Ukraine's Fight to Keep Educating Its Children | Zoya Lytvyn | TED

Translator: Shelley Tsang 曾雯海

On February 24,

2 月 24 日,

my daughter spoke for the first time.

我個女第一次開口講嘢。

First word was “ba-bah,”

佢講嘅第一個詞係「吧啦（ba-bah）」，

which means the sound of a great explosion.

這個詞嘅意思係大爆炸嘅聲音。

That night, we woke to the concussive sound of bombs

果一日夜晚，我地係 綿綿不絕嘅爆炸聲中醒左。

as our windows came crashing in.

我地嘅窗玻璃爆左，飛到房間入面。

It was the bombardment of Kyiv.

呢個係對基輔嘅轟炸。

I'm someone who didn't believe it would happen.

我唔係一個會相信這件事會發生嘅人。

I was born just a few days before the Chernobyl disaster

我出生係切爾諾貝利災難發生嘅幾天前，

and a few years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

亦都係同蘇聯崩塌嘅幾年前。

I grew up in an independent Ukraine,

我喺一個獨立嘅烏克蘭長大，

struggling to overcome the legacy of the Soviet system.

掙扎著去克服從前蘇聯遺留嘅制度。

My mother and my grandmother worked very hard

我嘅媽媽同外婆十分努力

so that I could have a good education

為嘅就係給我一個良好嘅教育

because they believed my generation would build the country.

因為佢地相信我地這一代 會建造這個國家。

And we have.

而且我地做到左。

Until six weeks ago,

直到六個星期前，

Ukraine was on an upward path,

烏克蘭仲喺度變得更好，

becoming more prosperous, more fair, more free.

正係變得更加繁榮， 更加公平，更加自由。

In 2004 and 2013,

係 2004 年同 2013 年，

we marched for democracy, and we defeated autocracy.

我地為民主遊行， 打敗左獨裁政府。

So I was stunned when the windows crushed in.

所以當果扇窗爆裂嘅時候，

I froze.

我呆左。

Speechless, motionless,

我講唔到嘢，僵住左，

absolutely helpless.

完全無助。

That was my first lesson of war.

那係戰爭給我嘅第一課。

What you cherish can be taken from you in a moment.

你所珍惜嘅一切隨時可能被奪走，

Even your peace of mind.

包括你嘅平靜嘅內心。

My hands were still shaking as I fled to the west of Ukraine with my children

我帶著個女逃向烏克蘭嘅西邊嘅時候， 我對手仲係到震。

and then over the border to Slovakia.

我地越過邊境嚟到斯洛伐克。

My husband and my parents remain in Kyiv, helping our country.

我嘅老公仲有父母留係左基輔， 幫助我地嘅國家。

As we traveled further from our family,

當我地離屋企人越來越遠，

I imagined all that was being destroyed.

我開始想象被摧毀嘅一切。

Our homes, our hospitals,

我地嘅家，我地嘅醫院，

our critical infrastructure and so much more.

我地所有重要嘅建築，同埋太多其他嘢。

For 40 million people in my country

對我國家嘅 4000 萬人，

and for billions around the globe,

同全球數十億人嚟講，

February 24 is the day Russia invaded Ukraine.

2 月 24 日係俄羅斯 入侵烏克蘭嘅一日。

For seven million Ukrainian children,

但係對烏克蘭嘅 700 萬兒童嚟講，

it is also the day Russia tried to take their future.

果日亦都係俄羅斯試圖奪 走佢地嘅未來嘅日子。

176 children have been killed by Russian bombs.

176名兒童被俄羅斯嘅炸彈炸死。

Hundreds more have been wounded.

幾百人受傷。

Ten years ago,

十年前，

I dedicated myself to building world-class schools

我致力於建設世界一流嘅學校

for the children of Ukraine.

比烏克蘭嘅小朋友。

I believe education is the most powerful tool

我堅信教育係最強大嘅工具

for improving the economy,

為左發展經濟，

the environment and human well-being.

環境、同人類嘅健康。

War very quickly destroys all three.

戰爭好快就將呢啲摧毀曬。

So far, 900 schools have been critically damaged.

到目前為止，900所學校已嚴重受損，

84 are completely destroyed.

84所已被完全摧毀。

And yet, education goes on.

但係，教育仲係持續。

During the COVID pandemic,

係疫情期間，

Ukrainian government engaged my team to create the Ukrainian school online.

烏克蘭政府比我嘅團隊參與 做創建線上烏克蘭學校。

During the last two years,

呢兩年，

it has delivered school to children wherever they were.

佢為兒童提供左教育， 無論佢地身係何處。

Students from remote areas had access to teachers and lessons

生係偏遠地區嘅學生 亦都有機會接觸到老師同課程，

they wouldn't have otherwise.

如果無線上課嘅話， 佢地係接觸唔到呢啲資源嘅。

This platform covers the secondary school curriculum

呢個平台概括左中學嘅課程 將所有學生交給最好嘅老師。

and puts every student in front of our very best teachers.

我地從未諗過我地呢個非盈利嘅項目

We never imagined our nonprofit project would be needed in a situation

會喺一個比疫情更加嚴峻嘅

even more horrible than COVID.

情況下被需要。

But today, almost 400,000 students learn on this platform.

不過，宜家已經就嚟有 40 萬學生 係呢個平台上學習。

They connect from within Ukraine and from 120 countries

佢地從包括烏克蘭係內嘅 120 個國家接入

where they are refugees at the moment.

呢一刻佢地以難民嘅身份留係果啲國家。

And for all of them, those couple of hours a day

對於佢地所有人嚟講，每日呢幾個鐘

is not just a safe environment where they learn something new.

唔單止係一個安全咁學習新知識嘅環境，

It is also the space where, despite everything,

排除一切，佢亦都係一個

Ukraine continues to invest in them.

烏克蘭可以繼續投入嘅領域。

And that was my second lesson of war.

呢個亦都係我從戰爭中學到嘅第二課。

Putin can take a lot from us.

普京可以奪走我地好多嘢。

Our homes, our jobs, our loved ones, our peace.

我地嘅家，我地嘅工作， 我地嘅愛人，以及我地嘅安寧。

But he cannot undo education.

但係佢唔可以攞走我地嘅教育。

Knowledge and curiosity are unassailable treasures.

知識同好奇心 係無法被摧毀嘅寶藏。

And as long as our children keep learning

只要我地嘅小朋友還係繼續學習

and our teachers keep teaching,

我地嘅老師繼續教書，

even while they are starving in shelters under bombardment,

即使佢地宜家係轟炸下嘅避難所挨餓，

even in refugee camps,

甚至係難民營入面，

we are undefeated.

我地都係不敗嘅。

In this war, every Ukrainian has his own front.

係呢場戰爭入面， 每一位烏克蘭人都有自己嘅前線。

Our soldiers, our doctors, our mothers.

我地嘅軍人、醫生、母親，

And, yes, even our children and teachers.

就連我地嘅老師同學生 亦都有自己嘅戰場。

By continuing to learn, they fight for our future.

通過不斷學習， 佢地為我地嘅未來而戰。

And this fight is about so much more than borders.

呢場戰爭唔只係關於邊界。

Ukrainians are fighting for freedom,

我地烏克蘭人為左自由，

for our right to imagine and build our future in our own way.

為左我地想象同建造 我地想要嘅未來嘅權利而戰，

Our people stand heroically.

我地嘅人勇敢咁企左出嚟。

But against the second-largest army in the world,

過面對世界上第二大嘅軍隊，

we cannot stand alone.

我地不能獨自戰鬥。

To end this war, we need you.

要想結束這場戰爭，我地需要你。

We need every citizen in every nation to demand that it stops.

我地需要每個國家嘅每一位公民 要求呢場戰爭停止。

And that was my third lesson.

呢個亦都係我學到嘅第三課。

My freedom is connected to yours.

我嘅自由同你有關。

My daughter's first word was the sound of destruction.

我嘅女兒嘅第一個字 係破毀嘅聲音

But as she grows,

但係隨著佢嘅成長，

I know she and the rest of her generation

我知道佢同佢這代人

will build Ukraine again.

會重新建造烏克蘭。

We will rehabilitate our roads, our schools, our hospitals,

我地會修復我地嘅道路， 我地嘅學校，我地嘅醫院，

our houses and people.

我地嘅屋同埋人。

Fueled by knowledge and curiosity,

係知識同好奇心嘅推動下，

we will walk again the path to become a prosperous, free nation.

我地將再次走向成為一個繁榮、 自由嘅國家嘅路。

If you stand with us.

如果你支持我地。

So please,

所以請大家

don't watch from the side.

唔好做一個旁觀者。

Don't wait and see.

唔好坐視不理。

Stand up with us now.

同我地企喺一齊。

Stand up for freedom.

支持自由。

Stand up for democracy.

支持民主。

Stand up for Ukraine.

支持烏克蘭。

Thank you.

多謝大家。

(Applause)

（掌聲）