Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

Translator: Morten Kelder Skouboe Reviewer: Jonas Tholstrup Christensen

I'd like to take you to another world.

Jeg vil gerne tage jer til en anden verden.

And I'd like to share

Og jeg vil gerne dele

a 45 year-old love story

en 45 år gammel kærlighedshistorie

with the poor,

med de fattige,

living on less than one dollar a day.

der overlever på mindre end en dollar om dagen.

I went to a very elitist, snobbish,

Jeg gik på en meget elitær, snobbet,

expensive education in India,

dyr uddannelse i Indien,

and that almost destroyed me.

og den ødelagde mig næsten.

I was all set

Jeg var helt klar

to be a diplomat, teacher, doctor --

til at blive en diplomat, lærer, læge --

all laid out.

alt lå klart.

Then, I don't look it, but I was the Indian national squash champion

Desuden, jeg ser ikke sådan ud, men jeg var Indiens bedste squashspiller

for three years.

i tre år.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

The whole world was laid out for me.

Hele verden lå for mig.

Everything was at my feet.

Alt var for mine fødder.

I could do nothing wrong.

Jeg kunne ikke gøre noget forkert.

And then I thought out of curiosity

Og så tænkte jeg af nysgerrighed,

I'd like to go and live and work

jeg kunne tænke mig at leve og arbejde

and just see what a village is like.

og bare se, hvordan en landsby er.

So in 1965,

Så i 1965

I went to what was called the worst Bihar famine in India,

tog jeg til det, der blev kaldt værste hungersnød i Bihar i Indien

and I saw starvation, death,

og jeg så sult, død,

people dying of hunger, for the first time.

folk, der døde af sult, for første gang.

It changed my life.

Det forandrede mit liv.

I came back home,

Jeg kom hjem,

told my mother,

fortalte min mor,

"I'd like to live and work in a village."

"Jeg vil gerne leve og arbejde i en landsby."

Mother went into a coma.

Mor gik i koma.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

"What is this?

"Hvad betyder det?

The whole world is laid out for you, the best jobs are laid out for you,

Verden ligger foran dig, de bedste jobs ligger foran dig,

and you want to go and work in a village?

og du vil gerne arbejde i en landsby?

I mean, is there something wrong with you?"

Jeg mener, er der noget galt med dig?"

I said, "No, I've got the best eduction.

Jeg sagde, "Nej, jeg fik den bedste uddannelse.

It made me think.

Den fik mig til at tænke.

And I wanted to give something back

Og jeg ville give noget tilbage

in my own way."

på min egen måde."

"What do you want to do in a village?

"Hvad vil du lave i en landsby?

No job, no money,

Intet arbejde, ingen penge,

no security, no prospect."

ingen sikkerhed, ingen udsigter."

I said, "I want to live

Jeg sagde, "Jeg vil leve

and dig wells for five years."

og grave brønde i fem år."

"Dig wells for five years?

"Grave brønde i fem år?

You went to the most expensive school and college in India,

Du gik på den dyreste skole og universitet i Indien,

and you want to dig wells for five years?"

og du vil grave brønde i fem år?"

She didn't speak to me for a very long time,

Hun talte ikke til mig i meget lang tid,

because she thought I'd let my family down.

fordi hun syntes, jeg havde skuffet min familie.

But then,

Men så

I was exposed to the most extraordinary knowledge and skills

blev jeg vist den mest usædvanlige viden og evner,

that very poor people have,

som meget fattige folk har,

which are never brought into the mainstream --

der aldrig bliver trukket frem i mainstream --

which is never identified, respected,

som aldrig bliver identificeret, respekteret,

applied on a large scale.

sat i en større sammenhæng.

And I thought I'd start a Barefoot College --

Og jeg tænkte, jeg ville starte et Barfodsuniversitet --

college only for the poor.

universitet kun for de fattige.

What the poor thought was important

Det, de fattige anså for vigtigt,

would be reflected in the college.

skulle reflekteres i universitetet.

I went to this village for the first time.

Jeg tog hen til den her landsby for første gang.

Elders came to me

De ældre kom til mig

and said, "Are you running from the police?"

og sagde, "Er du på flugt fra politiet?"

I said, "No."

Jeg sagde, "Nej."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

"You failed in your exam?"

"Dumpede du din eksamen?"

I said, "No."

Jeg sagde, "Nej."

"You didn't get a government job?" I said, "No."

"Fik du ikke et regeringsjob?" Jeg sagde, "Nej."

"What are you doing here?

"Hvad laver du her?

Why are you here?

Hvorfor er du her?

The education system in India

Uddannelsessystemet i Indien

makes you look at Paris and New Delhi and Zurich;

får dig til at se på Paris og New Delhi og Zürich;

what are you doing in this village?

hvad laver du i denne landsby?

Is there something wrong with you you're not telling us?"

Er der noget galt med dig, du ikke fortæller os?"

I said, "No, I want to actually start a college

Jeg sagde, "Nej, jeg vil faktisk gerne starte et universitet

only for the poor.

kun for de fattige.

What the poor thought was important would be reflected in the college."

Det, de fattige anså for vigtigt, skulle reflekteres i universitetet."

So the elders gave me some very sound and profound advice.

Så gav de ældre mig et meget klogt og dybt råd.

They said, "Please,

De sagde, "Vær venlig

don't bring anyone with a degree and qualification

ikke at tage nogen med en grad eller kvalifikation

into your college."

ind i dit universitet."

So it's the only college in India

Så det er det eneste universitet i Indien,

where, if you should have a Ph.D. or a Master's,

hvor, hvis du skulle have en Ph.D. eller en kandidat,

you are disqualified to come.

er du diskvalificeret til at komme.

You have to be a cop-out or a wash-out or a dropout

Man er nødt til at være en fiasko eller dumpet eller droppet ud

to come to our college.

for at komme til vores universitet.

You have to work with your hands.

Man er nødt til at arbejde med sine hænder.

You have to have a dignity of labor.

Man er nødt til at kunne arbejde.

You have to show that you have a skill that you can offer to the community

Man er nødt til at vise, at man har en evne, som man kan tilbyde samfundet

and provide a service to the community.

og yde en tjeneste for samfundet.

So we started the Barefoot College,

Så vi startede Barfodsuniversitetet,

and we redefined professionalism.

og vi omdefinerede professionalisme.

Who is a professional?

Hvem er professionel?

A professional is someone

En professionel er en,

who has a combination of competence,

der har en kombination af kompetence,

confidence and belief.

selvtillid og tro.

A water diviner is a professional.

En vandfinder er en professionel.

A traditional midwife

En traditionel jordemor

is a professional.

er en professionel.

A traditional bone setter is a professional.

En traditionel kurvesætter er en professionel.

These are professionals all over the world.

Der er professionelle over hele verden.

You find them in any inaccessible village around the world.

Man finder dem i enhver utilgængelig landsby verden over.

And we thought that these people should come into the mainstream

Og vi syntes, at disse folk skulle komme ind i mainstream

and show that the knowledge and skills that they have

og vise, at den viden og de evner, som de har,

is universal.

er universelle.

It needs to be used, needs to be applied,

De skal bruges, skal udnyttes,

needs to be shown to the world outside --

skal vises for verden udenfor --

that these knowledge and skills

at denne viden og disse evner

are relevant even today.

er relevante selv i dag.

So the college works

Så universitetet fungerer

following the lifestyle and workstyle of Mahatma Gandhi.

efter Mahatma Gandhis livsstil og arbejdsstil.

You eat on the floor, you sleep on the floor, you work on the floor.

Man spiser gulvet, man sover på gulvet, man arbejder på gulvet.

There are no contracts, no written contracts.

Der er ingen kontrakter, ingen skrevne kontrakter.

You can stay with me for 20 years, go tomorrow.

Man kan hos mig i 20 år, forlade mig i morgen.

And no one can get more than $100 a month.

Og ingen kan tjene mere end $100 om måneden.

You come for the money, you don't come to Barefoot College.

Hvis man kommer for pengenes skyld, kommer man ikke til Barfodsuniversitetet.

You come for the work and the challenge,

Hvis man kommer for arbejdet og udfordringen,

you'll come to the Barefoot College.

kommer man til Barfodsuniversitetet.

That is where we want you to try crazy ideas.

Det er der, vi vil have en til at prøve og skabe idéerne.

Whatever idea you have, come and try it.

Uanset hvilken idé man skulle have, kom og afprøv den.

It doesn't matter if you fail.

Det betyder ikke noget om man fejler.

Battered, bruised, you start again.

Medtaget, skrammet, man prøver forfra.

It's the only college where the teacher is the learner

Det er det eneste universitet, hvor læreren er eleven,

and the learner is the teacher.

og eleven er læreren.

And it's the only college where we don't give a certificate.

Og det er det eneste universitet, hvor vi ikke uddeler beviser.

You are certified by the community you serve.

Man bliver certificeret af samfundet, man tjener.

You don't need a paper to hang on the wall

Man behøver ikke et papir til at hænge på væggen

to show that you are an engineer.

for at vise, at man er en ingeniør.

So when I said that,

Så da jeg sagde det,

they said, "Well show us what is possible. What are you doing?

sagde de, "Nå, vis os, hvad der er muligt. Hvad laver du?

This is all mumbo-jumbo if you can't show it on the ground."

Dette er alt sammen snik-snak, hvis du ikke kan vise det i praksis."

So we built the first Barefoot College

Så vi byggede det første Barfodsuniversitet

in 1986.

i 1986.

It was built by 12 Barefoot architects

Det blev bygget af 12 Barfods-arkitekter,

who can't read and write,

der ikke kan læse og skrive,

built on $1.50 a sq. ft.

bygget for $1,50 pr. kvadratfor.

150 people lived there, worked there.

150 personer boede der, arbejdede der.

They got the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2002.

De fik Aga Khan Prisen i Arkitektur i 2002.

But then they suspected, they thought there was an architect behind it.

Men så fik de mistanke om, at der var en arkitekt bag det hele.

I said, "Yes, they made the blueprints,

Jeg sagde, "Ja, de lavede tegningerne,

but the Barefoot architects actually constructed the college."

men Barfods-arkitekterne byggede selve universitetet."

We are the only ones who actually returned the award for $50,000,

Vi er de eneste, der rent faktisk tilbageleverede prisen for $50.000,

because they didn't believe us,

fordi de ikke troede på os,

and we thought that they were actually casting aspersions

og vi syntes, de bare talte dårligt

on the Barefoot architects of Tilonia.

om Tilonias Barfods-arkitekterne.

I asked a forester --

Jeg spurgte en forstman --

high-powered, paper-qualified expert --

fremtrædende, papir-kvalificeret ekspert --

I said, "What can you build in this place?"

jeg sagde, "Hvad kan du bygge på dette sted?"

He had one look at the soil and said, "Forget it. No way.

Han så én gang på jorden og sagde, "Glem det. På ingen måde.

Not even worth it.

Ikke engang det værd.

No water, rocky soil."

Intet vand, stenet jord."

I was in a bit of a spot.

Jeg var lidt i knibe.

And I said, "Okay, I'll go to the old man in village

Og jeg sagde, "Okay, jeg går til den gamle mand i landsbyen

and say, 'What should I grow in this spot?'"

og siger, "Hvad bør jeg så på dette sted?"

He looked quietly at me and said,

Han kiggede stille på mig og sagde,

"You build this, you build this, you put this, and it'll work."

"Du bygger det, du bygger det, du lægger det, og det vil virke."

This is what it looks like today.

Sådan ser det ud i dag.

Went to the roof,

Gik op på taget,

and all the women said, "Clear out.

og alle kvinderne sagde, "Smut.

The men should clear out because we don't want to share this technology with the men.

Mændene skal smutte, for vi vil ikke dele denne teknologi med mændene.

This is waterproofing the roof."

Vi tætner taget."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

It is a bit of jaggery, a bit of urens

Det er lidt palmesukker, lidt urin

and a bit of other things I don't know.

og en smule andre ting, jeg ikke ved, hvad er.

But it actually doesn't leak.

Men det lækker faktisk ikke.

Since 1986, it hasn't leaked.

Siden 1986 har det ikke lækket.

This technology, the women will not share with the men.

Denne teknologi vil kvinderne ikke dele med mændene.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

It's the only college

Det er det eneste universitet,

which is fully solar-electrified.

der er fuldstændigt soldrevet.

All the power comes from the sun.

Al strømmen kommer fra Solen.

45 kilowatts of panels on the roof.

45 kilowatt paneler på taget.

And everything works off the sun for the next 25 years.

Og alt virker vha. Solen i de næste 25 år.

So long as the sun shines,

Så længe Solen skinner,

we'll have no problem with power.

har vi intet problem med strøm.

But the beauty is

Men skønheden består i,

that is was installed

at det blev installeret

by a priest, a Hindu priest,

af en præst, en hindu-præst,

who's only done eight years of primary schooling --

der kun har gået otte år i folkeskole --

never been to school, never been to college.

aldrig været på gymnasium, aldrig været på universitetet.

He knows more about solar

Han kender mere til solteknologi

than anyone I know anywhere in the world guaranteed.

end nogen anden, jeg kender noget sted i verden, garanteret.

Food, if you come to the Barefoot College,

Mad, hvis man kommer til Barfodsuniversitetet,

is solar cooked.

bliver sol-lavet.

But the people who fabricated that solar cooker

Men folkene, der fremstillede det solkomfur,

are women,

er kvinder,

illiterate women,

analfabetiske kvinder,

who actually fabricate

der faktisk fremstiller

the most sophisticated solar cooker.

de mest sofistikerede sol-komfurer.

It's a parabolic Scheffler solar cooker.

Det er et parabolsk, simpelt sol-komfur.

Unfortunately, they're almost half German,

Desværre, er de næsten halvt tyskere,

they're so precise.

de er så præcise.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

You'll never find Indian women so precise.

Man finder ikke andre indiske kvinder så præcise.

Absolutely to the last inch,

Absolut til den sidste tomme,

they can make that cooker.

kan de lave det komfur.

And we have 60 meals twice a day

Og vi får 60 måltider to gange om dagen

of solar cooking.

fra sol-madlavning.

We have a dentist --

Vi har en tandlæge --

she's a grandmother, illiterate, who's a dentist.

hun er bedstemor, analfabet og tandlæge.

She actually looks after the teeth

Hun efterser faktisk tænderne

of 7,000 children.

på 7.000 børn.

Barefoot technology:

Barfodsteknologi:

this was 1986 -- no engineer, no architect thought of it --

dette er fra 1986 -- ingen ingeniør, ingen arkitekt kom på det --

but we are collecting rainwater from the roofs.

men vi samler regnvand fra tagene.

Very little water is wasted.

Meget lidt vand bliver spildt.

All the roofs are connected underground

Alle tagene er forbundne under jorden

to a 400,000 liter tank,

til en 400.000 liters tank,

and no water is wasted.

og intet vand bliver spildt.

If we have four years of drought, we still have water on the campus,

Hvis vi har fire år med tørke, har vi stadig vand på campus,

because we collect rainwater.

fordi vi samler regnvand.

60 percent of children don't go to school,

60 procent af børnene går ikke i skole,

because they have to look after animals --

fordi de er nødt til at se til dyrene ..

sheep, goats --

får, geder --

domestic chores.

kedeligt husarbejde.

So we thought of starting a school

Så vi kom på at starte en skole

at night for the children.

om natten for børnene.

Because the night schools of Tilonia,

Tilonias skoler er om natten,

over 75,000 children have gone through these night schools.

er over 75.000 børn kommet gennem disse natskoler.

Because it's for the convenience of the child;

Fordi det er for barnets bekvemmelighed;

it's not for the convenience of the teacher.

de er ikke for lærerens bekvemmelighed.

And what do we teach in these schools?

Og hvad underviser vi i på disse skoler?

Democracy, citizenship,

Demokrati, borgerskab,

how you should measure your land,

hvordan man skal måle sit land,

what you should do if you're arrested,

hvad man skal gøre, hvis man bliver arresteret,

what you should do if your animal is sick.

hvad man skal gøre, hvis ens dyr bliver sygt.

This is what we teach in the night schools.

Det er det, vi underviser i på natskolerne.

But all the schools are solar-lit.

Men alle skolerne er soldrevne.

Every five years

Hvert femte år

we have an election.

har vi et valg.

Between six to 14 year-old children

Børn på mellem 6 og 14 år

participate in a democratic process,

deltager i en demokratisk proces,

and they elect a prime minister.

og de vælger en premierminister.

The prime minister is 12 years old.

Premierministeren er 12 år gammel.

She looks after 20 goats in the morning,

Hun ser efter 20 geder om morgenen,

but she's prime minister in the evening.

men hun er premierminister om aftenen.

She has a cabinet,

Hun har en stab,

a minister of education, a minister for energy, a minister for health.

en uddannelsesminister, en energiminister, en sundhedsminister.

And they actually monitor and supervise

Og de overvåger og fører tilsyn med

150 schools for 7,000 children.

150 skoler for 7.000 børn.

She got the World's Children's Prize five years ago,

Hun fik World's Children Prisen for fem år siden,

and she went to Sweden.

og hun tog til Sverige.

First time ever going out of her village.

Den første gang nogensinde uden for landsbyen.

Never seen Sweden.

Aldrig set Sverige.

Wasn't dazzled at all by what was happening.

Blev ikke blændet overhovedet af det, der skete.

And the Queen of Sweden, who's there,

Og Sveriges dronning, der er der,

turned to me and said, "Can you ask this child where she got her confidence from?

vendte sig til mig og sagde, "Kan du spørge dette barn, hvor hun har sin selvtillid fra?

She's only 12 years old,

Hun er kun 12 år gammel,

and she's not dazzled by anything."

og hun bliver ikke blændet af noget."

And the girl, who's on her left,

Og pigen, der er til venstre for hende,

turned to me and looked at the queen straight in the eye

vendte sig mod mig og så dronningen direkte i øjnene

and said, "Please tell her I'm the prime minister."

og sagde, "Fortæl hende venligst, at jeg er premierministeren."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high,

Hvor procentdelen af analfabeter er meget høj,

we use puppetry.

bruger vi dukker.

Puppets is the way we communicate.

Dukker er måden, vi kommunikerer på.

You have Jokhim Chacha

Her er Jokhim Chacha,

who is 300 years old.

der er 300 år gammel.

He is my psychoanalyst. He is my teacher.

Han er min psykoanalytiker. Han er min lærer.

He's my doctor. He's my lawyer.

Han er min læge. Han er min advokat.

He's my donor.

Han er min donor.

He actually raises money,

Han rejser faktisk penge,

solves my disputes.

løser mine konflikter.

He solves my problems in the village.

Han løser mine problemer i landsbyen.

If there's tension in the village,

Hvis der er spændinger i landsbyen,

if attendance at the schools goes down

hvis fremmødet i skolerne går ned,

and there's a friction between the teacher and the parent,

og der er gnidning mellem læreren og forælderen,

the puppet calls the teacher and the parent in front of the whole village

tilkalder dukken læreren og forælderen foran hele landsbyen

and says, "Shake hands.

og siger, "Giv hånd.

The attendance must not drop."

Fremmødet må ikke falde."

These puppets

Disse dukker

are made out of recycled World Bank reports.

er lavet ud af genbrugte Verdensbank-rapporter.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

So this decentralized, demystified approach

Så denne decentraliserede, afmystificerede tilgang

of solar-electrifying villages,

til at gøre landsbyer soldrevne

we've covered all over India

har vi bredt ud over hele Indien

from Ladakh up to Bhutan --

fra Ladakh op til Bhutan --

all solar-electrified villages

alle soldrevne landsbyer

by people who have been trained.

af folk, der er blevet trænet.

And we went to Ladakh,

Og vi tog til Ladakh,

and we asked this woman --

og vi spurgte denne kvinde --

this, at minus 40, you have to come out of the roof,

her ved minus 40 er man nødt til at komme ud gennem taget,

because there's no place, it was all snowed up on both sides --

fordi der ikke er plads, der var sneet til op ad begge sider --

and we asked this woman,

og vi spurgte denne kvinde,

"What was the benefit you had

"Hvad var fordelen, du fik

from solar electricity?"

af solelektricitet?"

And she thought for a minute and said,

Og hun tænkte i et minut og sagde,

"It's the first time I can see my husband's face in winter."

"Det er første gang, jeg kan se min mands ansigt om vinteren."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Went to Afghanistan.

Tog til Afghanistan.

One lesson we learned in India

En lektie, vi lærte i Indien,

was men are untrainable.

var, at mænd er utrænelige.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Men are restless,

Mænd er rastløse,

men are ambitious,

mænd er ambitiøse,

men are compulsively mobile,

mænd er altid i bevægelse,

and they all want a certificate.

og de vil alle have et bevis.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

All across the globe, you have this tendency

Over hele kloden findes denne tendens,

of men wanting a certificate.

at mænd vil have et bevis.

Why? Because they want to leave the village

Hvorfor? Fordi de vil forlade landsbyen

and go to a city, looking for a job.

og tage til byen, søge efter arbejde.

So we came up with a great solution:

Så vi kom på en god løsning:

train grandmothers.

træn bedstemødre.

What's the best way of communicating

Hvad er den bedste måde af kommunikere

in the world today?

i verden i dag?

Television? No.

Fjernsyn? Nej.

Telegraph? No.

Telegraf? Nej.

Telephone? No.

Telefon? Nej.

Tell a woman.

Sig det til en kvinde.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

So we went to Afghanistan for the first time,

Så vi tog til Afghanistan for første gang,

and we picked three women

og vi udvalgte tre kvinder

and said, "We want to take them to India."

og sagde, "Vi vil gerne tage dem med til Indien."

They said, "Impossible. They don't even go out of their rooms,

De sagde, "Umuligt. De forlader ikke engang deres værelser,

and you want to take them to India."

og I vil tage dem med til Indien."

I said, "I'll make a concession. I'll take the husbands along as well."

Jeg sagde, "Jeg vil lave en indrømmelse. Jeg tager også mændene med."

So I took the husbands along.

Så jeg tog mændene med.

Of course, the women were much more intelligent than the men.

Selvfølgelig var kvinderne meget mere intelligente end mændene.

In six months,

På seks måneder

how do we train these women?

hvordan ændrer vi disse kvinder?

Sign language.

Tegnsprog.

You don't choose the written word.

Man vælger ikke det skrevne ord.

You don't choose the spoken word.

Man vælger ikke det talte ord.

You use sign language.

Man bruger tegnsprog.

And in six months

Og på seks måneder

they can become solar engineers.

kan de blive solingeniører.

They go back and solar-electrify their own village.

De tager tilbage og gør deres egne landsbyer soldrevne.

This woman went back

Denne kvinde tog tilbage

and solar-electrified the first village,

og gjorde den første landsby soldreven,

set up a workshop --

startede en workshop --

the first village ever to be solar-electrified in Afghanistan

den første landsby nogensinde til at blive soldreven i Afghanistan

[was] by the three women.

[blev det] af disse tre kvinder.

This woman

Denne kvinde

is an extraordinary grandmother.

er en usædvanlig bedstemor.

55 years old, and she's solar-electrified 200 houses for me in Afghanistan.

55 år gammel, og hun har gjort 200 huse soldrevne for mig i Afghanistan.

And they haven't collapsed.

Og de er ikke kollapset.

She actually went and spoke to an engineering department in Afghanistan

Hun tog faktisk til og talte med en ingeniørafdeling i Afghanistan

and told the head of the department

og fortalte chefen for afdelingen

the difference between AC and DC.

forskellen mellem AC og DC.

He didn't know.

Det vidste han ikke.

Those three women have trained 27 more women

De tre kvinder har trænet 27 flere kvinder

and solar-electrified 100 villages in Afghanistan.

og gjort 100 landsbyen soldrevne i Afghanistan.

We went to Africa,

Vi tog til Afrika,

and we did the same thing.

og vi gjorde det samme.

All these women sitting at one table from eight, nine countries,

Alle disse kvinder, der sidder ved et bord fra otte, ni lande,

all chatting to each other, not understanding a word,

alle snakker de med hinanden uden at forstå et ord,

because they're all speaking a different language.

fordi de alle taler et forskelligt sprog.

But their body language is great.

Men deres kropssprog er fantastisk.

They're speaking to each other

De snakker med hinanden

and actually becoming solar engineers.

og er faktisk ved at blive solingeniører.

I went to Sierra Leone,

Jeg tog til Sierra Leone,

and there was this minister driving down in the dead of night --

og der var denne minister, der kørte i nattens mulm og mørke --

comes across this village.

kom forbi denne landsby.

Comes back, goes into the village, says, "Well what's the story?"

Kommer tilbage, tager ind til landsbyen, siger, "Nå, hvad er historien?"

They said, "These two grandmothers ... "

De sagde, "Disse to bedstemødre ..."

"Grandmothers?" The minister couldn't believe what was happening.

"Bedstemødre?" Ministeren kunne ikke tro det, der foregik.

"Where did they go?" "Went to India and back."

Hvor tog de hen?" "Tog til Indien og tilbage."

Went straight to the president.

Tog direkte til præsidenten.

He said, "Do you know there's a solar-electrified village in Sierra Leone?"

Han sagde, "Ved De der er en soldreven landsby i Sierra Leone?"

He said, "No." Half the cabinet went to see the grandmothers the next day.

Han sagde, "Nej." Halvdelen af staben tog hen for at se bedstemødrene dagen efter.

"What's the story."

"Hvad er historien."

So he summoned me and said, "Can you train me 150 grandmothers?"

Så tilkaldte han mig og sagde, "Kan du træne mig 150 bedstemødre?"

I said, "I can't, Mr. President.

Jeg sagde, "Det kan jeg ikke, Hr. Præsident.

But they will. The grandmothers will."

Men de kan. Bedstemødrene kan."

So he built me the first Barefoot training center in Sierra Leone.

Så han byggede mig det første Barfodstræningscenter i Sierra Leone.

And 150 grandmothers have been trained in Sierra Leone.

Og 150 bedstemødre er blevet trænet i Sierra Leone.

Gambia:

Gambia:

we went to select a grandmother in Gambia.

Vi tog af sted for at vælge en bedstemor i Gambia.

Went to this village.

Tog til denne landsby.

I knew which woman I would like to take.

Jeg vidste hvilken kvinde, jeg ville tage med.

The community got together and said, "Take these two women."

Samfundet kom sammen og sagde, "Tag disse to kvinder."

I said, "No, I want to take this woman."

Jeg sagde, "Nej, jeg vil tage denne kvinde."

They said, "Why? She doesn't know the language. You don't know her."

De sagde, "Hvorfor? Hun kan ikke sproget. Du kender hende ikke."

I said, "I like the body language. I like the way she speaks."

Jeg sagde, "Jeg kan lide kropssproget. Jeg kan lide hendes måde at tale på."

"Difficult husband; not possible."

"Vanskelig mand; ikke muligt."

Called the husband, the husband came,

Tilkaldte manden, manden kom,

swaggering, politician, mobile in his hand. "Not possible."

smart, politiker, mobil i hånden. "Ikke muligt."

"Why not?" "The woman, look how beautiful she is."

"Hvorfor ikke?" "Kvinden, se hvor smuk hun er."

I said, "Yeah, she is very beautiful."

Jeg sagde, "Jah, hun er meget smuk."

"What happens if she runs off with an Indian man?"

"Hvad sker der, hvis hun løber væk med en indisk mand?"

That was his biggest fear.

Det var hans største frygt.

I said, "She'll be happy. She'll ring you up on the mobile."

Jeg sagde, "Hun vil være glad. Hun vil ringe til dig over mobilen."

She went like a grandmother

Hun tog af sted som bedstemor

and came back like a tiger.

og kom tilbage som en tiger.

She walked out of the plane

Hun gik ud af flyet

and spoke to the whole press as if she was a veteran.

og talte til hele pressen, som om hun var en veteran.

She handled the national press,

Hun håndterede hele landets presse,

and she was a star.

og hun var en stjerne.

And when I went back six months later, I said, "Where's your husband?"

Og da jeg tog tilbage seks måneder senere, sagde jeg, "Hvor er din mand?"

"Oh, somewhere. It doesn't matter."

"Åh, et eller andet sted. Det er ligegyldigt."

(Laughter)

(Latter)

Success story.

Succeshistorie.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

(Applause)

(Bifald)

I'll just wind up by saying

Jeg vil lige runde af med at sige,

that I think you don't have to look for solutions outside.

at jeg tror, man ikke er nødt til at lede efter løsninger udenfor.

Look for solutions within.

Led efter løsninger indeni.

And listen to people. They have the solutions in front of you.

Og lyt til folk, der har løsningerne foran dig.

They're all over the world.

De er over hele verden.

Don't even worry.

Vær slet ikke urolig.

Don't listen to the World Bank, listen to the people on the ground.

Lyt ikke til Verdensbanken, lyt til folkene på jorden.

They have all the solutions in the world.

De har alle løsningerne i verden.

I'll end with a quotation by Mahatma Gandhi.

Jeg vil afslutte med et citat af Mahatma Gandhi.

"First they ignore you,

"Først ignorerer de dig,

then they laugh at you,

så ler de af dig,

then they fight you,

så bekæmper de dig,

and then you win."

og så vinder du."

Thank you.

Tak.

(Applause)

(Bifald)