at work and how to speak up about it. We'll hear about two projects using drama and art to encourage employers to create a better environment for whistleblowing to save money, heartache and even lives. How to raise concerns about wrongdoing at work. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. |
| Stopping Suicide | 20231017 | 20231023 (WS) | More than 400 people in Ireland took their own lives in 2022. In Limerick, helicopters are often heard flying above the city in search of missing people in the River Shannon. But in response to this tragic situation, a group has sprung up to patrol the Shannon in the evenings to speak with people who are feeling desperate. Katie Flannery joins them on a Saturday night to see how they work and to hear their stories. We also hear about a law that is under consideration in several US states, which would allow people with mental health problems to voluntarily put themselves on a do-not-sell list for firearms. This programme contains discussion of suicide and suicide attempts. If you feel affected by this topic, you can speak to someone who can help. Go to befrienders.org to find a crisis phone line where you live. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter: Katie Flannery Producer: William Kremer Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Gareth Jones Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Limerick Suicide Watch How volunteers are helping people in crisis in Limerick, Ireland How volunteers are helping people in crisis in Limerick, Ireland. |
| The Country Tackling Loneliness | 20231212 | 20231218 (WS) | Loneliness affects millions of people around the world – and has a significant impact on your mental and physical health. In the Netherlands, they are taking the problem seriously, with a number of projects trying to bring people together and build connections. We meet the people behind a dog-sharing scheme that's providing much needed companionship, and a project teaching vital social skills to teenagers. Plus, we visit a soup-making session that's bringing the generations together. An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems. Loneliness affects millions of people around the world and can have a significant impact on our mental and physical health. In the Netherlands, they are taking the problem seriously, with a national coalition of organisations all trying to bring people together and build connections. We visit a youth club teaching teenagers how to overcome shyness and social anxiety. Plus, we drop in on a soup-making session that's bringing the generations together, and breaking down stereotypes. Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: Claire Bates Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Bridget Harney Sound mix: Gareth Jones email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk (Image:Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at Oma's Soup) How the Netherlands is making a serious attempt to tackle something we can all feel How the Netherlands is making a serious attempt to tackle something we can all feel at times in our lives (Image: Queen Maxima of the Netherlands at Oma's Soup, Getty Images) Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| The Plastic Eaters | 20231128 | 20231204 (WS) | Every year the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic – the same weight as all the humans on earth. Only a small proportion of this is recycled, and this isn't proper recycling but “downcycling ? – the new plastic is of a lower quality, meaning that almost all plastic eventually goes to waste. But now French company Carbios is using enzymes to break plastic down into its chemical building blocks – which can then be used to make high quality plastic again. So is plastic on the brink of becoming a resource like glass or aluminium, that you can keep on moulding and recycling again and again? Presenter: Myra Anubi Reporter/producer: William Kremer Series producer: Jon Bithrey Sound mix: Gareth Jones Editor: Penny Murphy email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Carbios scientist holds pieces of plastic, BBC The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place |
| The Power Of Music | 20240402 | 20240407/08 (WS) | We all know about the power of music to change our mood or to make us move. But an increasing body of evidence is showing that music has an amazing ability to help us heal. In this programme we are going to meet people working at the cutting edge of music therapy. We find out about the innovative system that uses music to help people with dementia live at home for longer. We will see how using songs and rhythms is helping people with Parkinson's move more freely. And in a refugee camp in Uganda we meet the teachers using music to bring people together and overcome trauma. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer/Reporter: Richard Kenny Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Mix: Frank McWeeny Picture: Salam Music Program in Bidibidi, Uganda Innovative ways that music can ease pain and bring people together. Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place How music can help us to heal |
| Training Heroin Users To Save Their Friends | 20231107 | 20231113 (WS) | Heroin users in Scotland are being trained to spot when someone is about to overdose and to step in and help. The training – which includes lessons on how to use the antidote naloxone - is often led by people who have themselves been addicts. Taxi drivers and police officers are also being trained, and naloxone being widely distributed, as part of a push to save as many lives as possible. Reporter Craig Langran investigates whether the approach is working. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer: Craig Langran Series producer: Tom Colls Sound mix: Annie Gardiner and Hal Haines Editor: Penny Murphy Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk Image: Wez, who trains heroin users how to administer naloxone How drug users in Glasgow are being trained to treat people who have overdosed How drug users in Glasgow are being trained to treat people who have overdosed. |