Let’s Help Refugees Thrive, Not Just Survive | Melissa Fleming | TED Talks

翻译人员: Qiyun Yu 校对人员: Yumeng Guo

So I started working

我开始同难民们一起工作

with refugees because I wanted

是因为我想帮他们改变现状

to make a difference,

and making a difference starts

而改变现状

with telling their stories.

要从向人们讲述他们的故事开始

So when I meet refugees,

所以当我遇见难民时

I always ask them questions.

我总是问他们一些问题

Who bombed your house?

是谁炸毁了你的房子？

Who killed your son?

谁杀死了你的儿子？

Did the rest of your family make it out alive?

你还有其他存活的家人吗？

How are you coping

你还适应

in your life in exile?

流亡的日子吗？

But there's one question that always seems to me

但有一个问题

总是给我启示

to be most revealing, and that is:

那就是，

What did you take?

你带走了什么？

What was that most important thing

当你的家园硝烟弥漫

that you had to take with you

危在旦夕

when the bombs were exploding in your town,

当武装分子逼近你的家门

and the armed gangs were approaching your house?

你随身带走的最重要的东西是什么？

A Syrian refugee boy I know

一个叙利亚男孩告诉我

told me that he didn't hesitate

他面临生命危险时

when his life was in imminent danger.

没有丝毫犹豫地带上了

He took his high school diploma,

自己的高中毕业证

and later he told me why.

之后他告诉了我原因

He said, "I took my high school diploma

他说，「我带了高中毕业证

because my life depended on it."

因为我得靠它生存」

And he would risk his life to get that diploma.

他曾愿冒生命危险获得了那张证书

On his way to school, he would dodge snipers.

上学的路上，他需要躲避狙击手

His classroom sometimes shook

有时他的教室随着炸弹的轰鸣声晃动

with the sound of bombs and shelling,

and his mother told me,

他的母亲告诉我

"Every day, I would say to him every morning,

「每天早晨，我都会跟他说

'Honey, please don't go to school.'"

‘亲爱的孩子，求你不要去学校了’

And when he insisted, she said,

而每当他坚持要去

我就会紧紧拥抱他

"I would hug him as if it were for the last time."

就当这是最后一次拥抱」

But he said to his mother,

但他告诉母亲

"We're all afraid,

「我们都很害怕

but our determination to graduate

可是我们要毕业的决心

is stronger than our fear."

让我们克服恐惧」

But one day, the family got terrible news.

但是有一天，噩耗降临

Hany's aunt, his uncle and his cousin

Hany 的叔叔阿姨一家

were murdered in their homes for refusing

因为拒绝离开自己的房子

to leave their house.

被杀死了

Their throats were slit.

他们被割开了喉咙

It was time to flee.

他们不得不逃了

They left that day, right away, in their car,

他们当天就开车逃离了

Hany hidden in the back because they were facing

Hany 藏在后备箱中

checkpoints of menacing soldiers.

躲避检查站上凶残的士兵

And they would cross the border into Lebanon,

他们穿越边境，抵达黎巴嫩

where they would find peace.

只为保命

But they would begin a life of grueling hardship

他们面临的生活不仅单调，还会充满艰辛

and monotony.

They had no choice but to build a shack

他们不得不在一片泥地旁

搭建了一个临时的棚子

on the side of a muddy field,

and this is Hany's brother Ashraf,

照片中的孩子

who plays outside.

是 Hany的弟弟 Ashraf，在外玩耍

And that day, they joined

也就是那一天

他们加入了世界上最庞大的难民群体

the biggest population of refugees in the world,

in a country, Lebanon, that is tiny.

在黎巴嫩这个小小的国家

It only has four million citizens,

只有四百万公民

and there are one million Syrian refugees living there.

却有一百万的叙利亚难民居住于此

There's not a town, a city or a village

那里每一座城市，每一座村庄

that is not host to Syrian refugees.

都向叙利亚的难民敞开大门

This is generosity and humanity

这是何等的慷概与仁慈啊！

that is remarkable.

Think about it this way, proportionately.

我们用同样的比例算算

It would be as if

这其实等同于

the entire population of Germany,

德国的全部人口

80 million people,

八百万人

would flee to the United States in just three years.

在三年内全部逃向美国

Half of the entire population of Syria

现在叙利亚一半的人口

is now uprooted,

都不得不背井离乡

most of them inside the country.

他们大部分还在叙利亚境内

Six and a half million people

六百五十万人为了生存而流亡

have fled for their lives.

Over and well over three million people

远超三百万人口越过了边境

have crossed the borders

and have found sanctuary in the neighboring countries,

在邻国找到了避难所

and only a small proportion, as you see,

只有一小部分人，如图所示

have moved on to Europe.

逃到了欧洲

What I find most worrying

最令我担忧的事情是

is that half of all Syrian refugees are children.

半数的叙利亚难民都是孩子

I took this picture of this little girl.

这张小女孩的照片是我拍的

It was just two hours after she had arrived

当时她刚经历了两小时长途跋涉

after a long trek from Syria into Jordan.

从叙利亚抵达了约旦

And most troubling of all

而最棘手的事情是

is that only 20 percent of Syrian refugee children

叙利亚难民儿童中只有百分之二十

are in school in Lebanon.

在黎巴嫩的学校接受教育

And yet, Syrian refugee children,

然而，所有的孩子都告诉我们

all refugee children tell us

education is the most important thing in their lives.

在他们生命中最重要的就是读书

Why? Because it allows them to think of their future

为什么？

因为教育让他们看到未来

rather than the nightmare of their past.

而不是回想经历过的噩梦

It allows them to think of hope rather than hatred.

教育让他们充满希望

忘却憎恨

I'm reminded of a recent visit I took

我想起我最近在伊拉克北部

to a Syrian refugee camp in northern Iraq,

探访过一个叙利亚难民营地

and I met this girl,

我遇见了这个女孩

and I thought, "She's beautiful,"

我想，她真美

and I went up to her and asked her,

我走上前问她

"Can I take your picture?"

「我能不能给你拍张照片？」

And she said yes,

她答应了

but she refused to smile.

但她却不愿微笑

I think she couldn't,

我想她是笑不出来

because I think she must realize that she represents

我想她一定是意识到她代表着

a lost generation of Syrian refugee children,

叙利亚迷失的一代难民儿童

a generation isolated and frustrated.

这是孤单的，失意的一代

And yet, look at what they fled:

让我们看看他们逃离的那个地方

utter destruction,

彻底的毁灭

buildings, industries, schools, roads, homes.

楼房，工厂，学校，公路，住宅

Hany's home was also destroyed.

Hany 的家也被摧毁了

This will need to be rebuilt

一切都需要重建

by architects, by engineers, by electricians.

需要建筑师，工程师，电工

Communities will need teachers and lawyers

社会需要教师和律师

and politicians interested in reconciliation

以及致力于和平

and not revenge.

而不是复仇的政治家们

Shouldn't this be rebuilt

这一切难道不该被这些 处于危险中的人们

by the people with the largest stake,

the societies in exile, the refugees?

这个流亡中的群体

这些难民们重建吗？

Refugees have a lot of time

难民们有充足的时间

to prepare for their return.

来为回归祖国做准备

You might imagine that being a refugee

你也许会以为难民的流亡只是暂时的妥协

is just a temporary state.

Well far from it.

那你就错了

With wars going on and on,

战争仍在进行

the average time a refugee will spend in exile

一个难民的平均流亡时间长达17年

is 17 years.

Hany was into his second year in limbo

最近，在Hany即将流亡两周年时

when I went to visit him recently,

我又去拜访了他一次

and we conducted our entire conversation in English,

我们一直用英文交谈

which he confessed to me he learned

他向我坦白说

from reading all of Dan Brown's novels

这全部是从丹·布朗的小说里

and from listening to American rap.

还有从美国说唱歌曲里学来的

We also spent some nice moments of laughter

我们也和他所爱的弟弟Ashraf

and fun with his beloved brother Ashraf.

度过了一段愉快的时光

But I'll never forget what he told me

但我永远不会忘记

when we ended our conversation that day.

我临走时他对我所说的话

He said to me,

他对我说

"If I am not a student, I am nothing."

「若我没有了学习，我便一无所有了」

Hany is one of 50 million people

Hany 是当今五千万被迫背井离乡的人中的一员

uprooted in this world today.

第二次世界大战以来

Never since World War II

have so many people been forcibly displaced.

再也没有哪个时期有如此多被迫离开家乡的人

So while we're making sweeping progress

现在我们在医学

in human health,

科技、教育以及设计

in technology, in education and design,

各方面有着飞速的发展

we are doing dangerously little

但我们给予受害者的帮助少得惊人

to help the victims

and we are doing far too little

战争让他们背井离乡

to stop and prevent

我们却根本没做什么来停止战争

the wars that are driving them from their homes.

或避免战争的发生

And there are more and more victims.

受害者人数不断增长

Every day, on average,

时至今日

by the end of this day,

32,000 people will be forcibly displaced

平均每天有32,000人

from their homes —

被迫离开家乡

32,000 people.

32,000人！

They flee across borders like this one.

他们为了逃生，像这样穿越国界线

We captured this on the Syrian border to Jordan,

这是在从叙利亚去约旦的边境线上拍下的

and this is a typical day.

这是很平常的一天

Or they flee on unseaworthy and overcrowded boats,

或冒着生命危险

乘坐超载的危船

risking their lives in this case

just to reach safety in Europe.

只为抵达欧洲寻求安稳

This Syrian young man

这位叙利亚的年轻人

survived one of these boats that capsized —

逃过了一次船难

most of the people drowned —

这场灾难中大部分人都淹死了

and he told us,

他告诉我们

"Syrians are just looking for a quiet place

「叙利亚人只是渴望一个安静的地方

where nobody hurts you,

那里没有人伤害你

where nobody humiliates you,

没有人侮辱你

and where nobody kills you."

没有人会要杀你」

Well, I think that should be the minimum.

我认为，这本是生存的最低要求

How about a place of healing,

而一个能让他们疗伤

of learning,

学习

and even opportunity?

或是得到机会的地方更是奢望

Americans and Europeans

美国人跟欧洲人

have the impression that proportionally

总是认为大量难民

huge numbers of refugees are coming

正涌向他们的国家

to their country,

but the reality is

但事实上

that 86 percent, the vast majority of refugees,

有 86% 的难民

即大部分难民都居住在发展中国家

are living in the developing world,

in countries struggling with their own insecurity,

那些还被自身的不安全所困扰的国家

with their own issues of helping their own populations

那些连帮助自己人民摆脱贫困

and poverty.

都还有困难的国家

So wealthy countries in the world should recognize

所以发达国家都应该认可

the humanity and the generosity of the countries

这些发展中国家

that are hosting so many refugees.

接待如此多的难民的慷慨和仁慈

And all countries should make sure that no one

所有国家都应该向

被逼逃离家乡，受到战争和迫害的人们

fleeing war and persecution

arrives at a closed border.

敞开国门

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you.

谢谢

But there is something more that we can do

但我们其实可以做到更多

than just simply helping refugees survive.

不仅是帮助难民们生存下去

We can help them thrive.

还有帮助他们走向成功

We should think of refugee camps and communities

难民营和难民社区

as more than just temporary population centers

不应仅仅被认为是临时集中地

where people languish

难民在临时集中地只会消沉地等待战争结束

waiting for the war to end.

Rather, as centers of excellence,

而如果我们建立优秀的难民营

where refugees can triumph over their trauma

难民们就能克服悲痛的记忆

and train for the day that they can go home

待重返家园之日

as agents of positive change

他们就能成为先锋，推进改革

and social transformation.

It makes so much sense,

这样做真的非常有意义

but I'm reminded of the terrible war in Somalia

我想起了发生在索马里的战争

那场持续了22年的恶战

that has been raging on for 22 years.

And imagine living in this camp.

想象一下住在这个营地的感受

I visited this camp.

我拜访过这个营地

It's in Djibouti, neighboring Somalia,

它位于索马里附近的吉布提

and it was so remote

那里十分偏僻

that we had to take a helicopter to fly there.

我们不得不做坐直升机去

It was dusty and it was terribly hot.

那儿沙尘弥漫，炎热难当

And we went to visit a school

我们去拜访了一所学校

and started talking to the children,

并与那儿的孩子们聊天

and then I saw this girl across the room

在房间对面，

我看到一个女孩将目光投向我

who looked to me to be the same age

as my own daughter, and I went up and talked to her.

她差不多跟我女儿同龄

我走近她，跟她聊天

And I asked her the questions

我问了她一些

that grown-ups ask kids,

大人们通常会问的问题

like, "What is your favorite subject?"

比如说，你最喜欢哪一门课？

and, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

你长大了以后想做什么?

And this is when her face turned blank,

她的脸色突然变得苍白

and she said to me,

然后她说

"I have no future.

「我没有未来

My schooling days are over."

我学习的日子已经结束了」

And I thought, there must be some misunderstanding,

于是我想，这其中一定是有什么误会

so I turned to my colleague

所以我询问了我的同事

and she confirmed to me

她说这是真的

there is no funding for secondary education

在这个营地里

in this camp.

他们没有足够的资金开办中学教育

And how I wished at that moment

在那一刻

that I could say to her,

我是多么的希望我能告诉她

"We will build you a school."

「我们会帮你建一所学校」

And I also thought, what a waste.

同时我也觉得，这是多么的可惜

She should be and she is

她本应是索马里未来的希望

the future of Somalia.

A boy named Jacob Atem

一个叫 Jacob Atem 的男孩

had a different chance, but not before he experienced

他的故事大为不同

但正是一场惨剧给了他这个机会

terribly tragedy.

He watched — this is in Sudan —

他在仅仅七岁时

as his village — he was only seven years old —

亲眼看着自己在苏丹的村子

burned to the ground, and he learned

在一场大火中被烧为灰烬

that his mother and his father

他的父母亲

and his entire family

所有的家人

were killed that day.

全部丧生于那场火灾

Only his cousin survived, and the two of them

只有他与他的表兄弟两人侥幸逃过一劫

walked for seven months —

他们两人整整行走了七个月——

this is boys like him —

照片中的就是位像他一样的男孩——

chased and pursued by wild animals and armed gangs,

一路上他们受野兽追逐，受武装分子追踪

and they finally made it to refugee camps

最终历经万险抵达了难民营

where they found safety,

找到了安全的栖身之地

and he would spend the next seven years

从那之后的七年

in Kenya in a refugee camp.

他一直待在肯尼亚的难民营

But his life changed

但后来，一件事情改变了他的生命

when he got the chance to be resettled

他得到了一个分配到美国的机会

to the United States,

and he found love in a foster family

并且在领养他的家庭中重新找到了爱

and he was able to go to school,

他得到了接受教育的机会

and he wanted me to share with you

并且他想通过我与你们分享

this proud moment

这个激动人心的

when he graduated from university.

大学毕业时刻

(Applause)

（掌声）

I spoke to him on Skype the other day,

一次我用 Skype 与他通话

and he was in his new university in Florida

当时他在弗洛里达的一所大学

pursuing his Ph.D. in public health,

攻读公共健康的博士学位

and he proudly told me how he was able to raise

他骄傲地告诉我

他很快就能在美国筹集足够的善款

enough funds from the American public

to establish a health clinic back in his village

回到自己的村庄开一个诊所了

back home.

So I want to take you back to Hany.

现在我想再跟你们谈谈 Hany

When I told him I was going to have the chance

当我告诉他我将有机会

to speak to you here on the TED stage,

走上 TED 的演讲台跟大家交流

he allowed me to read you a poem

他写了一首诗通过电子邮箱发给我

that he sent in an email to me.

并且允许我向你们朗读

He wrote:

他写到

"I miss myself,

「我怀念曾经的自己

my friends,

挚友们

times of reading novels or writing poems,

读书与写诗的时光

birds and tea in the morning.

清晨的鸟儿与茶香

My room, my books, myself,

我的房间，我的书本，我自己

and everything that was making me smile.

以及曾令我展露笑颜的一切

Oh, oh, I had so many dreams

噢，噢，我有过许多梦想

that were about to be realized."

它们也曾触手可及」

So here is my point:

总之，我想说

Not investing in refugees

不为难民们筹款

is a huge missed opportunity.

就是浪费了一个巨大的机会

Leave them abandoned,

若我们就这样抛弃他们

and they risk exploitation and abuse,

他们将面临被剥削和虐待的危险

and leave them unskilled and uneducated,

如果他们没有学到技能 没有得到教育

and delay by years the return

他们国家将过更久

to peace and prosperity in their countries.

才能重现和平与繁荣

I believe how we treat the uprooted

我相信我们对待流亡者的态度

will shape the future of our world.

会对世界的未来造成巨大的影响

The victims of war can hold the keys

这些战争的受害者们

to lasting peace,

掌握着长久的世界和平的关键

and it's the refugees

也正是这些难民们

who can stop the cycle of violence.

才能阻止暴力与战争的恶性循环

Hany is at a tipping point.

Hany正处于人生中最关键的时刻

We would love to help him go to university

我们希望能帮助他走进大学

and to become an engineer,

成为一名工程师

but our funds are prioritized for the basics in life:

但是我们的资金只能优先保证 他们最基本的生活需求：

tents and blankets and mattresses and kitchen sets,

帐篷，毯子，被子与厨具

food rations and a bit of medicine.

定量的食物以及少量的医药

University is a luxury.

上大学是奢侈的愿望

But leave him to languish in this muddy field,

但我们若任他在荆棘中失去锋芒

and he will become a member

他也会成为迷失一代中的一员

of a lost generation.

Hany's story is a tragedy,

Hany 的故事以悲剧开头

but it doesn't have to end that way.

但它不必要以悲剧结束

Thank you.

谢谢

(Applause)

（掌声）