Dear Fellow Refugees, Here’s How I Found Resilience | Chantale Zuzi Leader | TED

翻译人员: Lening Xu 校对人员: suya f.

It was my 13th birthday.

那是我的 13 岁生日。

My mother made my favorite dish of rice and beans.

妈妈做了我爱吃的米饭和豆子。

In the afternoon,

下午，

some neighbors celebrated in front of our house,

一些邻居在我们家门前庆祝，

dancing, laughing, eating.

随着音乐跳舞，大笑，吃饭。

With music, filling the air in our usually quiet small village

喜庆的氛围充斥着 平时安静的刚果小村庄，

in the Congo.

Several hours later,

几个小时后，

the peaceful evening was torn apart.

平静的夜晚被打破。

Torn apart by gunfire.

被炮火撕裂。

Terrified screams filled the air.

空中弥漫着惊恐的尖叫声。

My mother and father wanted us children to seek shelter from this danger.

我的父母想要孩子们寻找避难所 以躲避这种危险。

I remember my mother shouting to us all,

我记得妈妈对我们所有人大喊：

"Go to the tree, go to the tree," she said.

“到树林里去，到树林里去，” 她说。

There was no time to say goodbye.

没有时间说再见。

Nine of us children ran to the forest

我们当中有九个孩子跑到森林里，

and huddled together through the night

在那棵树下一起挤了一整夜。

under that tree.

It was our place of sanctuary,

那是我们的避难所，

our place of safety.

我们的安全之所。

After hours of terror, the guns went quiet.

几个小时的恐怖过后， 枪声沉寂下来。

The Sun appeared in the morning.

早晨太阳升起，

But not our parents.

但我们的父母没有出现，

They still had not returned.

他们仍然没有回来。

The long, stretching branches of our tree

长长的、伸展的树枝

could not protect us from our growing worry.

无法消除我们日渐增长的担忧。

As we returned to our village, our fear turned to despair.

当我们回到村庄时， 我们的恐惧变成了绝望。

My mother and father had been killed,

我的母亲和父亲，

along with dozens [of] innocent men,

以及数十名无辜的男人、 女人和儿童被杀害。

women and children.

The violence of that night ripped out our precious roots

那天晚上的暴力 摧毁了我们宝贵的根基，

and set as adrift into the world.

使我们漂泊无依。

We were now orphans, outsiders, refugees

我们变成孤儿、局外人、难民，

without a place to call home,

没有家园，

without a place of safety.

没有安全的居所。

We were forced to leave our village and everything we knew.

我们被迫离开了村庄 和熟悉的一切。

We traveled miles, crossed borders

我们走了好几英里，跨越边界，

and joined tens of thousands of other refugees

与成千上万的其他难民

in the refugee settlement in Uganda.

一起进入了乌干达的难民营。

There, our family shared the many challenges

在那里，我们全家共同面对 世界各地流离失所者

faced by displaced people around the world.

所面临的许多挑战。

We learned to live in a constant state of struggle.

我们学会了生活 在持续的斗争状态中。

We ate, kept clean, protected each other,

我们吃饭，保持清洁，互相保护，

all to maintain some level of dignity and hope.

所有这些都是为了保持 一定程度的尊严和希望。

I tell my story not because it is unique.

我讲我的故事 不是因为它是独一无二的。

Just the opposite.

恰恰相反。

I am one of many displaced people around the world.

我是全世界众多 流离失所者中的一员。

The number of forcibly displaced people has more than doubled since 2013.

自 2013 年以来， 被迫流离失所的人数增加了一倍以上。

It has surpassed 108 million, and it’s continuing to rise.

已经超过了 1.08 亿， 并且还在继续上升。

Just over half of the displaced people are women and girls,

刚好超过一半的流离失所者 是妇女和女孩，

and 43.3 million are children.

4,330 万是儿童。

There is such a fragile border between the basic comfort most of us enjoy

在我们大多数人享受的基本舒适

and the misery that is the daily existence for millions of refugees.

与数百万难民每天生活的痛苦之间 ， 存在着如此脆弱的界限。

My experience has taught me anyone can become a refugee.

我的经历告诉我， 任何人都可能成为难民，

To lose that place of safety they once had.

当他们失去曾经拥有的安全居所。

But my experience has also taught me something else.

但是我的经历也教会了我其他东西。

That it is possible to break through.

那就是突破是可能的，

To break through those barriers of distrust and discrimination

突破那些不信任、歧视 和不确定性的障碍。

and uncertainty.

To find a place of community, friendship

寻找共享、友好的地方

and to even find hope.

甚至寻找希望。

Those changes can happen in small and large ways

这些改变能以小或大的方式发生，

and in ways that are sometimes difficult to imagine.

有时是难以想象的方式。

Let me explain.

让我解释一下。

When I was born,

当我出生时，

my maternal grandmother wanted my mother to kill me.

我的外祖母想让我妈妈杀了我。

Why?

为什么？

Because she and many others held the common belief

因为她和其他许多人普遍认为

that my albinism was a curse.

我的白化病是一种诅咒。

My mother refused, believing I was not a curse

我妈妈拒绝了， 认为我不是诅咒，

but a gift from God.

而是上帝的礼物。

So you see, my mother had saved my life twice.

所以你看， 我妈妈两次救了我的命。

Once when I was born.

当我出生的时候，

And on the last day I saw her alive.

和她活着的最后一天。

People can change.

人们可以改变。

When I was 12,

当我 12 岁的时候，

there was a girl in school who always avoided me

学校里有一个女孩总是避开我，

until one day,

直到有一天，

the teacher assigned her to be a partner on a school project.

老师指派她在一个学校项目 做我的合作伙伴。

The girl asked me,

女孩问我：

"If you touch me,

“如果你碰我，

will my children also look like you?"

我的孩子也会像你吗？”

I explained to her, I'm not a curse.

我向她解释说，我不是个诅咒。

I'm not contagious.

我的病没有传染性。

This is just how I was born.

我就是这样出生的。

That exchange allowed us to break through

这种交流使我们的关系得以突破，

and spike both a deeper understanding

加深理解，增进友谊。

and a good friendship.

Breaking through the barriers of fear and ignorance

突破恐惧和无知的壁垒，

are critical to building bridges of understanding

对于难民与他们所加入的社区

between the refugee population and the community they join.

之间架起理解的桥梁至关重要。

Just as I learned as a young girl,

就像我年轻时学到的那样，

this type of change requires the openness to share one's story

这种改变需要 分享自己故事的坦诚

and a willingness to grow.

和成长的意愿。

Years later,

多年后，

my albinism worked in my favor.

我的白化病变得对我有利。

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees

联合国难民事务高级专员公署

began to work on plans for my resettlement.

开始制定我的重新安置计划。

Albinos were being prioritized

白化病患者之所以被优先考虑，

because of the danger they face in their home countries.

是因为他们在自己的国家面临危险。

Violence, discrimination, that some nations, including mine,

暴力、歧视， 包括我国在内的一些国家

were unable to protect us from.

无法保护我们免受这些侵害。

So in 2018,

因此， 2018 年，

five years after I lost both my mother and my motherland,

在我失去我的母亲和祖国五年后，

I left Africa to come to the United States.

我离开非洲来到美国。

My initial reaction when I arrived in Worcester, Massachusetts was,

当我到达马萨诸塞州伍斯特时， 我最初的反应是：

"It's so cold here."

“这里太冷了。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

As I saw my foster family holding up signs

当我看到我的寄养家庭 挂起的标语上

that said “Welcome to America, Chantale,”

写着 “欢迎来到美国，尚塔尔” 时，

I felt that I had finally found a home.

我觉得自己终于找到了家。

The cold was just the beginning of [a] series of adjustments

寒冷只是对

to a very unfamiliar place and an entirely different culture.

一个非常陌生的地方和一种完全不同文化 进行一系列调整的开始。

Mastering English was a challenge,

掌握英语是一项挑战，

but it was far surpassed by the great joy of being able to attend school again.

但能够再次上学的巨大喜悦 远远超过了这一挑战。

Well, I graduated high school in three years and ...

好吧，我三年后高中毕业……

(Applause)

（掌声）

And I'm now a junior at Wellesley College.

我现在是韦尔斯利学院的大三学生。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼和掌声）

Majoring in political science.

主修政治学。

(Applause)

（掌声）

After reflecting on my own journey and my own experiences,

在反思了自己的旅程和经历之后，

I began to dream of creating similar learning [opportunities]

我开始梦想

为那些仍然生活在我小时候 居住的难民营的年轻女孩

for young girls still living in the same refugee settlements

创造类似的学习机会。

I lived in as a child.

That dream has taken shape

这个梦想在

in the creation of “Refugee Can Be,”

“Refugee Can Be” 的创建中得以形成，

a non-profit organization I founded

这是我在忠实的合作伙伴 和支持者的帮助下创立的非营利组织。

with the help of dedicated partners and supporters.

Our core mission is to be that tree,

我们的核心使命是成为那棵树，

that place of sanctuary,

那个避难所，

that place of safety,

那个安全的地方，

to provide a secondary education

为营地中的女孩提供中等教育

along with livelihood and leadership training

以及谋生技能和领导力培训。

for the girls in the camp.

To show them that they, too, can break through.

向她们表明她们也可以取得突破。

I have learned that a refugee can be anything

我已经知道，难民 可以成为她梦想中的任何人。

she dreams she can be.

But she can't do it on her own.

但她光靠自己做不到。

The course of my life, once dictated by tragedy and loss

我的人生历程， 曾经被不幸和失去所左右，

is now in my power.

现在掌握在我手中。

(Applause)

（掌声）

There are hundreds of people

有数以百计的人伸出手来 帮助我，教导我，

who reached out to help me, to teach me,

to give me access to incredible opportunities.

让我获得难以置信的机会。

Now it is my turn to reach out, to use the platform I have

现在轮到我伸出援手，

用我所拥有的平台 使其他难民有机会

to secure for other refugees the chance

to realize their own power to break through.

发挥自己的突破能力。

Beyond the essential roles that governments, NGOs,

除了政府、非政府组织、企业

businesses can and must play to eliminate causes of displacement,

在消除导致流离失所的原因方面可以 而且必须发挥的重要作用外，

each of us are called to take action.

我们每个人都应该采取行动。

To help provide that place of safety,

为了帮助提供安全的居所，

by welcoming those who once lost everything,

欢迎那些曾经失去一切，

but have a world of creativity and talent

但拥有创造力和才华的人们，

to bring into the work of rebuilding their lives

参与重建生活

and enhancing the communities we share with them.

和提升我们与他们共享的社区。

Meet each refugee with both curiosity and compassion,

怀着好奇心和同情心与 每一位难民见面，

understanding their specific needs, learning their specific stories

理解他们的特定需求， 了解他们的具体故事，

and calling them by name.

直呼其名。

You are hearing one voice today.

你们今天听到了一种声音。

It is a voice of a refugee girl

这是一位

who was rescued through the love and generosity of many.

在许多人的爱心 和慷慨下获救的难民女孩的声音。

But I feel the voices of millions of refugees speaking through me,

但我在这里能感受到 数百万难民通过我发出的声音。

here, as I do.

就像我一样。

The urgency of those voices

这些紧迫的声音

calling on each one of us

呼吁我们每个人

to help refugees break through,

帮助难民突破困境，

to find a place of sanctuary,

寻找避难所，

find a place of safety.

找到安全的居所。

Find a way home.

找到回家的路。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Cheers and applause)

（欢呼和掌声）