Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Berina Basic Reviewer: Jelena Gugic

This is where I live. I live in Kenya,

Ovo je gdje ja živim. Živim u Keniji,

at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park.

u južnim dijelovima Nacionalnog parka Nairobi.

Those are my dad's cows at the back,

Iza su krave mog oca,

and behind the cows,

a iza krava,

that's the Nairobi National Park.

to je Nacionalni park Nairobi.

Nairobi National Park is not fenced in the south widely,

Nacionalni park Nairobi nije ograđen širom jednog dijela na jugu,

which means wild animals like zebras

što znači da divlje životinje poput zebri

migrate out of the park freely.

slobodno mogu izaći iz parka.

So predators like lions follow them,

Grabežjivci poput lavova prate ih,

and this is what they do.

i evo šta rade.

They kill our livestock.

Ubijaju našu stoku.

This is one of the cows which was killed at night,

Ovo je jedna od krava koja je ubijena u noći,

and I just woke up in the morning and I found it dead,

i kad sam se probudio ujutru i našao je mrtvu,

and I felt so bad,

osjećao sam se loše,

because it was the only bull we had.

jer je to bio jedini vol kojeg smo imali.

My community, the Maasai, we believe that

Moja zajednica, Maasai, mi vjerujemo da

we came from heaven with all our animals and all the land

smo stigli iz raja sa svim našim životinjama i svom našom zemljom,

for herding them, and that's why we value them so much.

da bi ih uzgajali, i upravo zbog toga ih jako cijenimo.

So I grew up hating lions so much.

Zato sam odrastao mrzeći lavove toliko.

The morans are the warriors

Morani su ratnici,

who protect our community and the livestock,

koji štite svoju zajednicu i stoku,

and they're also upset about this problem.

i oni su također uznemireni zbog ovog problema.

So they kill the lions.

Zato ubijaju lavove.

It's one of the six lions which were killed in Nairobi.

Ovo je jedan od šest lavova koji su ubijeni u Nairobiju.

And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park lions are few.

Mislim da zbog toga ima jako malo lavova u Nacionalnom parku Nairobi.

So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community

Dječak, od šest do devet godina, u mojoj zajednici,

is responsible for his dad's cows,

odgovoran je za krave svog oca,

and that's the same thing which happened to me.

i isto se desilo i meni.

So I had to find a way of solving this problem.

Zbog toga sam morao pronaći način da riješim ovaj problem.

And the first idea I got was to use fire,

Prva ideja koju sam imao bila je da upotrijebim vatru,

because I thought lions were scared of fire.

zato što sam mislio da se lavovi boje vatre.

But I came to realize that that didn't really help,

Ali ubrzo sam shvatio da to neće puno pomoći,

because it was even helping the lions

zato što je to čak pomagalo lavovima

to see through the cowshed.

da vide kroz staje.

So I didn't give up. I continued.

Nisam odustajao. Nastavio sam.

And a second idea I got was

Sljedeća ideja koju sam imao

to use a scarecrow.

jeste da upotrijebim strašilo.

I was trying to trick the lions

Pokušao sam da prevarim lavove

[into thinking] that I was standing near the cowshed.

kao da ja stojim blizu staje.

But lions are very clever. (Laughter)

Ali lavovi su vrlo pametni. (smijeh)

They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back,

Doći će prvog dana i vidjet će strašilo, i otići će,

but the second day, they'll come and they say,

ali drugog dana, vratit će se opet i reći će da

this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter)

se ova stvar ne miče odavde, uvijek je tu. (Smijeh)

So he jumps in and kills the animals.

Tada skoči i ubije životinje.

So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch,

Jedne noći, šetao sam oko staje s bakljom,

and that day, the lions didn't come.

i tog dana, lavovi nisu došli.

And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light.

Otkrio sam da se lavovi plaše pokretnog svjetla.

So I had an idea.

I nadošao sam na ideju.

Since I was a small boy,

S obzirom da sam bio mali dječak,

I used to work in my room for the whole day,

imao sam običaj da radim u svojoj sobi po cio dan,

and I even took apart my mom's new radio,

i jednom sam čak razmontirao mamin novi radio,

and that day she almost killed me,

i tog dana samo što me nije ubila,

but I learned a lot about electronics. (Laughter)

ali sam mnogo naučio o elektronici. (Smijeh)

So I got an old car battery,

Nabavio sam staru automobilsku bateriju,

an indicator box. It's a small device found in a motorcycle,

indikatorsku kutiju. To je malena naprava koja se može naći u motorciklima,

and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks.

i pomaže motoristima ukoliko žele da se vrate unazad desno ili lijevo. Svjetluca.

And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off.

Dobio sam prekidač na kojem svijetlo mogu paliti i gasiti.

And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight.

I to je malena baklja iz razbijene svjetiljke.

So I set up everything.

Tako sam namjestio sve.

As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,

Kao što vidite, solarni panel puni bateriju,

and the battery supplies the power

i baterija isporučuje energiju

to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.

u malu indikatorsku kutiju. Ja to zovem transformator.

And the indicator box makes the lights flash.

Indikatorska kutija čini da svijetlo bljeska.

As you can see, the bulbs face outside,

Kao što vidite, žarulja su okrenute prema van,

because that's where the lions come from.

zato što odatle dolaze lavovi.

And that's how it looks to lions when they come at night.

I tako to izgleda lavovima kada dolaze u noći.

The lights flash and trick

Svijetlo treperi i vara

the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed,

lavove da misle kako se krećem oko staje,

but I was sleeping in my bed.

ali ja spavam u svom krevetu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thanks.

Hvala.

So I set it up in my home two years ago,

Namjestio sam to u svom domu prije dvije godine,

and since then, we have never experienced any problem with lions.

i od tada, nismo imali nikakvih problema s lavovima.

And my neighboring homes heard about this idea.

I moje komšije su čule za ovu ideju.

One of them was this grandmother.

Jedna od njih bila je ova baka.

She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions,

Veliki broj njenih životinja pobili su lavovi,

and she asked me if I could put the lights for her.

i pitala me da li mogu za nju da postavim svijetla.

And I said, "Yes."

Rekao sam: "Da".

So I put the lights. You can see at the back, those are the lion lights.

Postavio sam svijetla. Kao što vidite u pozadini, to su svijetla za lavove.

Since now, I've set up seven homes around my community,

Do sada, postavio sam ih na sedam kuća unutar moje zajednice,

and they're really working.

i zaista rade.

And my idea is also being used now all over Kenya

Moja ideja sada se koristi u cijeloj Keniji

for scaring other predators like hyenas, leopards,

kako bi se otjerali drugi grabljivci poput hijena, leoparda,

and it's also being used

i također se koristi

to scare elephants away from people's farms.

kako bi se otjerali slonovi što dalje od farmi.

Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship

Zahvaljujući ovom izumu, imao sam sreću da dobijem stipendiju

in one of the best schools in Kenya,

u jednoj od najboljih škola u Keniji,

Brookhouse International School,

Međunarodnoj školi Brookhouse

and I'm really excited about this.

i zaista sam uzbuđen zbog toga.

My new school now is coming in and helping

Moja nova škola sada pomaže

by fundraising and creating an awareness.

pri prikupljanju sredstava i stvaranju svijesti.

I even took my friends back to my community,

Čak sam odveo svoje prijatelje u svoju zajednicu,

and we're installing the lights to the homes

i postavljamo svijetla na kuće

which don't have [any], and I'm teaching them how to put them.

koje ga nemaju nikako, i učim ih kako da ga postave.

So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savanna grassland

Prije godinu dana, bio sam tek dječak iz savane

herding my father's cows,

koji je uzgajao očeve krave,

and I used to see planes flying over,

i obično sam posmatrao kako avioni lete preko,

and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside.

i rekao sam samome sebi da ću jednog dana ja biti u njemu,

And here I am today.

i evo me danas.

I got a chance to come by plane for my first time for TED.

Dobio sam priliku da stignem avionom po prvi put na TED.

So my big dream is to become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up.

Moj veliki san kad odrastem jeste da postanem inženjer zrakoplovstva i pilot .

I used to hate lions, but now because my invention

Imao sam običaj da mrzim lavove, ali danas zato što moj izum

is saving my father's cows and the lions,

spašava očeve krave i lavove,

we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict.

u stanju smo biti pokraj lavova bez ikakvih sukoba.

Ashê olên. It means in my language, thank you very much.

Ashe olen. Na mom jeziku to znači hvala vam mnogo.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Chris Anderson: You have no idea how exciting it is

Chris Anderson: "Nemaš pojma kako je uzbudljivo

to hear a story like yours.

čuti priču poput tvoje.

So you got this scholarship.Richard Turere: Yep.

Znači dobio si stipendiju." Richard Turere: "Da."

CA: You're working on other electrical inventions.

CA: "Radiš na nekim drugim elektronskim izumima.

What's the next one on your list?

Šta je sljedeće na tvojoj listi?"

RT: My next invention is,

RT: "Moj sljedeći izum je...

I want to make an electric fence.CA: Electric fence?

želim da napravim električnu ogradu." CA: "Električnu ogradu?"

RT: But I know electric fences are already invented,

RT: "Ali znam da su električne ograde već izumljene ,

but I want to make mine.

ali ja želim da napravim svoju."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

CA: You already tried it once, right, and you --RT: I tried it before,

CA: "Već si pokušao jednom, zar ne, i ti..." RT: "Pokušao sam već ranije,

but I stopped because it gave me a shock. (Laughter)

ali sam prekinuo jer me udarila struja." (Smijeh)

CA: In the trenches. Richard Turere, you are something else.

CA: "U rovovima. Richard Turere, ti si zaista nešto.

We're going to cheer you on every step of the way, my friend.

Bodrit ćemo te na svakom koraku, moj prijatelju.

Thank you so much.RT: Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala ti puno." RT: "Hvala." (Aplauz)