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

譯者: Lilian Chiu

It was my 13th birthday.

在我十三歲生日時，

My mother made my favorite dish of rice and beans.

我媽媽做我最喜歡的 一道菜，有米飯和豆子。

In the afternoon,

下午，

some neighbors celebrated in front of our house,

有些鄰居在我們家前面慶祝，

dancing, laughing, eating.

跳舞、歡笑、吃喝。

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

滿滿的音樂

傳遍我們這個通常 很安靜的剛果小村落。

in the Congo.

Several hours later,

幾小時後，

the peaceful evening was torn apart.

寧靜的夜晚被撕裂，

Torn apart by gunfire.

被炮火撕裂。

Terrified screams filled the air.

到處都是恐懼的尖叫聲。

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

我的父母希望我們孩子 去避難，遠離這些危險。

I remember my mother shouting to us all,

我記得我媽媽對我們大家大叫，

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

她說：「去樹邊，去樹邊。」

沒有時間說再見。

There was no time to say goodbye.

Nine of us children ran to the forest

我們九個孩子跑進森林，

and huddled together through the night

夜晚時一起擠在那棵樹下。

under that tree.

It was our place of sanctuary,

這是我們的聖地，

our place of safety.

讓我們感到安全的地方。

After hours of terror, the guns went quiet.

經過數小時的恐懼，槍聲靜下來了。

The Sun appeared in the morning.

早上，太陽出現。

But not our parents.

但我們的父母卻沒出現。

They still had not returned.

他們還是沒有回來。

The long, stretching branches of our tree

我們那棵樹向外延伸的長枝

could not protect us from our growing worry.

也無法保護我們、 讓我們不要越來越擔憂。

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

當我們返回村落時，

我們的恐懼變成了絕望。

My mother and father had been killed,

我的父母都被殺害了，

along with dozens [of] innocent men,

還有數十名無辜的男子、女子，

women and children.

和孩子都被殺害了。

The violence of that night ripped out our precious roots

那晚的暴力，

扯斷了我們珍貴的根，

and set as adrift into the world.

讓我們開始在世界各地漂流。

We were now orphans, outsiders, refugees

我們現在是孤兒、外人、難民，

without a place to call home,

沒有一個能稱為家的地方，

without a place of safety.

沒有一個安全的地方。

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

我們被迫離開我們的村落 和我們所知的一切。

We traveled miles, crossed borders

我們拔涉了不知 多少英里，跨越邊界，

and joined tens of thousands of other refugees

進入其他數萬名難民所在的

in the refugee settlement in Uganda.

烏干達難民安置地。

There, our family shared the many challenges

在那裡，

我們一家人面臨的許多難題

faced by displaced people around the world.

都是世界各地流離失所的人 同樣要面對的難題。

We learned to live in a constant state of struggle.

我們學會在不斷的掙扎中生活。

We ate, kept clean, protected each other,

我們進食，保持乾淨，保護彼此，

all to maintain some level of dignity and hope.

全都是為了保持 一定程度的尊嚴和希望。

I tell my story not because it is unique.

我講出我的故事， 並不是因為它很獨特。

Just the opposite.

恰恰相反。

I am one of many displaced people around the world.

我是世界各地許多 流離失所的人之一。

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

被迫離鄉背井流離失所的人數

自 2013 年以來，已經變成兩倍以上。

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

已經超過一億八百萬人，

且還不斷在增加。

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

流離失所的人當中， 有超過一半是婦女和女孩，

and 43.3 million are children.

四千三百三十萬人是兒童。

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

大多數人享受的 基本舒適，和數百萬難民

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

每天面對的苦難， 兩者之間的界線是如此脆弱。

My experience has taught me anyone can become a refugee.

我的經驗告訴我，

任何人都可能成為難民，

To lose that place of safety they once had.

有可能失去他們曾經 擁有的安全之地。

But my experience has also taught me something else.

但我的經驗也告訴我另一件事。

That it is possible to break through.

突破是有可能的。

To break through those barriers of distrust and discrimination

突破那些障礙，

不信任、歧視，和不確定性的障礙，

and uncertainty.

To find a place of community, friendship

去找到一個群體的所在，找到友誼，

and to even find hope.

甚至找到希望。

Those changes can happen in small and large ways

這些改變發生的方式，可大可小，

有時，有些方式是難以想像的。

and in ways that are sometimes difficult to imagine.

Let me explain.

讓我解釋一下。

When I was born,

我出生的時候，

我外婆希望我母親殺了我。

my maternal grandmother wanted my mother to kill me.

Why?

為什麼？

Because she and many others held the common belief

因為她和許多其他人

都同樣相信我的白化病是一種詛咒。

that my albinism was a curse.

My mother refused, believing I was not a curse

我母親拒絕了，她相信我不是詛咒，

but a gift from God.

而是神的禮物。

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

所以，要知道，

我母親救了我兩次。

Once when I was born.

第一次是我出生的時候。

And on the last day I saw her alive.

第二次，是我最後一次 看見她活著的那一天。

People can change.

人可以改變。

When I was 12,

我十二歲時，

there was a girl in school who always avoided me

學校裡有個女孩總是會避開我，

until one day,

直到有一天，

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

老師指派她和我同一組， 一起做學校的一個專案。

The girl asked me,

那個女孩問我：

"If you touch me,

「如果你碰我，

will my children also look like you?"

我的孩子也會看起來像你一樣嗎？」

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

我向她解釋，

我不是詛咒，我不會傳染。

I'm not contagious.

This is just how I was born.

我出生就是這樣。

That exchange allowed us to break through

那次的交流讓我們能夠有所突破，

and spike both a deeper understanding

更深入了解彼此，

and a good friendship.

並建立了美好的友誼。

Breaking through the barriers of fear and ignorance

突破恐懼和無知的障礙

are critical to building bridges of understanding

對於建立理解的橋樑是很重要的，

between the refugee population and the community they join.

能連結起難民和他們安身的社區。

Just as I learned as a young girl,

如同我小時候學到的，

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

要促成這種改變，就需要 能開放分享自己的故事，

and a willingness to grow.

且要有成長的意願。

Years later,

數年後，

我的白化病成了我的助力。

my albinism worked in my favor.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees

聯合國難民署

began to work on plans for my resettlement.

開始規劃我的重新安置計畫。

Albinos were being prioritized

白化病患者有優先權，

because of the danger they face in their home countries.

原因是他們在自己的祖國 所面臨的危險。

Violence, discrimination, that some nations, including mine,

面臨暴力、歧視，

有些國家，包括我的祖國， 都無法保護我們。

were unable to protect us from.

So in 2018,

所以，在 2018 年，

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

我失去母親和祖國的五年後，

I left Africa to come to the United States.

我離開非洲，來到美國。

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

當我抵達麻省伍斯特時， 我最初的反應是：

"It's so cold here."

「這裡好冷。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

As I saw my foster family holding up signs

當我看到我的寄養家庭

高舉著「歡迎來到美國， 香塔兒」的標牌時，

that said “Welcome to America, Chantale,”

I felt that I had finally found a home.

我覺得我終於找到了家。

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

我要做一連串的調整， 寒冷只是個開端，

to a very unfamiliar place and an entirely different culture.

為了適應非常不熟悉的地方 和截然不同的文化。

Mastering English was a challenge,

學好英文是一大挑戰，

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

但能再次上學的巨大喜悅 遠遠壓過了它。

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

嗯，我讀完了高中，花了三年，

且……

（掌聲）

(Applause)

And I'm now a junior at Wellesley College.

我現在在威爾斯利學院就讀三年級。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼和掌聲）

Majoring in political science.

我主修政治科學。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

After reflecting on my own journey and my own experiences,

反思我自己的旅程 和我自己的經歷之後，

I began to dream of creating similar learning [opportunities]

我開始夢想要創造類似的學習機會，

for young girls still living in the same refugee settlements

對象是和我以前一樣生活在難民

I lived in as a child.

安置地的小女孩。

That dream has taken shape

這個夢想已經成形，

in the creation of “Refugee Can Be,”

我創立了「難民也可以」，

a non-profit organization I founded

它是個非營利組織，

with the help of dedicated partners and supporters.

背後還有用心的夥伴 和支持者在幫忙。

Our core mission is to be that tree,

我們的核心使命就是成為那棵樹，

that place of sanctuary,

那個聖地，

that place of safety,

那個安全的地方，

我們會提供中等教育

to provide a secondary education

along with livelihood and leadership training

以及生計和領導力培訓，

for the girls in the camp.

給難民營中的女孩，

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

讓她們知道，她們同樣也可以突破。

I have learned that a refugee can be anything

我學到，難民可以成為任何

she dreams she can be.

她夢想成為的人。

但她不能只靠自己，

But she can't do it on her own.

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

悲劇與失去曾經主導了 我的人生歷程，

is now in my power.

現在由我自己主宰。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

There are hundreds of people

有數百人

who reached out to help me, to teach me,

伸出援手來幫助我，教導我，

to give me access to incredible opportunities.

讓我能取得很不可思議的機會。

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

現在，換我伸出援手，

運用我擁有的平台，確保其他難民

to secure for other refugees the chance

有機會發現他們自己 也有突破的力量。

to realize their own power to break through.

Beyond the essential roles that governments, NGOs,

要消滅造成流離失所的原因， 除了政府、非營利組織、

businesses can and must play to eliminate causes of displacement,

企業可以且必須要 扮演的重要角色之外，

也呼籲每個人都要採取行動，

each of us are called to take action.

To help provide that place of safety,

協助提供那個安全的地方，

by welcoming those who once lost everything,

歡迎那些一度失去一切人，

but have a world of creativity and talent

他們擁有豐富的創意和才華，

to bring into the work of rebuilding their lives

可以用來重建他們的生活

and enhancing the communities we share with them.

並改善我們與他們共享的社區。

Meet each refugee with both curiosity and compassion,

帶著好奇心和同情心 去接觸每一位難民，

understanding their specific needs, learning their specific stories

理解他們具體的需求，

了解他們具體的故事，

and calling them by name.

並用他們的名字來稱呼他們。

You are hearing one voice today.

今天各位聽到的是一個聲音，

It is a voice of a refugee girl

一個難民女孩的聲音，

who was rescued through the love and generosity of many.

許多人的愛和慷慨拯救了這個女孩。

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

但，我感受到有數百萬難民透過我

here, as I do.

在這裡發聲。

這些聲音

The urgency of those voices

calling on each one of us

呼籲我們每個人

to help refugees break through,

幫助難民突破，

to find a place of sanctuary,

找到聖地，

find a place of safety.

找到安全的地方。

Find a way home.

找到回家的路。

Thank you.

謝謝。

(Cheers and applause)

（歡呼和掌聲）