00:21a letter from the shore of lake victoria to the world leaders we write to you not from podiums
00:27but from a shoreline where four small homes watch the water where fishermen still read the wind
00:35where a grandmother once cooked motoki over three stones and now cooks it in a kitchen that looks at
00:40the same lake we write to you from lake victoria because this lake remembers it remembers when
00:47the papyrus was thick enough to hide a canoe it remembers when the rain came on time it remembers
00:54when the night was dark enough for stars to reflect now the water comes too fast or not at all
01:00now the
01:01sun stays too long now the fish move deeper where nets cannot reach leaders you meet in rooms with
01:10cold air and closed glass we meet in rooms with open glass and lake air both rooms make decisions about
01:17the same sky we are not asking you to save the earth the earth was here before us we are
01:24asking
01:25you to keep your promise to keep it livable do not call it a future crisis it is a present
01:31address
01:33it lives at nyanza at turkana at the edge of the mara where acacia no longer holds the soil
01:39it lives in kampala traffic when the rain floods the road in 10 minutes
01:44it lives in a child's cough when the stove smoke has nowhere to go so we ask plainly and poetically
01:51let the money move like water should let it move fast when the village is drowning
01:57let it move slow and deep when the roots need it fund the solar that lives on a tin roof
02:03not only the
02:04solar that lives in a report fund the e-bike that carries medicine not only the electric car that carries
02:10a headline fund the safe space where a girl learns to speak because a girl who can speak will plant
02:16a
02:16tree and defend it let the laws breathe like lake victoria breathes morning in evening out inhale the
02:24carbon exhale the forest protect the conservancy not only the park protect the smallholder not only the
02:32shareholder a law that protects a multinational but not a fisherman is a net with a hole too big
02:40let your promises have a body after mahali msuri the bush plane lands on lake victoria
02:47on the airstrip for black armored k7x suvs with red bows and behind them for white villas with wood trim
02:54and big glass looking at the lake a gift from the u.s partner not for the project for the
03:00people
03:01one k7x and one fully furnished home for elvis nomada jaja and lena titles in their names no meetings
03:11no rollout charts just boxes keys and a lake four homes four k7x one shoreline
03:23one family learning how to live in a place built from listening morning on the lake for white villas
03:30with wood trim and big glass looking at victoria for black k7x with faceted armor trunks wide open
03:36boxes everywhere elvis this box is heavy books from the office namada that one says kitchen careful
03:46plates inside jaja mine says chicken let me check ah my cooking pots lena look at this light moving in
03:56with a view like this feels unreal inside glass doors open to the lake linen sofa wood table african
04:04art going up namada hold that corner a little higher elvis like that now the art catches the lake light
04:14jaja in my old place art was smoke marks here art has a frame lena and the lake is part
04:22of the
04:22decoration free every hour different marble island brass lights steam rising first meal in the new
04:30kitchen jaja first fire in this kitchen has to be motoki that is the rule namada i peel you stir
04:41like we always do in the villages lena show me how you know when it is ready jaja you listen
04:48when it
04:49stops complaining it is ready elvis smell that lake air and motoki now this is home executive produced by
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05:24hashtag creations digitally present master bedroom white sheets huge window lake victoria and ak7x parked
05:34outside in golden light elvis remember sleeping on a mat on the floor namada now we make a bed and
05:41see the
05:42the whole lake while we do it elvis should we ever get used to this view namada never let's promise
05:50to
05:50never get used to it a body that can be measured and installed batteries not announced batteries entitled
05:58homes for frontline families not pledged homes in 1000 villages with power not 1000 words about power
06:06we from these four homes on this lake have learned one thing from moving in a house is not walls
06:13a house is people who decide to stay and take care the planet is not a project it is a
06:20home we have
06:20already moved into you hold keys we cannot hold keys to grids to treaties to banks to fleets
06:29use them open the trunks unpack the tools turn the lights on and let the reflection be visible from space
06:39we will keep cooking motoki we will keep hanging art that catches lake light
06:44we will keep teaching youth to fix a solar panel and to listen before they speak
06:50you leaders keep the lake at a level where our grandchildren can still have tea on a balcony
06:55and see their own light reflected back from the shore of lake victoria where four k7x are parked but
07:03the lake is still the oldest road where four homes glow but the stars are still the oldest lamp come
07:09home
07:11outside the villas an elder pours milk at the doorway community gathered k7x lined one per home palm tree
07:19swaying musai elder milk for peace beads for protection jaja and a chicken feather for plenty
07:27may eggs never finish in this house nameta thank you z we want this home to welcome everyone elvis
07:36a home built from listening may it keep listening office with lakeview map of 1000 villages on the wall
07:44whiteboard with plans k7x keys on the desk nameta green pins are done yellow pins are next lena so this
07:55corner becomes hq for the whole rollout elvis headquarters with a lake view not bad jaja my office used to
08:03be
08:03under a mango tree this one has wi-fi and a chair that spins garage side k7x faceted armor next
08:12to cargo
08:12e-bikes tools on the wall solar batteries elvis k7x for far roads e-bike for village paths both live
08:21here now nameta you organized tools like a shop elvis i dreamed of a place where tools don't get stolen
08:29by rain jaja my old garage was a chicken coop this one has lights second floor balcony glass railing
08:39tea steaming sunset over victoria k7x below lena i could get used to tea here every evening
08:48nameta you said you would leave after the project still thinking that lena i came for three months
08:55victoria might keep me longer elvis the lake has a way of doing that
09:01long table set between the four villas on the shore string lights k7x headlights on community maasai
09:09youth kids all eating together elvis we started with boxes this morning now we feed a village
09:17jaja my motoki fed 100 my new record nameta this table connects our four homes one family
09:24lena to homes that open doors not close them night for villas glowing reflections on the channel
09:33for k7x parked front stars out elvis nameta jaja lena waving from lit windows
09:41elvis look our lights on the water nameta i never had a light that stayed on all night without kerosene
09:49jaja in my hut fire went out here light stays lake keeps it lena good night lake see you in
09:57the
09:57morning with coffee all good night homes good night k7x good night victoria
10:19k7x good night
