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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.98,0:00:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is where I live. I live in Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.76,0:00:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.82,0:00:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are my dad's cows at the back,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.81,0:00:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and behind the cows,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.79,0:00:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the Nairobi National Park.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.10,0:00:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nairobi National Park is not fenced in the south widely,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.60,0:00:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means wild animals like zebras
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.06,0:00:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrate out of the park freely.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.98,0:00:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So predators like lions follow them,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.100,0:00:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.79,0:00:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They kill our livestock.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.79,0:00:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one of the cows which was killed at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.24,0:00:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just woke up in the morning and I found it dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.28,0:00:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt so bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.70,0:00:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was the only bull we had.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.19,0:00:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My community, the Maasai, we believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.98,0:00:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we came from heaven with all our animals and all the land
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.04,0:00:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for herding them, and that's why we value them so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.81,0:01:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grew up hating lions so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.57,0:01:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The morans are the warriors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.62,0:01:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who protect our community and the livestock,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.94,0:01:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're also upset about this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.02,0:01:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they kill the lions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.02,0:01:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the six lions which were killed in Nairobi.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.94,0:01:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park lions are few.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.48,0:01:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.44,0:01:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is responsible for his dad's cows,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.31,0:01:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the same thing which happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.44,0:01:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had to find a way of solving this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.86,0:01:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first idea I got was to use fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.67,0:01:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I thought lions were scared of fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I came to realize that that didn't really help,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.18,0:01:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was even helping the lions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.79,0:01:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see through the cowshed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.30,0:02:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I didn't give up. I continued.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.63,0:02:04.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a second idea I got was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.27,0:02:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use a scarecrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.34,0:02:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to trick the lions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.95,0:02:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[into thinking] that I was standing near the cowshed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.86,0:02:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But lions are very clever. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.94,0:02:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.38,0:02:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the second day, they'll come and they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.66,0:02:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.77,0:02:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he jumps in and kills the animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.00,0:02:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.96,0:02:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that day, the lions didn't come.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.80,0:02:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.36,0:02:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I had an idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.93,0:02:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I was a small boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.24,0:02:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to work in my room for the whole day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.50,0:02:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I even took apart my mom's new radio,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.60,0:02:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that day she almost killed me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.42,0:03:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I learned a lot about electronics. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.68,0:03:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I got an old car battery,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.04,0:03:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an indicator box. It's a small device found in a motorcycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.83,0:03:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.88,0:03:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.43,0:03:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.26,0:03:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I set up everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.14,0:03:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.36,0:03:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the battery supplies the power
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.48,0:03:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.54,0:03:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the indicator box makes the lights flash.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.26,0:03:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, the bulbs face outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.01,0:03:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where the lions come from.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.50,0:03:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how it looks to lions when they come at night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.56,0:03:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lights flash and trick
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.29,0:03:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was sleeping in my bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.16,0:03:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.90,0:03:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.57,0:04:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.16,0:04:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I set it up in my home two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since then, we have never experienced any problem with lions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.76,0:04:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my neighboring homes heard about this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.77,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them was this grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.24,0:04:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.51,0:04:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she asked me if I could put the lights for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.65,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I put the lights. You can see at the back, those are the lion lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.52,0:04:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since now, I've set up seven homes around my community,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.94,0:04:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're really working.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.16,0:04:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my idea is also being used now all over Kenya
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.34,0:04:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for scaring other predators like hyenas, leopards,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.46,0:04:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's also being used
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.69,0:04:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to scare elephants away from people's farms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.74,0:04:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.78,0:04:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in one of the best schools in Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.43,0:05:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brookhouse International School,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.34,0:05:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm really excited about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.26,0:05:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My new school now is coming in and helping
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.11,0:05:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by fundraising and creating an awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.64,0:05:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even took my friends back to my community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.93,0:05:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're installing the lights to the homes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.12,0:05:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which don't have [any], and I'm teaching them how to put them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.77,0:05:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savanna grassland
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.67,0:05:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herding my father's cows,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.34,0:05:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I used to see planes flying over,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.30,0:05:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.51,0:05:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.60,0:05:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a chance to come by plane for my first time for TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.53,0:05:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my big dream is to become an aircraft engineer and pilot when I grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.97,0:05:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to hate lions, but now because my invention
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.66,0:05:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saving my father's cows and the lions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.98,0:06:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are able to stay with the lions without any conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.68,0:06:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ashê olên. It means in my language, thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.90,0:06:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.38,0:06:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: You have no idea how exciting it is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.68,0:06:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hear a story like yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.79,0:06:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you got this scholarship.Richard Turere: Yep.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.83,0:06:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: You're working on other electrical inventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.41,0:06:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the next one on your list?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.26,0:06:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RT: My next invention is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.94,0:06:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make an electric fence.CA: Electric fence?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.52,0:06:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RT: But I know electric fences are already invented,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.68,0:06:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want to make mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.92,0:06:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.01,0:06:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: You already tried it once, right, and you --RT: I tried it before,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.18,0:06:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I stopped because it gave me a shock. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.94,0:06:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: In the trenches. Richard Turere, you are something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.26,0:07:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to cheer you on every step of the way, my friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.23,0:07:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.RT: Thank you. (Applause)