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Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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.

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People Fixing The World: Micro-homes and sobercoins

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Micro-homes and sobercoins

27/12/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Micro-homes and sobercoins

The tiny houses helping homeless people to get off the streets

The tiny houses helping homeless people to get off the streets plus the coins that reward people for being sober - with a drink.

A charity in the UK is building temporary wooden homes with just three small rooms.

The idea is to give people who’ve been sleeping rough or living in hostels a step on to the housing ladder. 

We visit some of these ‘micro-homes’ in England and hear about a community of ‘tiny homes’ in Los Angeles.

Plus, we visit a project in Belgium that’s trying to persuade young people to drink alcohol in moderation.

They've created ‘sobercoins’ which party-goers are given if they turn up at events sober – which they can then use to buy alcoholic drinks.

Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter/producers: Caroline Bayley and Richard Kenny
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound mix: Hal Haines
Editor: Penny Murphy

Email: peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk

Image: Eamonn and his micro-home

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