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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.80,0:00:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came many years ago\Nfrom my dear Santiago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.57,0:00:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was 11 years old,\NI arrived here, in Buenos Aires.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.88,0:00:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because here lived a brother of mine,\NRamón was his name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.94,0:00:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And well, I arrived here\Nin search of Ramón.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.17,0:00:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After loosing my mother, and my dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.12,0:00:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father had abandoned us,\Nand, well, we were just a few.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.41,0:00:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were 3 of us,\Nlittle Martin that was 13 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself, 11 years old,\Nand Nilda, 7 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.27,0:00:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arrived in Buenos Aires alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.08,0:00:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martín got up one morning\Nand said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.93,0:00:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Gri, we're going to leave this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.44,0:00:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You should go to Buenos Aires,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.01,0:00:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll go to Tobas to look for work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.92,0:01:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some day, when we're older,\Nwe'll meet again."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.20,0:01:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I had to leave Nilda in Añatuya,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.48,0:01:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we lived in the countryside,\Nuphill, in the timberyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.04,0:01:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did everything that Martin told me to,\Nand I sat on the train station,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.16,0:01:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I began to cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.94,0:01:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the train arrived,\Nthe Estrella del Norte,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.61,0:01:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I got up quickly, the only thing\NI was carrying was a transparent bag,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.28,0:01:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little gossipy bag, as I call it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.36,0:01:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that little bag there was a dress
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.37,0:01:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with big flowers,\Nthat my mom had made me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.68,0:01:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I got quickly on the train,\Nand I sat on the train's cargo wagon,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.56,0:01:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I arrived here in Buenos Aires,\Nafter a 12-hour train ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.96,0:02:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My idea was to get to José C. Paz,\Nwhere my brother lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.20,0:02:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought that getting on\Nthe train and arriving --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.66,0:02:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That when the train stopped,\NI'd be in José C. Paz.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.39,0:02:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I had arrived
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.22,0:02:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the first and biggest train station\NI had seen in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.88,0:02:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was Retiro station.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.80,0:02:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got to Retiro, after travelling\Namong the kid goats and chickens,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.00,0:02:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because back then, people could send\Nlive animals to Buenos Aires
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the families would pick them up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.29,0:02:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got off the train and said to myself,\N"Ok, I'm here in José C.Paz,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.48,0:02:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember asking a man,\NI can't recall whether it was a policeman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.74,0:02:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he told me, "You have to get on\Nthat train, and when you reach a big arch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.42,0:03:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says 'José C. Paz',\Nthat's your stop."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.76,0:03:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got on board the other train,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.95,0:03:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that left swiftly,\Nstopping in many stations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that when it was just reaching\NJosé C.Paz station, there was an arch,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.12,0:03:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had told me "When you see the arch\Nsaying José C. Paz, that's your stop."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.58,0:03:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw that the train kept going,\Nwho knows where it was going to take me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.97,0:03:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I did the best thing I could think of,\Nand jumped off the train.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.09,0:03:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And well, that was the worst thing\Nthat happened to me, because the next day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.67,0:03:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I woke up, without a single tooth,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.88,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covered in gauze, because\NI had broken my ribs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.54,0:03:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my little arms, my little knee,\NI was very battered.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.56,0:03:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst part was not having\Nany teeth left.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.88,0:03:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I did have my brother,\Nwho was waiting there for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.44,0:04:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time I believe that I didn't care\Nabout not having any teeth or being sick
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.97,0:04:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having two broken ribs,\Nit didn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.44,0:04:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important part was\Nthat my brother was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.61,0:04:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As time went by, I met my husband,\NIsidro, relationship from which
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.76,0:04:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have many children of the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've also done something quite important\Nin our lives, that has been
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.17,0:04:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placing the soup kitchen Los Piletones,\Nwhere at the time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.11,0:04:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we came from José C. Paz,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.15,0:04:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea was not to put a soup kitchen,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.39,0:04:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we already had one,\Ngiven we had 10 kids --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.32,0:04:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it wasn't to place a soup kitchen,\Nbut instead work to raise our children,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.78,0:04:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide them with an education,\Nso we had to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.61,0:05:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of us worked,\Nand in spite of it all --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.54,0:05:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the important thing was\Nto raise our kids, like I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.22,0:05:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, when we arrived in the slum,\Nwe saw that there were a lot of needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.76,0:05:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The need was that there were a lot of kids
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.23,0:05:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that went out to scavenge\Nwith their parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.76,0:05:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a cart, some pulled,\Nsome with horses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.93,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't like that, that parents\Nwould take their kids scavenging.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember Isidro came home one morning,\Nlike always, with his cart and horse,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.13,0:05:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kids, the little neighbors\Nwould come help him unload the cart,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.08,0:05:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on that day, October 7, 1996,\Nhe told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.08,0:05:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Magui, why don't you make some mate tea
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.88,0:05:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heat up the biscuits\Nand make breakfast for the kids?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.02,0:05:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were 15, plus my ten.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.08,0:06:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isidro didn't finish the sentence,\Nand I was already lighting the fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.09,0:06:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a big clay oven that we had,\Nand I was already making mate tea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.14,0:06:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the mate tea,\Nthere came a big lunch,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.28,0:06:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the kids, for us, especially for me,\Nseeing the kids sitting at the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.52,0:06:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And among them was José Silva,\Nthat was one of the grandparents.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.04,0:06:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus we began with our soup kitchen,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.14,0:06:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1996, feeding 15 children\Nand a grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.13,0:06:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today we feed 1500 people,\Nand they're not just fed,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.00,0:06:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also receive medical care,\Nwhere people get pediatric help,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.52,0:06:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clinical medicine, gyno, dentistry --\Nin out own medical center,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.80,0:06:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we provide for it\Nwith donations from people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.20,0:06:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no city\Nor national involvement.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.92,0:06:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just keep it with the help\Nof private foundations,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.68,0:07:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like UAI that works\Nin clinical medicine and pediatrics,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.64,0:07:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maimónides works\Nin dentistry and psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.36,0:07:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we also have a day-care center\Nfor grandparents,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.17,0:07:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a library, a computer room,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.80,0:07:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a kindergarten with 110 kids,\Nthat's where we spend most of our day,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.50,0:07:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowing the families
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.09,0:07:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting to know the little kids,\Nthat need so much love, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.16,0:07:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And last year, we built a carpentry,\Nalways with the idea of generating work,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.68,0:07:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people need to learn how to work,\Nnot have everything handed to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.88,0:07:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've built the carpentry\Nto give work to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.06,0:07:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but especially, to teach a skill\Nto the young ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.76,0:08:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We built the carpentry, and also,\Nwe made a big sewing workshop
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.24,0:08:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where around 15 mothers\Nattend everyday, to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.60,0:08:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the sewing workshop's been in place\Nfor some years now, around 8 or 9 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.91,0:08:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 500 moms went through the workshop
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.38,0:08:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they learned how to handle\Na sewing machine, dressmaking, sewing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.29,0:08:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also, they take with them as a present\Na set of complete patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.56,0:08:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the clothes\Nthat they can make at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.98,0:08:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, we're working a lot because --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.12,0:08:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we're always working so much, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.74,0:08:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're working to get the women\Nout of household violence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.50,0:08:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they don't have to wonder,\N"If I leave my husband, what would I do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.36,0:08:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we're teaching them\Nhow to make jewelry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.12,0:08:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching them to keep their minds busy,\Nso they can generate their own work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.00,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that they have an important job option,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.44,0:09:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I always say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.46,0:09:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no offense intended,\Nbut I always say that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.20,0:09:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generating work and working,\Nis not a sin, on the contrary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.16,0:09:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stimulates you because today,\Nwhat we least want to do is work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.50,0:09:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are given everything,\Nso we can't really create jobs for anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.91,0:09:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's why, everyday\Nwe create new things,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.04,0:09:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are constantly with our minds busy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.57,0:09:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and keeping the women busy,\Nso they too can have a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.18,0:09:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, in the soup kitchen we have a bakery\Nwhere we make bread on a daily basis
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.29,0:09:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that people can have, it's not sold,\Nbut they receive it with meals,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.31,0:09:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.33,0:09:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have 30 women working with us,\Nthat I always say that are exemplary,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.48,0:10:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't get paid\Nand work completely for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.83,0:10:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come in at 6:45 a.m., and leave\Nat 8 p.m., every single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.67,0:10:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're an amazing group of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.84,0:10:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are with us on a daily basis,\Nensuring that the soup kitchen works
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.80,0:10:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.97,0:10:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't easy tending to 1500 people\Neveryday and feeding them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.66,0:10:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worrying that we have\Nwhat we need for breakfast
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.92,0:10:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worrying that we have everything\Nwe need for dinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.42,0:10:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worrying that we have everything\Nwe need for lunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.87,0:10:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that anyone that comes within schedule
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.43,0:10:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or outside schedule,\Nhas a hot meal at their disposal.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.75,0:10:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm going to tell you\Na story, to finish up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.83,0:10:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always say\Nthat solidarity is not taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.100,0:10:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not born with it either.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.60,0:10:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can learn it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.88,0:11:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned everything\NI know from my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.09,0:11:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that when I was a kid
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.80,0:11:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mom used to leave a served dish\Nat the center of the table
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.12,0:11:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a centerpiece.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.01,0:11:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day, I asked why did she leave\Nthat food there if we couldn't eat it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.20,0:11:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I asked her, "Mom, can we eat\Nthat food?" and she said no.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.10,0:11:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I asked her why.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.38,0:11:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she answered,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.41,0:11:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If God were to come and ask you\Nfor food, what would you give him?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.36,0:11:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I always waited for God to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.74,0:11:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I came home running\Nfrom tending the kid goats
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.53,0:11:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw a man eating the food.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.76,0:11:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I ran up to my mom and said,\N"Mom, he isn't God".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.80,0:11:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she asked me,\N"Do you know God?" "No".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.92,0:11:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So then, he is God".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.13,0:11:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that's why to anyone who comes\Nto the soup kitchen, everyday,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.62,0:11:58.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we never ask them where they come from,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.76,0:12:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I always say that's God,\Nthat's come to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.41,0:12:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.90,0:12:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)