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[Events]
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.46,0:00:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In May 2013, I attended a lecture
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.70,0:00:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Federal University\Nof Santa Catarina.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.75,0:00:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were offering\Nsocial exchange opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.46,0:00:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were three students giving a talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.90,0:00:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one had been to Africa, the other to India\Nand the third to Eastern Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.82,0:00:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their stories were so incredible
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.18,0:00:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they made me question\Nthat moment I was living.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.21,0:00:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd just graduated\Nin Business Administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.50,0:00:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had returned\Nto my senior year at law school.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.19,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a full-time job,\Nso I was professionally satisfied,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.40,0:00:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but deep down I felt\Nthat something was missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.67,0:00:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lacked life experiences like those.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.52,0:00:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started researching some places\NI was interested in,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.48,0:00:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was torn between Asia and Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.98,0:00:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I talked to some friends about where\Nthey'd been, and their impressions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two friends of mine who had been to Kenya\Ndescribed it with such passion,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.44,0:01:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such emotion, and even nostalgia\Nwhat they’d experienced there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.69,0:01:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm sure they would’ve killed me\Nif I'd considered going somewhere else,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.15,0:01:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But mostly I wanted to feel for myself\Nand see with my own eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.02,0:01:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if everything they'd told me was true.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.58,0:01:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, the hardest thing\Nwas quitting my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.05,0:01:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My boss thought I'd become a hippie
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.03,0:01:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was going to leave everything\Nto do volunteer work in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.49,0:01:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the decision was made,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.44,0:01:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought my ticket\Nthe day after leaving my job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.83,0:01:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was no turning back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.26,0:01:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In July, I flew to Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.44,0:01:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as soon as I arrived,\Nthe journey proved to me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.81,0:01:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I was seeking adventure,\NI had found it on that first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.90,0:01:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The airline company lost my bag. Great!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.11,0:01:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy who'd pick me up didn't arrive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.79,0:01:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was left alone\Nin the airport for four hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.84,0:01:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The house where I'd stay\Nno longer existed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.99,0:01:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ended up going to another house,\Nand all of this on my first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.42,0:01:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's fine, I wanted adventure,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.07,0:02:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what I was there for,\Nso I had to face it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.21,0:02:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nairobi, to my surprise, or rather\Nto my ignorance, was a very rich city.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.68,0:02:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw BMWs, five-star hotels,\Neven an expensive Brazilian steakhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.56,0:02:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I saw this reality,\Nthis stereotype we have about Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.26,0:02:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was my first day in the school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.45,0:02:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember waking up early around 7 a.m.,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.13,0:02:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaving home with my two\NChinese friends, Alan and Dousy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.30,0:02:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got into a Matatu,\Na small shuttle for 16 passengers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.21,0:02:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really tight, with very loud music.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.46,0:02:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some even have neon lights,\Nalmost a party.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.34,0:02:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I strongly recommend it to anyone\Nwho goes to Nairobi, to try a Matatu.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.55,0:02:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took one hour to get to the slums.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.13,0:02:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember when we got there\Nwhat surprised me most was the filth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.10,0:02:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no sewage system.\NI mean nothing at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.91,0:03:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make huge piles of garbage\Nand burn them into embers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.79,0:03:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'd burn releasing this horrible odor\Nand toxic smoke into the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.58,0:03:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to mention all the dust around\Nbecause the streets weren't asphalted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.60,0:03:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some slum areas the majority of people\Ncan't afford private toilets,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.95,0:03:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they put their waste into plastic bags\Nand throw them out the window.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.31,0:03:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some places the smell\Nwas just unbearable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.33,0:03:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was the first important lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.24,0:03:33.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd return home asking ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.40,0:03:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we'd be able to work there\Nevery day for eight weeks\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.86,0:03:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we already felt sick on the first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.50,0:03:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first lesson was a paradigm shift\Nin that humans are extremely adaptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.97,0:03:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three days we were already at home,\Nwe didn't care about the stench,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.96,0:03:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we walked everywhere\Nand knew where to avoid the worst places.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.13,0:03:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was already\Nthe first learning experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.08,0:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had originally gone to Nairobi
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.76,0:04:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach English and math\Nin a primary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.76,0:04:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to help build a school\Nwith money we had fundraised in Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.89,0:04:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first challenge was as a teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.28,0:04:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I shared a 20m² room \Nwith two other teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.18,0:04:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three classes in the same room, \Nwith no partitions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.05,0:04:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I tried\Nto do dynamics, or tell a joke,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.69,0:04:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was impossible since it distracted\Nstudents of the other classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.61,0:04:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It created an awkward situation\Nwith the other teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.35,0:04:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also had to adapt myself to the culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.39,0:04:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because teachers there\Nhave strong authority over the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.19,0:04:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes they'd beat the students,\Nand I had to keep quiet,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.09,0:04:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absorb this, and accept the culture,\Nand I couldn't do anything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.40,0:04:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This all proved to be\Nvery difficult for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.50,0:04:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to teach,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.64,0:04:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a week later we demolished the school\Nto build the new one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.74,0:05:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We moved to another building\Nwe had bought, 500 meters away.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.11,0:05:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The new building had better infrastructure\Nwith a room for each class,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.31,0:05:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it presented us with a new problem\Nthat we hadn’t dealt with before.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.51,0:05:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside the classroom,\Nyou couldn't see your own hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.34,0:05:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This slum where I worked called Mathare\Nhad 600 thousand inhabitants,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.41,0:05:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the poorest in the whole of Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.75,0:05:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shacks were very close to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.08,0:05:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which didn't allow the sunlight in\Nthrough the windows,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.16,0:05:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to light up the houses or classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.78,0:05:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already had enough daily problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.56,0:05:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like hungry students\Nwhose only meal of the day was at school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.43,0:05:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lunch made of potatoes or beans,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.29,0:05:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or peanut butter for breakfast.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.41,0:05:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only did they not have\Nlearning material, trained staff,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.97,0:05:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on top of this the student\Ncouldn't even see his own book.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.90,0:05:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This made me so frustrated.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.46,0:05:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talked with an Egyptian friend of mine\Nwho had the same problem at his school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.23,0:05:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we decided to find a solution
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.63,0:06:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring light to communities\Nthat didn't have access to electricity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.04,0:06:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We googled it and found\Na project called "Liter of Light",
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.46,0:06:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead of trying\Nto explain this to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.43,0:06:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd rather show you\Nthe video of our first test.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.85,0:06:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see how it works\Nand I hope you like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.77,0:06:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Liter of Light Brazil - Kenya]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.20,0:06:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.50,0:07:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Before and after results]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.53,0:07:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Three.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.27,0:07:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.38,0:07:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One. Go!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.94,0:07:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheering)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.27,0:07:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wonderful, wonderful!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.35,0:07:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.72,0:08:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vitor Belota: Well, just like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.41,0:08:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the school director\Nseems to have liked it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.61,0:08:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was saying: "Wonderful, wonderful!"\Nat the end.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.95,0:08:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Besides him, several other\Nschool directors came to visit our school
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.27,0:08:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see how the project was done,\Nand ask us to install it in their schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.68,0:08:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, my Egyptian friend\Nwas leaving that week
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.44,0:08:21.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to start\Nthe project without him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.01,0:08:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I quit teaching through lack of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.01,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd spend the whole morning\Npreparing the bottles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.43,0:08:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole afternoon installing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.44,0:08:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't an easy project,\Nwe cut and dirtied ourselves a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.56,0:08:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cut ourselves because\Nthe aluminum roof was very thin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.40,0:08:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another problem was food.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.38,0:08:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd spend the whole morning working,\Nand going up on the roofs was complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.73,0:08:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being so dirty we had to eat\Nsomething practical,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.59,0:08:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is difficult, for example,\Nwith chocolate;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.22,0:08:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm up there on the roof,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.24,0:08:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a white guy, a "mazungo"\Nas they say in Swahili,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.87,0:08:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the children staring at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.76,0:08:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you eat chocolate on the roof\Nif they've never seen chocolate before?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.89,0:09:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That wouldn't be right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.63,0:09:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our diet was basically fruit,\Nand to give you an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.29,0:09:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of my eight weeks stay\NI had lost 12 kilos.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.40,0:09:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That wasn't my aim, but if you want\Nto work for some social cause
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.26,0:09:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lose weight I highly recommend it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.10,0:09:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.57,0:09:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even with all those difficulties\Nthe project kept growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.93,0:09:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I had the satisfaction of seeing\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.64,0:09:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my five best friends beside me \Non top of the roof,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.98,0:09:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and below three more friends helping.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.08,0:09:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of eight weeks\Nwe had helped over 12 schools
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.91,0:09:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and installed over 140 bottles,\Nincluding in the interior of Kenya,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.25,0:09:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which affected the lives\Nof approximately 3000 students.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.95,0:09:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may be asking,\N"OK, Vitor, but how did you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.04,0:09:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DId you pay for the whole project?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.66,0:09:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those problems,\Ncutting yourselves, and the food;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.15,0:09:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how did the exchange students\Nget together to do this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.76,0:09:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the reason was about a feeling,\Nwhich in order to explain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.78,0:10:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll need to tell what happened\Nin my last week there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.08,0:10:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were doing the biggest project so far
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.64,0:10:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a school called “Spurgeons", in Kibera,\Nin the largest slum complex in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.91,0:10:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this school alone,\Nwe installed 48 bottles.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.23,0:10:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the finished school.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.64,0:10:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I was up on the roof\Nand the sky started to turn gray.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.64,0:10:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd never worked in the rain.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.30,0:10:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I climbed down the ladder\Nand gathered everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.82,0:10:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I got down,\Na teacher who I'd seen a few times there
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.79,0:10:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took me to show me her classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.42,0:10:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She led me to her table opposite the door,\Nright under a lamp we'd just installed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.26,0:10:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.67,0:10:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My boy, this is the first time,\Nin the four years I've been working here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.01,0:10:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can read or correct\Nan exam in my classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.46,0:10:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.12,0:11:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said it so naturally,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.02,0:11:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she had no idea\Nhow those words would affect me.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.38,0:11:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took about an hour to get home\Nand I was thinking a lot \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.61,0:11:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how such a small thing\Nas installing a plastic bottle on a roof
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.65,0:11:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could make a person feel so grateful.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.66,0:11:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to question yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.56,0:11:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't just temporary help,\Nbecause these bottles last 2-3 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.42,0:11:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it impacts many people's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.94,0:11:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got back home where I lived\Nwith 21 other exchange students.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.72,0:11:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like to joke that we didn't have dinner,\Nwe always had a feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.89,0:11:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked my housemates,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.83,0:11:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guys, how often in your daily lives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.64,0:11:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you feel unconditionally useful,\Nwithout wanting anything in return?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.56,0:11:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.100,0:11:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought about my daily life. No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.09,0:11:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my week perhaps? No. Month? No.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.73,0:11:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I reached the frightening conclusion,\Nthat at the age of 24
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.68,0:12:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never felt that way before\Nlike that day with the teacher.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.84,0:12:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what united the exchange students\Nand pupils in this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.81,0:12:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was this feeling of being useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.66,0:12:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, that was my last week\Nbefore going back to Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.08,0:12:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember being at the airport\Nin Johannesburg, South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.89,0:12:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing my last blog,\Nupdating my family about the news.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.30,0:12:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father who knew about my unease,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.77,0:12:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which all exchange students\Nand travelers have,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.60,0:12:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the idea of going back\Nto your old routine,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.87,0:12:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going back to the old life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.15,0:12:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my father called\Nto reassure me, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.13,0:12:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Son, don't worry, human beings\Nare products of their environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.76,0:12:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll quickly get used to it again."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.80,0:12:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was exactly what I didn’t want to hear,\Nthat I had to go back to my world.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.17,0:12:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just been through this experience,\NI saw how adaptable humans are.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.54,0:13:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father with his usual pragmatism\Nwas right.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.07,0:13:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as I arrived in Brazil\NI got in touch with Illac Diaz,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.42,0:13:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,president of the organization\Nthat had spread the Liter of Light idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.07,0:13:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking him if I could start\Nthe project in Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.41,0:13:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Vitor, did you know\Nthat the person who invented the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.83,0:13:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the solar bottle
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.49,0:13:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the Brazilian Alfredo Moser\Nduring the 2002 blackouts?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.76,0:13:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invented it in Sorocaba\Nand Illac had found it amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.66,0:13:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had asked Moser to spread the idea\Naround the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.95,0:13:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Philippines that year\Nhe installed over 500 thousand bottles
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.12,0:13:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to spread the invention\Naround the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.50,0:13:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Vitor, of course you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.32,0:13:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but first show me pictures\Nof your project in Africa."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.62,0:13:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent him the material,\Nand we got the good news
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.93,0:13:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, so far, our team had made\Nthe most bottles in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.41,0:13:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then he told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.14,0:13:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Vitor, there's a girl who contacted me\Nwanting to take Liter of Light to Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.26,0:14:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll put you two in touch\Nand maybe you can work together."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.25,0:14:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Of course!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.70,0:14:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then a series of incredible\Ncoincidences started
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.44,0:14:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which brought me where I am today.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.70,0:14:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Brasília,\Nthis girl was born in Maranhão,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.39,0:14:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both of us, by coincidence, had lived\Non an island called Florianópolis.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.39,0:14:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She got in touch with me,\Nand the next day we had coffee together.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.22,0:14:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very curious about how\Nshe got to know the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.82,0:14:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was another amazing coincidence
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.07,0:14:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she knew of the project when visiting\Nan exchange student, who lived in India,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.12,0:14:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same student\Nat the beginning of the talk
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.75,0:14:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who made a speech at the university
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.27,0:14:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encouraged me\Nto do this trip to Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.27,0:14:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When she was visiting Pedro,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.15,0:14:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he told her that he had been\Nto an electric power conference
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.22,0:14:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had met Illac Diaz in person,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.14,0:14:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Illac had given him\Na Liter of Light flag and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.99,0:14:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pedro, take the project\Nwhen you go to Brazil."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.25,0:15:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they both went back to Brazil\Neager to create the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.54,0:15:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although they'd never been up\Non a roof before.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.84,0:15:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I had many roofs in my curriculum,\Nso as soon as I arrived\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.28,0:15:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we put together our team \Nin a week to begin working.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.21,0:15:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw huge potential\Nfor the project in Brazil.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.61,0:15:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Approximately 2,7 million people in Brazil\Ndon't have access to electricity,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.04,0:15:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the last national census.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.95,0:15:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also those with access\Nto electricity, but cannot afford it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.42,0:15:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you might be asking,\N"OK Vitor, hold on...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.83,0:15:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you, Pedro and Alanna,\Nand this team you mentioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.21,0:15:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you all somehow intend
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.56,0:15:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to climb up every roof\Nin the world to spread this idea?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.54,0:15:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, we don't have that intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.39,0:15:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal is to inspire, motivate\Nand teach local leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.76,0:16:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spread this idea\Ninside their own communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.39,0:16:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same way that I hope to do\Nwith at least one of you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.18,0:16:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, I sincerely want to ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.10,0:16:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many times, in your daily lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.41,0:16:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you feel unconditionally useful?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.78,0:16:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.74,0:16:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)