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Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.06,0:00:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, good afternoon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.56,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he said, my name is Jeroo Billimoria
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.40,0:00:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I like doing is \Nstarting organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.48,0:00:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think everyone of us can \Ndo something to change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.48,0:00:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here you see two things:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.03,0:00:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child Helpline International \Nand Aflatoun.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.60,0:00:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've started six organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.27,0:00:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'll share with you \Na bit of my journey
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.15,0:00:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask you all some questions \Non the way, if that's okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.81,0:00:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started very young, actually, \NI started when I was sixteen,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.72,0:00:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's when I argued with my mom \Nand started my first organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.08,0:00:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we all do that \Nas adolescents, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.32,0:00:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was basically \Nto teach math skills to students
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.75,0:00:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they would not fail in school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.84,0:00:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was where it started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.73,0:01:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then of course I went abroad,\Nstudied, the whole gamut,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.75,0:01:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was working \Nwith street children in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.58,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said that they wanted somewhere \Nwhere they could call up 24 hours a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not between the convenient times \Nof our social workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.83,0:01:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they said,\N"You all make money,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.58,0:01:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make it at our expense, but \Nyou're never there when we need you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.09,0:01:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was basically what they said.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.25,0:01:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they said, "Have a service!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.34,0:01:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we first went there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.25,0:01:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I approached the Telecom \Nauthorities and other people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.00,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said, \N"A phone service with street children?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.58,0:01:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who will run it? \NYou mean professional people?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.59,0:01:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, \N"No, the kids themselves will run it."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.97,0:01:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they thought I was crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.75,0:01:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they refused and we didn't get \Na toll free number from the government.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.28,0:01:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we tried again, and this time \Nwe said, "Let's be smart."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.58,0:01:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was teaching at Tata Institute,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.92,0:01:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there were no student researchers \Nwho wanted to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.84,0:01:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we got a bunch of street kids together \Nand they did the first ever research study
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.84,0:02:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on why they as street kids wanted to have \Na phone service for street children.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we took this research study \Nand then we went and presented it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.30,0:02:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Deputy Director General \Nof the Telecom,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.87,0:02:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got the toll free number \Nand today, in a way, this is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.70,0:02:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHILDLINE India is a project \Nof the government of India,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.08,0:02:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is part of the child protection system,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.61,0:02:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we received two million phone calls\Nfrom children,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.05,0:02:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are spread in 80 districts \Nacross the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.65,0:02:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and based on the calls \Nwhich came from CHILDLINE India,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.96,0:02:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now have a government policy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.46,0:02:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the government \Nwas forced to acknowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.63,0:02:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the amount of demand there was \Nfor protection services
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.93,0:02:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from a budget of one crore,\Nthat's around 250,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.39,0:02:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they now give 100 crore \Nintegrated child protection scheme
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.69,0:02:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linked to the policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.59,0:02:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what happened \Nand it only happened
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.49,0:03:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a bunch of kids had enough guts \Nand were willing to follow and do stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.84,0:03:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From CHILDLINE India, \Nwhich is still where my heart lies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.22,0:03:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we moved into \NChild Helpline International,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.84,0:03:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's what you see over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.84,0:03:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many countries started asking us \Nabout helplines for children by children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.97,0:03:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany has a very established helpline,\Nwhich has been there for almost 25 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.88,0:03:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is from -- \Nall of you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.09,0:03:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are no helplines \Nin economically developing countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everyone said telecoms cannot work \Nfor economically developing countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.95,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though CHILDLINE India \Nhad proved otherwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.00,0:03:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we said, okay, let's take up \Nthe challenge globally, and we did.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.79,0:03:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we are Child Helpline International, \Nit's in 150 countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.09,0:03:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have live helplines \Nin more than 110 countries
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.09,0:03:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respond to between 14-18 million \Ncalls and contacts annually
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.59,0:03:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have helped on an annual basis \Nmore than a million children
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.17,0:04:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were being abused \Nfrom different sorts of abuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically if you will look at this story, \NI think the important thing is that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.67,0:04:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone of you can have an idea and then,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.76,0:04:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you just follow your heart \Nand your dream, and ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.47,0:04:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy!\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.33,0:04:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just ... go ahead \Nand just do it, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.60,0:04:23.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'll be able \Nto work with a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.25,0:04:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So -- looking at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.89,0:04:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after taking Child Helpline global
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.54,0:04:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today, since its inception, we have\Nresponded to more than 55 million calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.11,0:04:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's more than \Nhalf a billion phone calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.25,0:04:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped millions \Nand millions of children.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.22,0:04:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.50,0:04:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean to be complacent, \Nwhat is the cause of the problems?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.21,0:04:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do the children run away, \Nwhy is there abuse in the homes?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.100,0:04:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.86,0:04:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with the economic crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.71,0:04:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone's talked about\Nthe millions that have been lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.34,0:05:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the billions of bailouts, \Nrescue packages, the whole gamut.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.85,0:05:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is that the child, \Nwho is most affected,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.55,0:05:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody has ever talked about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.80,0:05:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the crisis, \Nmore children have been abused at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.21,0:05:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more children have been \Nforced to drop out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.52,0:05:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more children are not able \Nto meet their basic school fees,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and malnourishment \Nin families has increased.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.21,0:05:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is something that is happening\Nwhere macroeconomics affects children.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.87,0:05:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the question, not just with the crisis,\Nbut even when I spoke to street children,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.20,0:05:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why did they run away from home,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.70,0:05:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because they saw \Nno opportunities at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.08,0:05:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then the question was,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.78,0:05:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can you work to create a society \Nwhere every child really feels empowered?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.99,0:05:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the question I posed, and \NI think actually some of my kids said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.96,0:06:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what you really need to know is \Nknow about money, know how to use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.61,0:06:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I'm going to take \Na one second break and ask you all:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.42,0:06:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you started saving\Nwhen you were children?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.62,0:06:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just raise your hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.75,0:06:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.62,0:06:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you who have kids \Ndo teach your children to save?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.01,0:06:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or your cousins, or ...?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.50,0:06:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who have kids, \Nyou teach your kids to save.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.04,0:06:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens in a family \Nwhich has never learned to save?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.66,0:06:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do they ever manage?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.72,0:06:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be it in Germany, be it in the US, \Nbe it in rural India?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.08,0:06:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens? There is nobody\Nwho can teach children about saving.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.66,0:06:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teach them about investments, teach them \Nabout believing and having a choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.30,0:06:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what Aflatoun does.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.99,0:06:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aflatoun teaches children \Nto believe in themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.11,0:06:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can go on and on about Aflatoun, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.70,0:06:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but here I'm going \Nto take a two minute pause
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.32,0:07:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask them to show you a film \Nwhich was made by Aflatoun
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.18,0:07:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our kids in parallel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.52,0:07:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll step aside \Nso you can see the Aflatoun film
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.15,0:07:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which brings the spirit of what Aflatoun is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.95,0:07:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.18,0:07:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.53,0:07:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I am Aflatoun ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.04,0:07:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm a fireball ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.73,0:07:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I come from outer space ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.63,0:07:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ From far away I come ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.80,0:07:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I am Aflatoun ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.48,0:07:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I like playing games ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.03,0:07:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I live inside a child ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.80,0:07:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ And give her strength, I do ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.16,0:08:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I like teaching your children \Nabout their rights ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.12,0:08:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I teach them saving and spending \Nand enterprise ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.03,0:08:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ They discover their powers, \Nthat's what I'm all about ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.26,0:08:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Separate fiction from fact ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.86,0:08:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Explore, think, investigate and act. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.56,0:08:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Make a change around the world ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.67,0:08:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's our choice \Nas an Aflatoun boy and girl ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.48,0:08:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm aware of what my rights are ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.55,0:08:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ and how this can bring me so far ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.61,0:08:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ But I know what my duties are too ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.68,0:08:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm an empowered child! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.82,0:08:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I am Aflatoun ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.79,0:08:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I know who I am ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.93,0:08:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ The flame that burns so bright, \Nburns in me too, it does. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.26,0:09:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I am Aflatoun ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.54,0:09:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I save coins and things ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.24,0:09:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Things that are valuable \Nare safe with me, they are. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.49,0:09:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Aflatoun helped show me \Nhow to plan my stuff ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.23,0:09:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ So when it comes to resources, \NI'll have enough ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.35,0:09:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm tremendously happy, \Nit's in my neighborhood. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.45,0:09:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Separate fiction from fact ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.86,0:09:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Explore, think, investigate and act. ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.57,0:09:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Make a change around the world ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.67,0:09:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's our choice \Nas an Aflatoun boy and girl ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.60,0:09:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm aware of what my rights are \Nand how this can bring me so far ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.78,0:09:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ But I know my duties well too ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.20,0:09:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm an empowered child! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.03,0:10:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Separate fiction from fact ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.42,0:10:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Explore, think, investigate and act ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.58,0:10:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Make a change around the world ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.49,0:10:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ It's our choice \Nas an Aflatoun boy and girl ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.17,0:10:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm aware of what my rights are \Nand how this can bring me so far ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.24,0:10:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ But I know my duties well too ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.69,0:10:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ I'm an empowered child! ♪
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.45,0:10:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JB: Now, I was a school teacher, \Nor at university, I still ask:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.02,0:10:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was there in the film?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.99,0:10:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What were the messages \Nwe were communicating?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.40,0:10:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seven minutes, so I can ask. \N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.77,0:10:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any idea?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.70,0:10:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the main message that Aflatoun, \Naccording to the film, communicates?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.07,0:10:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Woman: I'm an empowered child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.82,0:10:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JB: Yeah! You're an empowered child.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.70,0:11:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Anyone else? ... No?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.37,0:11:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Learning can be fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.54,0:11:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JB: Learning can be fun!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.81,0:11:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone else?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.19,0:11:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: Saving money.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.46,0:11:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JB: Saving money! Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.14,0:11:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the main things\NAflatoun teaches,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.88,0:11:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it teaches you to believe in yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.23,0:11:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it teaches you to save your money,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.01,0:11:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources, water, electricity,\Neverything,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.33,0:11:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it teaches you to be entrepreneurial, \Nso you can go and follow your dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.66,0:11:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it teaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.56,0:11:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aflatoun is the fireball which unites
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.44,0:11:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,approximately 800,000 children \Nin 40 countries across the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.77,0:11:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we started with Aflatoun, \Neveryone said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.01,0:11:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We are not funding this. Teaching \Nchildren to save money is bad."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.13,0:11:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not joking! Honestly. \NAnd I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.25,0:11:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But don't you teach your own children?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.100,0:11:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, but teaching children \Nto save money is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.25,0:12:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No NGO was willing to collaborate\Nand no donor was willing to fund us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.99,0:12:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the first four years actually, \Nmy husband and myself said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.27,0:12:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ok, we'll fund it to whatever extent \Nof money we have."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.45,0:12:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We aren't rich, but we said, \N"Let's just do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.34,0:12:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we built it. In 2008, \Nwe launched the campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.25,0:12:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just least year we had around \N560,000 children saving.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.29,0:12:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a question to all of you:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.95,0:12:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much do you think, last year, \N560,000 children saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.29,0:12:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of these children are from \Nless than a dollar a day families.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.33,0:12:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take your guess! \NHow much do you think they saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.64,0:12:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collectively. Remember, there's \Nless than a dollar a day families.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.04,0:12:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man: One million!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.71,0:12:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JB: Go higher! You're right!\N2.6 million! That's what they saved!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.21,0:13:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine?\N2.6 million is what the children saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.69,0:13:06.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they started \Nfive thousand enterprises.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.07,0:13:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enterprises to start livestock,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.86,0:13:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so a child saved, bought a chicken, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.80,0:13:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that he or she could then \Nhave money to go to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.12,0:13:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they saved the money, \Nhave the chicken, get eggs,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.55,0:13:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a revenue, and can eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.08,0:13:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some school children took gunny sacks and \Nplanted potatoes in their school playground!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.11,0:13:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet others took waste and \Nmade bags from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.79,0:13:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet others decided that there was \Nenough space to do rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.14,0:13:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they planted rice fields in that small \Npatch, and that became part of the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.53,0:13:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others opened school canteens \Nand a zillion more things.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.44,0:13:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, all I'm trying to say is that \Nif we are able to teach children,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.41,0:13:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have the power and the ability \Nto be the agents of change.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.91,0:14:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is what Aflatoun is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.80,0:14:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is what we do, \Nthat is what we believe in,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.62,0:14:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what we take forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.37,0:14:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine out of ten times, \Nwhen we start something,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.06,0:14:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody is willing to believe in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.13,0:14:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can go on and on about \Nhow many people say no,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.21,0:14:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are some people \Nwho are willing to invest in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.01,0:14:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think those are actually \Nthe more courageous people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.12,0:14:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than people like me \Nwho want to start things.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.15,0:14:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think Bart sitting there will agree.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.63,0:14:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you start, fine,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.59,0:14:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's the investors who say, "Hey, \Nwe believe in you, we take it forward."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.97,0:14:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means everyone of you \Nwho is sitting here in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.38,0:14:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the ability to be an investor \Nand to be the change,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.66,0:14:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the movement which we need,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.03,0:14:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that our children \Ndon't have a financial crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.47,0:14:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that our children can see a future
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.95,0:14:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like this film said, \Nbe empowered children and citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.04,0:14:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the change is not with me, \Nit's with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.19,0:14:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope we can do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.37,0:15:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.71,0:15:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)