TED Global 2007
Joseph Lekuton: A parable for Kenya (script)
I think that in this story, what he wanted to do leads to my favorite proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Summary
If you received a good education and a full scholarship in other places, it'll be difficult to return to your home town where there is no clean drinking water and no one goes to school. Even though there is a place you were born.
However, the speaker was always thinking about what he can do to help his countryman. He got a chance and became a Member of Parliament in the home town. He now works to help his countrymen with his plans: every nomad will have clean drinking water, to build dispensaries and to improve infrastructure. He knows his country's issues. People from outside can come and help his country, but if people in his country don't help themselves, there's nothing to do. He tries to solve this problem and hopes that his home town becomes a model to help others develop.
Words in this story
parable / allegory, moral story/tale
scholarship / a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement.
dispensaries /disˈpensərē/ clinic, surgery, medical office
constituency /kənˈstiCHo͞oənsē/ disˈpensərē
infrastructure /ˈinfrəˌstrəkCHə/
comprehensive /kämpriˈhensiv/ complete, including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.
Parliament /Par-lya-ment/ congress, diet, senate
botany /ˈbätn-ē/ the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.
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