[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.96,0:00:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow. You can't see anything\Nfrom up here, it's perfect. Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.04,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is going to make it much easier. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.38,0:00:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Julie Veloo, and I'm here today\Nto talk to you about a moment in my life Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.84,0:00:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that profoundly changed my life. Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.08,0:00:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had an opportunity to truly see a group\Nof people that were largely undiscovered Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.100,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More or less living in the shadows\Nhere in Ulaanbaatar. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.06,0:00:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seeing them led me to a decision\Nwhich changed not only my life Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.36,0:00:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but theirs and the lives of many others. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.73,0:00:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talk about the people who make a living\Nscavenging up at the garbage dump. Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.44,0:00:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first came up to them three years ago\Nwhen I moved to Mongolia. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.60,0:00:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came here, I was expecting\Nto do volunteer work Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.96,0:00:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the foundation\Nthat I'm the vice president of. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.43,0:00:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was expecting to do\N'regular' volunteer work Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.58,0:01:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant, more or less,\Njust bringing clothes to people, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.31,0:01:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with the existing organizations, Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.73,0:01:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finding children\Nwho needed help and helping them. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.09,0:01:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't really expecting what came next. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.14,0:01:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first met the people\Nup at the dump, Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.08,0:01:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sort of confused. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.39,0:01:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought: "Who are these people\Nand why are they working up at the dump?" Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who strap their babies\Nto their backs and take them up there. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.97,0:01:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they get too big to be strapped\Nto their backs, they get left home alone, Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.81,0:01:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they get left home\Nwith a 6 or 7 year old sibling, Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.24,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who surprisingly, doesn't do\Na very good job of taking care Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their infant and toddler\Nsisters and brothers. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.82,0:01:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was confused.\NLike, why don't they have a real job? Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it turns out that most of the people Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.22,0:01:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are working at the dump\Nused to be herders. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.71,0:01:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago,\Nwhen we had a really bad winter Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.11,0:01:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over 9 million animals died, Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.38,0:01:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were forced to give up\Ntheir lifestyle out in the countryside, Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.87,0:01:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their beautiful, beautiful,\Ntraditional Mongolian lifestyle, Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.97,0:02:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's so much in touch with the land\Nand so much in touch with nature Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.39,0:02:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they follow the pastures\Nwith their herds. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.47,0:02:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional Mongolian lifestyle requires\Npeople to be competent and capable. Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.35,0:02:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It requires that they\Nare really self-reliant individuals, Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.57,0:02:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only problem of course is, without\Nanimals, you can't live that lifestyle. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.55,0:02:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when they were forced to move to\Nthe city because they had no animals left, Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.62,0:02:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they found themselves\Nwith an amazing set of skills Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.84,0:02:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of which actually applied\Nto their current life in the city. Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.30,0:02:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they were forced onto the garbage dump Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.18,0:02:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and find food, or fuel, or clothes, Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.16,0:02:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything that they need for their lives. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.51,0:02:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An average day up at the garbage dump\Nwill net you about 10,000 tugriks. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.05,0:02:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means everybody in the family has\Nto work in order to make the ends meet, Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.55,0:02:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means, Moms, Dads\NGrandmas, Grandpas, children. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.41,0:02:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's sort of where\Nthis story starts. Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.99,0:03:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you about the day\Nthat coalesced into this decision, Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.88,0:03:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has resulted in the creation\Nof the Children of the Peak Sanctuary. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.55,0:03:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It started when I went\Nwith my local NGO partner, Baaska Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.34,0:03:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- who himself was a dump child\Nand grew up eating garbage himself, Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.38,0:03:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he's very familiar\Nwith the people in the community - Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.69,0:03:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up with a load of clothes\Nand blankets and what not to give out, Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.49,0:03:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I met some amazing people. Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.63,0:03:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first person that I met is Sarnai.\NSarnai is an amazing lady. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.20,0:03:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is illiterate. She dropped\Nout of school in first grade. Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.77,0:03:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure you can actually drop out\Nof school in first grade, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.79,0:03:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's what happened to her. Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.47,0:03:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her mother died, and so she had to\Nstay home and take care of her siblings. Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.83,0:03:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knows quite a lot then\Nabout children taking care of children. Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.07,0:03:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Few years ago she was\Nup at the dump scavenging, Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.43,0:03:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she had her then youngest\Nof four children strapped to her back Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.47,0:03:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a little four month-old baby boy - Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.33,0:04:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she came across something in\Nthe garbage that is not all that uncommon. Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.95,0:04:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She came across a little,\Ndiscarded baby girl, two days old. Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.75,0:04:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did what everybody would do, Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.98,0:04:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she picked the baby up and took\Nher home started raising her as her own. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.23,0:04:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what everybody would do,\Nright? Maybe not. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.39,0:04:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe people would give it\Nto an orphanage or some other place, Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.38,0:04:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she's an amazing woman, obviously\Nnot from an upper socioeconomic level, Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.71,0:04:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But her heart and generosity is so great Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.41,0:04:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she took the child home\Nand was raising her as her own. Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.63,0:04:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, just as an aside,\Nin the last 4 years, Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.15,0:04:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's been 17 such children\Nfound at the garbage dump. Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.53,0:04:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, think about\Nthat last slide that we saw Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.86,0:04:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had all those big machines\Nand stuff going. Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.13,0:04:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of those 17 children, most of them\Nare now living in state-run orphanages. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.93,0:04:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them actually have, like Sarnai,\Nsome generous people from the dump Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.76,0:04:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken the children home\Nand are raising them as their own. Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.66,0:05:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I met her Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.46,0:05:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- obviously this was wonderful\Nthat this girl was saved - Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.22,0:05:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was profoundly upset and just\Nenraged about the complete injustice Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.58,0:05:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are women about there,\Nyoung women presumably, Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.42,0:05:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who feel they have no option Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.18,0:05:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for them to discard\Ntheir baby in the garbage dump. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.97,0:05:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, upset about the injustice\Nfor the babies who being discarded there. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.94,0:05:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was moved on a level\Nthat I don't often get moved on; Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.26,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just the profound wrongness\Nof it on every level Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.34,0:05:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something that resonated. Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.98,0:05:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I left her house,\NI was really upset about the situation Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.30,0:05:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the children, and the families, Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.86,0:05:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the women up there\Nwere finding themselves in. Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.57,0:05:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then we took some more clothes,\Nand we went to the next house. Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.84,0:05:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use the term 'house' very loosely.\NIt was really a shack. Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.36,0:05:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eight people live here. there was only\None person at home when we got there. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a little boy. He was 9 years old.\NAnd he was homesick. Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.17,0:06:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of his family was up\Nat the dump scavenging for garbage, Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.66,0:06:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he was too sick to go. Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.04,0:06:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was too sick to go to the dump, Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.29,0:06:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was home alone with no TV, no Nintendo, Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.96,0:06:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no Mom, no juice,\Nno medicine, no snugly blankets, Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.89,0:06:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no fire, more importantly,\Nand it was minus 25 that day. Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.62,0:06:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't help but be appalled Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.34,0:06:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the injustice that his choice\Nfor the day being sick Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.81,0:06:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to stay home and huddle\Nunder a filthy blanket Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.10,0:06:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or go up to the dump; tough choice. Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.62,0:06:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We took him over,\Nyou know, to a neighbor's house, Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.78,0:06:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we could get warmed up\Nand get some soup. Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.43,0:06:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I was leaving from there I just was\Noverwhelmed by the difficult choices Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.87,0:06:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all those people up there\Nin this community were making, Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.13,0:06:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly given the wonderful\Nself-reliant nature of these people. Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.63,0:07:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because of the circumstances\Nof now being in this position, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.51,0:07:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are forced to make\Nthese kinds of decision Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.53,0:07:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which people shouldn't have to make. Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.50,0:07:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, we went to a Ger and I imagine\Nmost of you are familiar with gers. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.01,0:07:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the circular wooden structures, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.34,0:07:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two layers of felt in the winter,\Na bit of plastic, some canvas. Yes? Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.22,0:07:22.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're wonderful wonderful\Nportable dwellings Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.89,0:07:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the traditional Mongolian nomad. Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.50,0:07:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the middle they have a stove, Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.18,0:07:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which when the fire is lit\Nand it's minus 25 outside, Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.33,0:07:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these are beautiful, cozy,\Nwarm, lovely, lovely dwellings. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.48,0:07:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it's minus 25 outside\Nand there is no fire and no fuel, Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.25,0:07:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not that cozy. Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.21,0:07:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we walked into this Ger,\Nand I saw these 2 little children there, Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.94,0:07:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the culmination,\Nthis is the moment, Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.37,0:07:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really led to everything else\Nthat came afterwards. Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.20,0:07:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You walk into a Ger, and you see a little\N6-year-old boy with his baby sister. Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.86,0:08:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was just two. She was half dressed.\NShe had a t-shirt on and nothing else. Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.67,0:08:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was covered in burns from having\Npreviously fallen against the fire, Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.39,0:08:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was dirty and playing\Nwith little broken bits of toys, Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.48,0:08:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had scavenged\Nfrom the dump himself Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.20,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because he works at the dump,\Nor he did work at the dump Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone else\Nwas watching his baby sister. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.50,0:08:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was of course shocked and horrified\Nand all of those things that one is, Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.02,0:08:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the thing that really got to me\Nwas that he looked at us Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.72,0:08:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this complete stricken look\Non his face and he said: Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.58,0:08:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I'm so sorry,"\N- (Mongolian) Uuchlaarai, uuchlaarai - Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.38,0:08:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Mongolian) Suutei tsai baikhgui -\N"I have no tea." Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.79,0:08:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was appalled really\Nthat we had put this poor boy Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.78,0:08:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was already taking on the role\Nof father, and mother, and caregiver, Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.23,0:08:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything, and we had\Nput him in the position of feeling bad Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.61,0:08:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because culturally, as you probably\Nall know, most of you, Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.34,0:08:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you enter a Mongolian household,\Nthe very first thing that will happen Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.23,0:09:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they will always offer you something\Nto drink and something to eat. Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.61,0:09:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he had neither, and he felt horrible. Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.92,0:09:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the moment\Nat which, more or less... Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.24,0:09:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I can't say I made a decision\Nbecause I didn't really, Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.88,0:09:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the decision arrived fully formed - Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.86,0:09:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these children,\Nthese families, this community Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.40,0:09:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,required someplace safe\Nand warm for the children. Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.67,0:09:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed to be able\Nto have some security Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.77,0:09:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they could move forward Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.14,0:09:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and claim their own lives\Nreclaim their own lives really. Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.54,0:09:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was when the decision to create Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.77,0:09:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Children of the Peak Sanctuary\Nwas conceived. Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.54,0:09:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving birth to it\Nwas quite a bit more difficult. Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.49,0:09:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the immortal words\Nof Martin Luther King: Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.55,0:09:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sometimes you have to do something\Njust because it is right." Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.62,0:09:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why we did this.\NBecause it was right. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.34,0:09:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not telling you this Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.99,0:09:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because of this\Nparticular circumstance. Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.09,0:10:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really important to understand\Nthat everybody, all of you, Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.18,0:10:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you haven't had one already, you will, Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.45,0:10:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will have one of these moments\Nin your life, maybe more, Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.65,0:10:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where right and wrong are just there,\Nright in front of you. Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.58,0:10:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are going to be forced to decide, Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.26,0:10:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be forced to make a decision\Nwhich way you're going to go. Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.41,0:10:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to tell you\Nthat if you choose to do the right thing Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.51,0:10:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of the world will line up\Nbehind you and go along. Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.62,0:10:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.52,0:10:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.23,0:10:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.26,0:10:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.81,0:10:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My moment was spurred\Nby a similar pivotal moment for Sarnai. Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.76,0:10:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can only imagine\Nwhen she was at the dump, Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.98,0:10:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she saw the little girl in the red Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.73,0:10:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- she's the one that was found\Ndiscarded at the dump, Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.26,0:10:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is her slightly older brother,\Nthis giggling monster there - Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.43,0:10:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she at that moment made the decision,\Nshe brought the child home. Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.91,0:11:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my decision to move forward\Nwith the sanctuary built on her decision. Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.30,0:11:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, when you're making\Nthose decisions, and it's so scary, Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.42,0:11:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you feel like: "I can't do this\Nbecause I don't know what I'm doing," Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.83,0:11:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you, I had really\Nno business making this decision; Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.54,0:11:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was going to build this sanctuary.\NIt was going to magically happen. Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.92,0:11:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew nothing about construction\Nand nothing about kindergartens, Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.18,0:11:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew nothing about Mongolian law,\Nor land practice, or anything. Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.42,0:11:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that didn't matter,\NI was moving forward. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.35,0:11:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started looking around\Nand deciding how to do this. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.59,0:11:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we found a local fellow who runs an NGO Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.47,0:11:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rehabilitates homeless alcoholics\Nand teaches them construction skills. Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.82,0:11:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we went with him to design\Nand build these fiberglass gers. Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.08,0:11:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They look like gers,\NThey're not really gers Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.28,0:11:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't have\Na stove in the middle. Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.46,0:11:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have in-floor electric heating\Nwhich is pretty cool up at the dump. Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.69,0:11:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually pretty warm,\Nbut it's pretty cool, I think. Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.84,0:12:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the children, when they come,\Nthey have warm floors to play on. Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.48,0:12:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't all sunshine and roses.\NWe had our share of problems. Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.65,0:12:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The building that was on the site\Nlooked fine, it looked great. Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.94,0:12:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ceiling was really low.\NWhen I walked in it, it was about there. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.59,0:12:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a light bulb hanging down\Nthat I thought was going to kill me. Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.21,0:12:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said, "Let's just raise the ceiling." Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.40,0:12:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we raised the ceiling we discovered\Nthe insulation was entirely cardboard Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.14,0:12:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that quick renovation\Nturned into a major rebuild, as it does. Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.51,0:12:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is it was expensive, and it was\Ndifficult, and it delayed the project, Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.67,0:12:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it didn't matter\Nbecause all of that is just stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.49,0:12:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the decision is made, the goal is\Nyou're going that way and you just go, Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.11,0:12:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the rest of the stuff in the middle\Nis just stuff you have to get through. Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.01,0:12:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we got through it. Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.18,0:12:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm very happy to say\Nthat we have a center now. Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.50,0:12:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Yeah! Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.86,0:13:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day, Monday through Friday,\Nwe have 40 children from the dump Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.88,0:13:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up at our kindergarten safe, warm,\Nfed, educated, learning social skills Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.88,0:13:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting into mischief,\Npulling each other's hair. Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.32,0:13:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going into\Nall the details, but basically, Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.70,0:13:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have these children taken care of Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.92,0:13:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which enables their older\Nsiblings to go to school, Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.55,0:13:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their parents to start\Nlooking at moving forward. Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.27,0:13:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This didn't happen all by itself. Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.29,0:13:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said earlier when you make a decision\Nthe rest of the world lines up behind it, Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.29,0:13:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am touched, amazed, and honored by\Nall of the generosity that just came out. Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.54,0:13:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made the decision to do this,\Nand that seemed to create opportunities Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.03,0:13:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for other people looking at that\Nto make their own decision about it. Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.63,0:13:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can't tell you Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.75,0:13:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- well, I can actually, I'll tell you\Nall of the things that happened - Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.63,0:13:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had people phone me up and say: Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.37,0:13:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Julie, we really, really want to do\Na fundraiser for you. Is that OK?" Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.20,0:13:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. No, don't do that. Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.22,0:14:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't raise money for my foundation.\NThat would be bad. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.22,0:14:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course you can. Thank you so much. Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.63,0:14:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had people from Australia,\Nfrom Canada, from America, Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.66,0:14:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's Slovenia, England,\NDubai, South Africa. Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.96,0:14:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No South Americans, I must say,\NBut pretty much everywhere else. Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.74,0:14:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've had donations from people,\NWe've had corporations step up and say: Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.34,0:14:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think you're doing a great thing.\NWe want to give you some money." Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.02,0:14:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were called by government and said:\N"We think you should apply for our grant." Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.71,0:14:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, well, I'll do that. Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.86,0:14:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was 30-pages of paperwork,\Nit was quite difficult, Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.59,0:14:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but hey, they gave us money\Nwhich allowed us to buy Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.02,0:14:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a whole bunch of really gorgeous\Nthings for the kids. Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.44,0:14:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a matter of fact,\Nso many people have helped us: Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.55,0:14:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've had local people volunteer;\None of my friends stepped up and said: Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.12,0:14:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey Julie, I'm not doing anything. Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.95,0:14:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about I spend 20 hours\Na week helping you?" Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.10,0:14:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, you can do that.\NThat would be great. Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.12,0:15:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had people from Canada\Nmake a really beautiful piece of jewelry Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.68,0:15:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was auctioned to raise funds. Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.38,0:15:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is so many people\Nhave helped on so many levels. Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.54,0:15:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most touching one for me really was -- Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.08,0:15:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a group of Australians\Nhaving a multifamily garage sale. Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.79,0:15:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the children from the families\Nfound out what was going on Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.35,0:15:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they of their own volition apparently\Nwent to their bedrooms Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.67,0:15:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got their favorite toys, brought them out,\Ngave them to their parents and said: Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.40,0:15:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sell theses and give the money\Nto those children in Mongolia." Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.76,0:15:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure the parents\Nwere happy about this Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.99,0:15:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because usually, the favorite toys\Nare the expensive ones. Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.78,0:15:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.13,0:15:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me the touching part of that\Nof course is that my decision, Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.92,0:15:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're doing here\Nreached all the way across the world Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.67,0:15:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and showed children\Nthat they can make a difference, Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.38,0:15:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their decisions to help someone\Nsomewhere else are real and valid, Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.28,0:16:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they have that possibility. Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.79,0:16:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, like I said, tidal wave\Nof support behind us Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.92,0:16:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has allowed us to bring\Nour 5-year term goals forward, Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.84,0:16:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so, we're looking in the next year\Nto do a whole bunch of initiatives, Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.92,0:16:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of which is to do vocational training\Nfor the parents to try to get them Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.94,0:16:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way to use their skills\Nto get them off of the dump. Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.100,0:16:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to do after school programs\Nfor the older kids that are behind Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.16,0:16:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've been at home\Ntaking care of their siblings. Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.56,0:16:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a vocational program for the women\Nto come and volunteer at our center, Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.52,0:16:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they have aptitude and interest\Nwe'll help them go and get certifications Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.16,0:16:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can get a job\Nat another kindergarten, Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.93,0:16:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open their own daycare,\Ndo all manner of things. Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.98,0:16:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're starting a washing business\Nfor one of the local ladies Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.89,0:16:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the children, whose clothes\Nare too dirty to go to school, Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.06,0:16:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be able to have clean clothes Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.90,0:16:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when they go to school,\Nnobody will laugh at them and say: Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.91,0:17:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, look, there's the dump kid." Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.53,0:17:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most important and certainly\Nthe most expensive one that's coming up Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.29,0:17:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're building a hot water\Nshower facility for the community. Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.78,0:17:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love Mongolia first of all,\NI have to say this. Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.21,0:17:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The local Khoroo director gave us\Nthe road in front of our center: Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.46,0:17:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take it. Just have the road."\NHow does that happen? Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.50,0:17:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't give you a road,\Nbut he gave us a road and said: Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.65,0:17:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you're building a hot water facility\Nyou can have this road." Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.78,0:17:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're just going to put a fence up\Nand build it. We'll see how that goes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.95,0:17:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our local community, right at the moment, Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.38,0:17:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they want to have a hot shower,\Nthey have to walk about 40 minutes. Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.71,0:17:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they arrive there, are often turned\Naway because they're too dirty to shower. Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.61,0:17:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which does create something\Nof a Catch22 situation: Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.26,0:17:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're too dirty to get clean. Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.02,0:17:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they're going to get clean at home,\Nthey have to go to the well, Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.20,0:17:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy the water, carry it home, heat it up. Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.78,0:17:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a person who makes\Nyour living at the dump, Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.55,0:17:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the time you buy the water\Nand carry it home, Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.87,0:18:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're boiling it or your drinking it,\Nyou are not cleaning with it. Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.48,0:18:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recently, we were really, really\Nhonored and very fortunate Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.85,0:18:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be visited by the wife\Nof the Governor General of Canada. Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.34,0:18:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanted to give her\Nsomething special from the children Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.34,0:18:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we gave each of the children a piece\Nof Ger felt, and they made felt gers, Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.54,0:18:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I love saying that:\N"They made felt gers with Ger felt." - Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.04,0:18:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we gave them lots of things\Nto decorate with, Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.18,0:18:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we said: "Make this Ger\Nlook like your Ger." Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.46,0:18:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you see your Ger?\NWhat does it look like? Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.100,0:18:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was so touched and honored\Nwhen I saw that they thought Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.22,0:18:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their gers were happy,\Nglittering, beautiful places. Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.58,0:18:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we put it all together on the board\Nto make it look like our community, Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.73,0:18:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what it came up looking like. Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.75,0:18:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does kind of look like our community.\NWe've got the hills and the sky. Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.83,0:18:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hope that I have is that the work\Nthat we're doing up there Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.100,0:18:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will make the reality of the community\Nmatch the children's representation, Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.57,0:19:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it will be a happy, healthy,\Nglittering, beautiful place to live. Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.49,0:19:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just in case you're curious, the children\Nthat brought me to this point, Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.43,0:19:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the little 9-year old boy\Nthat was in the little shack, Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.46,0:19:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his family has moved away,\Nand we don't know where they've gone. Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.57,0:19:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope they've gone\Nsomeplace safe and warm. Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.98,0:19:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this happens in the community,\Npeople they just sort of... Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.16,0:19:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day they're there,\Nthe next day their Ger is gone. Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.89,0:19:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The little girl and boy, the one who was\Nfound at the dump and her brother, Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.35,0:19:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are at our center getting ready\Nto go to first grade next year. Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.63,0:19:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're learning. They know their numbers\Ntheir colors, most of their letters. Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.79,0:19:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's kind of a bossy,\Nlittle thing, actually, Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.07,0:19:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she organizes all the children\Ninto tea parties. Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.21,0:19:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think she may well be\Nyour president someday. Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.60,0:19:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Munkhchimeg, our little girl Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.74,0:19:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was shivering, and half naked,\Nand covered in burns by the fire, Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.64,0:19:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- that's her giving the gift\Nto the Governor General's wife - Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.40,0:20:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I go up there and I see her\Nrunning, laughing, being happy, Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.72,0:20:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just being a kid, Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.42,0:20:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes the rightness\Nof what I've done apparent to me. Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.23,0:20:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really all that matters.\NAll the rest of it is just stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.75,0:20:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to go back a long way\Nfor this quote, way back to Pythagoras. Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.97,0:20:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's been dead a long time, Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.64,0:20:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't change the fact\Nthat choices are the hinges of destiny. Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.96,0:20:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really hope that people realize Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.23,0:20:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your choices will change your destiny Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.46,0:20:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potentially,\Nthe destiny of other people. Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.90,0:20:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that my choice to build a sanctuary\Nhas certainly changed my destiny, Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.13,0:20:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I really hope Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.37,0:20:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the door that it opened\Nfor these children, Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.64,0:20:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened a whole new future for them. Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.47,0:20:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope that they are able Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.47,0:20:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to skip through that door,\Nand grab that future with both hands, Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.44,0:21:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live the life\Nthat they so richly deserve; Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.24,0:21:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them, and their families,\Nand the whole community. Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.07,0:21:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.48,0:21:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)