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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.99,0:00:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good evening everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.06,0:00:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true. I have been \Nin Afghanistan for 21 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.88,0:00:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work for the Red Cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.53,0:00:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm a physiotherapist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is to make arms and legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.08,0:00:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's not completely true.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.65,0:00:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We do more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.05,0:00:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We provide the patients, \Nthe Afghan disabled,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.79,0:00:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first with physical rehabilitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.46,0:00:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then with social reintegration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.78,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very logical plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.43,0:00:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was not always like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.77,0:00:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many years, \Nwe were just providing them \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.02,0:00:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with artificial limbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.79,0:00:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took quite many years \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.94,0:01:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the program to become what it is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.30,0:01:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I would like to tell you a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.92,0:01:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of a big change,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story of the people \Nwho made this change possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.06,0:01:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I arrived in Afghanistan in 1990,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.13,0:01:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to work in a hospital for war victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.72,0:01:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, not only for war victims;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.02,0:01:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was for any kind of patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.34,0:01:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, I found myself \Nin a strange situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.18,0:01:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt not quite ready for that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.80,0:01:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was so much to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.02,0:01:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were so many things new to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.76,0:01:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was a terrific job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.85,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was also working \Nin the orthopaedic center,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.75,0:02:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it like this. It's the place \Nwhere we make the legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.51,0:02:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I said, it was fantastic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.37,0:02:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was something strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.41,0:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as the fight intensified,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.49,0:02:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the physical rehabilitation was suspended.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.45,0:02:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were many other things to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.78,0:02:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the orthopaedic center was closed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.98,0:02:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because physical rehabilitation \Nwas not considered a priority.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.02,0:02:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a strange sensation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.86,0:02:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, I was working --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.07,0:02:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry I'm a bit confused. (Sigh)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.72,0:02:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, every time \NI make this speech, --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.18,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is not the first time -- \Nit's an emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.56,0:02:56.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's something that comes out \Nfrom the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.33,0:02:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been 21 years, \Nbut it's still all there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.54,0:03:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway. In 1992 the Mujahideen \Ntook all Afghanistan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.41,0:03:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the orthopaedic center was closed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.64,0:03:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was assigned to work for the homeless, \N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.31,0:03:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the internally displaced people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.17,0:03:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The orthopaedic center was closed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.52,0:03:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and... (Sigh) \NIt was a very strange sensation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.14,0:03:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one day, something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.48,0:03:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was coming back from \Na big food distribution in a mosque,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.09,0:03:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where tens and tens\Nof people were squatting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.89,0:03:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terrible conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.39,0:03:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to go home, I was driving,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.20,0:03:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, when you want to forget,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to see things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.15,0:03:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just want to go to your room
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.30,0:03:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lock yourself inside, \Nand say, "That's enough."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bomb fell, not far from my car --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.80,0:04:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, far enough, \Nbut [making a] big noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.49,0:04:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody disappeared from the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.72,0:04:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cars disappeared as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.41,0:04:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I docked, and only one figure remained \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.69,0:04:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of the road.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.01,0:04:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a man on a wheelchair,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.08,0:04:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desperately trying to move away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.60,0:04:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm not a particularly brave person,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.66,0:04:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to confess it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.90,0:04:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I could not just ignore him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.32,0:04:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I stopped the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.16,0:04:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.94,0:04:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man was without legs, \Nand only with one arm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.38,0:04:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Behind him, there was a child, his son.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.06,0:04:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His face was red because of his effort \Nto push the father.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.66,0:04:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I took him into a safe place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.92,0:05:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked, "What are you doing \Nout in the street,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.56,0:05:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this situation?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.84,0:05:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I work", he said. \NI wondered, "What work?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.59,0:05:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I asked\Nan even more stupid question,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.37,0:05:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why don't you have a prosthesis?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.59,0:05:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't you have the artificial legs?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.45,0:05:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "The Red Cross is closed".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.88,0:05:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, without thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.08,0:05:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told him, "Come tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.46,0:05:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will provide you with a pair of legs."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.28,0:05:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man -- his name was Mahmoud
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.15,0:05:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the child's name was Rafi -- left.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.57,0:05:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I said, \N"Oh my god! What did I say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.66,0:05:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The center is closed, no staff around,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.83,0:05:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe the machinery's broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.41,0:05:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is going to make the legs for him?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.06,0:05:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hoped that he would not come.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.15,0:06:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the streets of Kabul, \Nin those days.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.61,0:06:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, so I said, \N"I will give him some money."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.80,0:06:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the following day,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.15,0:06:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the orthopaedic center
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.08,0:06:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spoke with the gate keeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.56,0:06:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready to tell him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.77,0:06:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, if someone, such and such, \Ncomes tomorrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.47,0:06:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please tell him that there was a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.63,0:06:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing can be done. \NGive him some money and..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.19,0:06:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Mahmoud and his son \Nwere already there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.00,0:06:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.77,0:06:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.64,0:06:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe 20 people like him, \Nwaiting. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.42,0:06:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was some staff too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.78,0:06:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among them, there was\Nmy right-hand man, Najmuddin.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.32,0:06:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the gate keeper told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.64,0:06:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They come every day, \Nto see if the center would open."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.05,0:06:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "No, we have to go away, \Nwe cannot stay here!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.56,0:06:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were bombing, not very close,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.45,0:07:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you could hear \Nthe noise of the bombs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.24,0:07:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, "We cannot stay here,\Nit's dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.72,0:07:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a priority."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.26,0:07:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, Najmuddin told me, \N"Listen, now we're here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.49,0:07:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least we can start repairing \N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.38,0:07:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the broken prosthesis of the people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.27,0:07:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe try to do something\Nfor people like Mahmoud."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.73,0:07:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "No, please, we cannot do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.67,0:07:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really dangerous, \Nwe have other things to do."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.20,0:07:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they insisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.33,0:07:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have 20 people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.98,0:07:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of you, looking at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.50,0:07:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are the one who has to decide...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.89,0:07:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we started doing some repairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.56,0:07:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, one of the physiotherapists reported
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.02,0:07:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Mahmoud could be provided with legs,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.68,0:07:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.42,0:07:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[His] legs were swollen, \Nand [his] knees were stiff,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.80,0:07:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he needed a long preparation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.46,0:07:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe me: I was worried,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.87,0:07:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was breaking the rules.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.69,0:07:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was doing something \Nthat I was not supposed to do!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.63,0:08:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the evening, I went to speak \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.58,0:08:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the bosses at the headquarters
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.79,0:08:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told them -- I lied --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.43,0:08:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told them, "Listen, \Nwe are going to start,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.74,0:08:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple of hours per day, \Njust a few repairs..."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.92,0:08:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe some of them [are] here now.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.56,0:08:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.42,0:08:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we started. I was working.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.62,0:08:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going every day to work \Nfor the homeless,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.02,0:08:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Najmuddin was staying there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.71,0:08:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing everything \Nand reporting on the patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.68,0:08:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was telling me, "Patients are coming".
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.54,0:08:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew that many more patients \Ncould not come
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.56,0:08:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[because of the fighting], \Nbut people were coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.13,0:08:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mahmoud was coming everyday.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.62,0:08:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And slowly, slowly, week after week,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.76,0:08:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his legs were improving,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.20,0:08:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stumps were cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.61,0:08:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[his] prosthesis was made,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.44,0:09:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was starting \Na real physical rehabilitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.14,0:09:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was coming every day, \Ncrossing the front line.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.58,0:09:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A couple of times, \NI crossed the front line
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.32,0:09:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the very place where Mahmoud \Nand his son were crossing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.17,0:09:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you! It was something so sinister
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.86,0:09:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was astonished \Nthey could do it every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.74,0:09:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But finally, the great day arrived:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.14,0:09:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day when Mahmoud was going to be \Ndischarged with his new legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.62,0:09:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was April, I remember, \Na very beautiful day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.39,0:09:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kabul. April in Kabul is beautiful,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.84,0:09:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full of roses, full of flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.66,0:09:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could not possibly stay indoors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.51,0:09:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all these sandbags in the windows.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.71,0:09:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[It was] very sad, dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.49,0:09:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we chose a small spot in the garden,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.60,0:09:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Mahmoud put on his prosthesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.69,0:09:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other patients did the same,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.84,0:09:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started practicing \Nfor the last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.76,0:09:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before being discharged.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.92,0:10:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, they started fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.06,0:10:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two groups of Mujahiddeen \Nstarted fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.01,0:10:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could hear \Nthe bullets passing in the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we dashed, all of us, \Ntowards the shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.17,0:10:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud grabbed his son, \NI grabbed someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.28,0:10:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody was grabbing something.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.24,0:10:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ran. You know, \N50 meters can be a long distance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.02,0:10:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are totally exposed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.87,0:10:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we managed to reach the shelter.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.74,0:10:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sigh of relief) Inside, \Nall of us [were] panting,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.87,0:10:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stopped a moment, \Nand I heard Rafi, telling his father,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.50,0:10:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Father, you can run, faster than me!"\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.55,0:10:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Mahmoud, "Of course I can!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.95,0:10:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can run, and now, you can go to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.66,0:10:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No need of staying with me \Nall the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.01,0:10:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing my wheelchair".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.93,0:10:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, we took them home,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.72,0:10:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I will never forget
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.24,0:11:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mahmoud and his son, walking together,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.42,0:11:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing the empty wheelchair.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.50,0:11:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.72,0:11:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physical rehabilitation is a priority.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.76,0:11:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dignity cannot wait for better times.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.66,0:11:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, from that day on, \Nwe've never closed a single day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.74,0:11:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, sometimes \Nwe suspended it for a few hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.44,0:11:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we've never closed again.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.54,0:11:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met Mahmoud one year later.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.34,0:11:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in good shape.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.30,0:11:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bit thinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.58,0:11:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He needed to change his prosthesis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.49,0:11:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new pair of prosthesis.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.95,0:11:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked about his son, he told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.56,0:11:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He's at school, he's doing quite well."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.88,0:11:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I understood he wanted \Nto tell me something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.05,0:11:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I asked him, "What is [it]?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.98,0:12:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was sweating, \Nhe was clearly embarrassed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.64,0:12:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was standing \Nin front of me, his head down.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.62,0:12:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "You have taught me to walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.61,0:12:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.67,0:12:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, help me not to be \Na beggar anymore."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.90,0:12:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the job.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.65,0:12:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My children are growing. I feel ashamed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.73,0:12:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want them to be teased at school,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.45,0:12:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the other students".
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.79,0:12:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, "How much money \Ndo I have in my pocket?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.05,0:12:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just give him some money? \NIt's the easiest way."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.30,0:12:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He read my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.27,0:12:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "I ask for a job."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.26,0:12:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he added something
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.51,0:12:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will never forget \Nfor the rest of my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.17,0:13:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I am a scrap of a man, \Nbut if you help me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.63,0:13:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm ready to do anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.64,0:13:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if I have to crawl on the ground".
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.76,0:13:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he sat down, I sat down too,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.86,0:13:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with goose bumps everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.05,0:13:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Legless, with only one arm, \Nilliterate, unskilled.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.76,0:13:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What job [could I offer] him?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.86,0:13:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Najmuddin told me, \N"Well, we have a vacancy \N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.85,0:13:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the carpentry shop. We can..."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.05,0:13:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?", I said. "Stop..."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.01,0:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Najmuddin]: "Well, yes, we need \Nto increase the production of feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.26,0:13:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to employ someone
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.16,0:13:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to glue and screw the sole of the feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.37,0:13:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to increase the production."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.80,0:14:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Excuse me?" -- I could not believe!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.85,0:14:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he said, \N"No, we can modify the workbench,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.40,0:14:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe to put a special stool, \Na special anvil,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.48,0:14:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a special device, \Nand maybe an electrical screwdriver."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.44,0:14:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "It's insane!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.03,0:14:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's even cruel \Nto think of anything like this!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.63,0:14:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a production line, \Nand a very fast one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.20,0:14:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's cruel to offer him a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.27,0:14:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that he's going to fail."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.92,0:14:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with Najmuddin, \Nwe cannot discuss, so...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.13,0:14:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.05,0:14:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only thing I could manage to obtain
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.92,0:14:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a kind of compromise,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.17,0:14:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Only one week, one week trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.70,0:14:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a single day more."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.18,0:15:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One week later, Mahmoud was the fastest
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.20,0:15:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the production line.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.55,0:15:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told Nahjmuddin, "That's a trick!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.02,0:15:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.00,0:15:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can't believe it!" \NThe production was 20% up!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.58,0:15:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's a trick, it's a trick!", I said.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.26,0:15:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I asked \Nfor a verification: it was true.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.81,0:15:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Najmuddin's comment] was:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.20,0:15:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mahmoud has something to prove."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.84,0:15:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember, Mahmoud -- \Nhe got the job of course --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.94,0:15:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the one sitting on the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.14,0:15:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got the job, of course, \Nand then it was incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.65,0:15:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understood I was wrong again. \NMahmood looked taller.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.63,0:15:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember him sitting \Nbehind the workbench, smiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.20,0:16:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a new man, tall again.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.47,0:16:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, I understood \Nthat what made him stand tall --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.74,0:16:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, well, the legs, \Nthank you very much --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.62,0:16:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a first step, it was the dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.40,0:16:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has regained his full dignity \Nthanks to that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.04,0:16:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, of course, I understood
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.62,0:16:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we started a new policy, \Ncompletely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.47,0:16:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we decided to employ as many \Ndisabled [people] as possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.51,0:16:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train them in any possible job.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.61,0:16:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It became a policy \Nof positive discrimination,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.82,0:16:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[as] we call it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.90,0:16:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.88,0:16:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It' s good for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.44,0:16:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody benefits from that:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.14,0:16:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those employed, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.12,0:16:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they get a job and dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.22,0:16:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also for the newcomers.\NThey are 7,000 every year,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.14,0:17:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people coming in for the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.69,0:17:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you should see \Nthe face of these people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.42,0:17:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they realized that \Nthose assisting them are like them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.94,0:17:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you see them, they look... "Oh!"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.48,0:17:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see their face
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.26,0:17:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the surprise turns into hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.38,0:17:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's easy for me as well \Nto train someone
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.78,0:17:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has already passed\Nthrough the experience of disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.16,0:17:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn much faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.10,0:17:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The motivation, the empathy \Nthey can establish with the patient
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.45,0:17:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is completely different, completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.25,0:17:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scraps of men do not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.90,0:17:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People like Mahmoud are agents of change.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.26,0:17:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, when you start changing, \Nyou cannot stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.42,0:17:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, employing people, yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.39,0:17:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also we started a program \Nof microfinance education
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.73,0:17:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and -- sorry, this machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.86,0:18:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Najmuddin, \Nthe one with the white coat. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.76,0:18:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Terrible Najmuddin, he's that one.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.38,0:18:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you start you cannot stop, \Nso you do vocational training,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.92,0:18:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,microfinance, home education \Nfor those who cannot go to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.02,0:18:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physiotherapy can also \Nbe done at home, not only...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.96,0:18:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Physiotherapy can be done \Nin an orthopaedic center,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.63,0:18:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in the houses of the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.80,0:18:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is always a better way to do things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.38,0:18:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned a lot from people \Nlike Najmuddin, Mahmoud, Rafi.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.12,0:18:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are my teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.94,0:18:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a wish, a big wish, \Nthat this way of working,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.41,0:18:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this way of thinking is going to be \Nimplemented in other countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.09,0:19:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of countries at war, \Nlike Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.30,0:19:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible and it is not difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.92,0:19:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we have to do is to --
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.29,0:19:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can I say it? --
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.96,0:19:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to listen to the people \Nthat we are supposed to assist,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.72,0:19:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make them part \Nof the decision-making process,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.43,0:19:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, of course, to adapt.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.86,0:19:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my big wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.28,0:19:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, don't think the changes \Nin Afghanistan are over.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.30,0:19:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not at all. We are going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.37,0:19:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, we have just started a program,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.52,0:19:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sport program: basketball \Nfor wheelchair users.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.76,0:19:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We transport wheelchairs \Neverwhere in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.02,0:19:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have several teams now,\Nin many parts of Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.55,0:19:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning, when Najmuddin told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.61,0:20:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We would like to start it.", \NI hesitated, I said, "No!"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.30,0:20:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine? \NI said, "No, no, no, we can't."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.75,0:20:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I asked \Nthe usual question, "Is it a priority?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.37,0:20:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it really necessary?" \N
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.04,0:20:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now you should see me.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.60,0:20:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never miss a single training session.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.72,0:20:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The night before a match, \NI'm very nervous,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.71,0:20:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you should see me during the match.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.24,0:20:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shout, well like a true Italian!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.51,0:20:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.00,0:20:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's next? What is going to be \Nthe next change?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.97,0:20:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know yet, but I'm sure that \NNajmuddin and his friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.93,0:20:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they already have [something] in mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.14,0:20:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was my story. Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.13,0:20:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applauses)