Jacqueline Novogratz on an escape from poverty

[pvariel1]

Jacque, You revealed a secret thru your speech, this is not a phenomenon in Africa instead this situation can be seen in several parts of countries like India, Pak, Bangladesh and even in some other so called developed countries.

Jacque, i have noticed some unpleasant comments here why can't you delete such dirty comments.

Good Going. Keep us inform.

P V Ariel, Secunderabad, India

[Glomerol]

So you're not closing the gap, just bridging it?

Makes me think of debt-/slavery/lock-in, disaster capitalism and outsourcing. How about "poverty capitalism"?

[eatinpsilocybin]

i know this isn't on subject: but this lady has a slammin' body!

[1studentoftruth]

Did africa suffer famine, diesease, and war far less before europeans came? And then some people have the audacity about telling them what they need to do? These people who speak with such ignorance are the ancestors of those who contributed to the present state of africa, and it's poverty. Hypocrites, let's not argue on this channel, it's meant for ideas and not false self righteousness.

[TheHooraman]

they did suffer Famine Disease and war, Before the europeans came! go get your facts striate!

[buzzin1975]

yeah, and learn how to spell!

[100flyingfish]

BS. every woman wants a husband. its a continent with 97% slaves without owners

[Ramsez]

true

[ahassan5]

what the fuck are you talking about?

come to africa and i will turn u into a slave you white bastard.

[buzzin1975]

Fuck whitey

[RichardMacilwaine]

if they are so poor, why do they have so many children? It's stupid and all we do is support them. Yes, i feel sorry for them but they need education, THEY NEED TO STOP HAVING SO MANY CHILDREN!!!

[Antreus]

They have so many children because of the social dynamics of the country they live in. Parents have more children based on a few things I will list: Men being more valuable to a family than a woman. They have more children so they will be taken care of in their old age. However, it can trap countries because less resources are allocated to the developement of each individual person. Another reason is that healthcare the infant mortality rate is a great deal higher.

[r3w3b0n]

Its like Antreus says, plus the fact that they dont have education injuries a lot too. Not only donations are required, they require schools so they can have education to solve theyr own problems... We all create this world full of injustice, because we dont do anything to change it..

[buzzin1975]

Tell that to Catholics!

[trakkaton]

This presentation is very, very misleading.

Poverty, slavery, oppression has very deep, systemic causes.

This is just talking about exeptions to blur the sight that would grasp reality. It is musical chairs. It is a mockery.

[sondrasneed]

It is unfortunate you don't see the lessons here. Exceptions give people hope. Human will, because of hope, is what makes an individual's life progressive. You can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink. But the one that drinks will live.

[trakkaton]

What a bunch of BS.

It isn't hope, it is deception.

It's not leading a horse to water, it is musical chairs.

Only systemic changes are sustainable.

You can justify any BS with exceptions.

Learn some logic, reading, thinking.

[sondrasneed]

Logic doesn't get one out of the depths of despair, and who is being deceived here? While your point is irrefutable that systemic changes in a culture prove most helpful, those changes can only be made by individuals with the hope that things CAN change - that is the logic. And that individual then represents those changes to upcoming generations. Doing, not thinking and reasoning, is the agent of that change. Learn doing and your empathy will change for those you accuse of BS.

[trakkaton]

Let me explain it to you one more time:

It is irrelevant how many times you help someone on a chair during musical chairs. The relevance that you perceive is caused by your perception omitting the person who doesn't have a seat anymore.

When on the other hand you provide SYSTEMIC change that means that you enlarge the numbers of chairs.

Not the quantity of systemic change is relevant here, but the quality (i.e. being systemic at all).

You seem to mix up quantity and quality.

[sondrasneed]

It's hard to address metaphors especially when I don't know what the chairs represent here nor who the grandmaster music maker is in your illustration - this is the first time you clarified your point as meaning quantity vs. quality. I'm afraid I don't wish to be treated as if I'm an idiot and won't bother you with my position any longer.

[trakkaton]

"It's not leading a horse to water, it is musical chairs."

See, normal people ask if they don't understand something instead of producing ignorant statements about a topic they don't understand.

If you don't know the popular game musical chairs nor its widespread use to explain economics it would have been your turn.

It's not a metaphor, it's rather a parabel and can even be taken literally: There are a limited number of goods/ opportunities in a region due to supraregional distribution.

[trakkaton]

Quality vs. quantity is just a description of what takes place if you interfere with the musical chairs, and it's not my personal view or a clarification but simple MATH.

If you give a part of a regionally limited supply of something to someone (quantitative) without changing the supraregional supply, you - as I said before - take the good/ opportunity away from someone else without noticing it.

It's masturbation, not "helping people".

[sondrasneed]

You are a mean spirited and very unkind person. You and I are having two completely different discussions and yet you insist I understand you without the same courtesy. I don't know how young you are, so I can't chalk it up to age, but I would guess you are an angry teenager. And that would be the only way I could understand you tone and bitter outrage. Otherwise, man, you've got a lot to learn about human beings. Get out of your head and get a heart will you?

[trakkaton]

Learn to read.

Learn to debate.

End of discussion.

[sondrasneed]

Communicate clearly

Learn the difference between metaphor, allegory, and parables

Try dialogue rather than debate - both people win instead of one

[gearsofwarfanatic]

I say that hope is 50% of the battle, logic is 40%, and the human will is the other 10% of it.

[TurboGC8]

then you need to study metaphysics

[sondrasneed]

Oh I agree that hope is the large sum, but I would reverse your "logic and will" figures - sometimes will (I will) has to overcome and defy logic. Logic is often guided by a set of pre-programed human principles, which may have flaws in observation. These flaws are guided by cultural beliefs, superstitions and other plagues on the mind of "can do" - Instead, logic should only be used to breakdown the "how to", but one must be overcome with I Will and committed to the Why in order to do that.

[quantumsolutions]

Amazing that I am learning how to build my new house from mud and these people have given up their natural way of living to live in pathetic slavery to live in a rusty tin shack.

They bought into the Western Illusion and are now suffering for it. May they be blessed to wake up and return to a natural, peaceful, free way of life.

Anastasia Ringing Cedars Series has the solution to World Poverty. Housing, clothing, and food is free.

Earth turns to Gold in Hands of the Wise. ---Rumi

[salo73]

we are so primitive,

[TrueHealthSolutions]

Inspiring. May those of us who started with more in life do as much as this young woman did with so little. Got to love the human spirit.

[beebobox]

because the promise of the idea is we all should give more of ourselves to others because it's a good thing, and it makes the world a better place.

from a capitalistic point of view the idea is sound, but the idea would never align itself with something as superficial as capitalism would it.

the idea promises a loftier notion if "good", when in essence it's all about getting more then you give.

advances are made because of greed, and that's a good thing, without it we'd be living in caves still

[impaingod]

We have so much... We live better than most kings did 500 years ago. I can just go to my kitchen and turn on the tap to get clean water. I can turn on the heat, take a shower, there is food in my fridge! I am truly blessed! When you buy a chocolate bar think about how may people you are employing. The store clerk who sold it to you, the store owner, the company who made it, the farmer who grew the coco beans...you "employ" hundreds of people everyday. We are kings!

[ancestralblue]

The gift is in the "giveaway." Therein is the gift of Universal Abundance.

[riotriotriot55]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

[ancestralblue]

Never heard of that ehhh? When you give away with generosity it triggers a flow of Universal energy that brings gifts of abundance. Next time a homeless person comes to you on the street and asks for money, give him what you have in your pocket. And do it from your heart. You're giving him more than just money. Watch what happens next.

[chunkybutt420]

he grabs a 40 and starts boozing?

[beebobox]

it's some utopian ideal that if you give something, you get it back in other forms, the basic idea is good, i.e. be generous but it's a blind faith for generosity so it fails to deliver, the reason people like it is because of the good feeling you get by giving someone who needs/wants something of yours and you're ok with parting with said item/currency.

it's a badly thought out but in essence a good idea, that in the end fails to deliver what is promised.

[TimTrimT]

Yer math is off mate. In my direct experience with life, the more I give the more I get. I'm not stupid, and I'm not speaking only of money. Time, care, food, attention - all more meaningful than cash.

So from my discoveries of the universe, I must conclude that you maybe haven't given enough to notice the profound returns? It's not a hoax, not Utopian idealist BS. Personal genrosity works. :)

[sondrasneed]

This is my experience as well. I had to grow-up and stop worshiping the golden calf when it failed to deliver anything but heartache and misery. When I met my heart, face to face, it was not pretty. But when one examines oneself and doesn't like what is seen, the giver and gift learn that they are one with the given.

[TimTrimT]

Woah, deep... (grin)

[marsCubed]

Dump the crippling misery of religion and con artists who trap people with it.

It defines ignorance.

The most equal societies are highest tax secular/atheist states in Northern Europe. They're the wealthiest, the freest, The most democratic and healthy. They have invested high tax for decades, best health care, best education. best standards of living. while the USA has used religion to blind people to the theft of it's economy by right wing corps.

demand education not indoctrination.

[ShakespeareAvenue]

Is this really TED or FOX News?

It's amazing this woman was given a passport and TED gave her a microphone!

Ideas worth shredding!

[biantai888]

I don't follow. I did not see an obvious political agenda.

[Mrmoc7]

And one more excellent video lands in my favorites.

Be careful TED, you might just infuse me with the inspiration to change the world!

...but first i gotta finish this music exam.

[ShakespeareAvenue]

Obama is your brother? Economic crisis? Lady what cooperation do you work for?

Is this TED???

Sweet fuking Bollox!

[grraadd]

also "the system is broken"... looks like she believes that capitalism doesn't work talking in the same time about woman working hard to gather capital to improve her life. Those socis are really brain damaged...

[biantai888]

She did not even imply anything about capitalism being broken.

[grraadd]

6:59..............

[biantai888]

It's interesting that you took that to mean capitalism. It sounded to me like she was saying that systems around the world are broken, not "the (our) system".

[MDK236]

Yay another aging hippy gives anecdotal advice after one of her feel good missions to the turd world..if it was not for the Tech stuff, TED would be a complete load of bollocks.

[ArgoSG]

Really simple solution. Fewer super-absurdly-rich people mean vastly fewer utterly impoverished people.

[theaggravator]

Where the frakk are the Liberals and Hollywood in all this? With the millions they float along with their Utopian BS there should be a noticeable decline in poverty around the world. Those hypocrites are off wiping their frakkin' asses with silk when paper does the job just fine. And it isn't just the money I'm talking about.

[kelseywall]

You have an embarassingly superficial knowledge of how the world works.

[crankthetoto]

how does the world work

[theaggravator]

Really, how does the world work? I'm guessing you think it revolves around your tight little useless Canadian ass - since that's where your head's firmly planted. What a world view you have - looking in all directions and seeing your own crap, and suffocating on it and not even realizing it.

[kalaway]

Sounds like a great "hand up not hand out" enterprise. My best wishes that it succeeds..

[Neatmart]

Excellent talk! I am from Mathare and this is a very inspiring story, one of the many that are barely told. Its not all poverty and suffering in Mathare! Thanks a million for this positive and very uplifting talk.

For the CaptainKhrenov and crew, the "hippie bashers" may your pessimism and mistrust of anything good in this world serve you right, I guess life is too bad for you to appreciate anything that comes your way.

[holdenmkrotch]

I love this.

It's people like Jacqueline Novogratz that help all of us to gain insight into controversial subjects like poverty.

Money isn't the main or the only answer to these complex issues; Education, through talks like these for example, is worth more than any charitable donation, or the price of a plane ticket as another commenter said. Only education and sharing these kinds of human experiences can breed the compassion and activism needed to change the world.

Thanks!

[CaptainKhrenov]

so what's the point of this talk?

did she say there are over half a million people in that one slum?

so yeah, it's nice to help ONE or a few of those,

but you really should have donated your plane ticket money to help more than one ...

[hoomelemele]

Holy crap these old hippies do love poverty and destitution don't they? I wonder how much the poverty & misery business is worth? She seems to be making a good living from it.

[CaptainKhrenov]

yeah, I wouldn't blame all the "old hippies", but I'm suspicious too...

[edwar666]

nice talk, buy hope is not better than pills, sorry.

[Casmige]

Agree with:- blindignition "..punishing productivity with repressive taxation & bureaucracy. "

Less Gov't means More Freedom/wealth/Opportunity. Sadly the tyrannical inverse is also categorically & Historically True.

Nothing good arises from Despotism & Fascism.

From Fugitives of Chaos.

John C. Wright

"those who work & earn are those that mostly Free".

Only 3 Categories of unproductive people:- Babies, Beggers, Robbers.

Of course, those who work also rightly eat.

Add politicians to that list?

[tenisplayer]

poverty its state of mind being rich its not about how much money do you have, its about how you live you everyday life.

[blindignition]

Great story. Too bad it could never happen in America. The government here is dead set on punishing productivity with repressive taxation and bureaucracy.

[agpshadow]

Jane is awesome, she's got ambition, and that's more than I can say for the rest of them stuck in that god forsaken slum.

She's got a goal, and she did something about it instead of sitting idle and waiting for relief.

[flyhead2]

This was a sunshine anecdote but totally misrepresents the true issues (by naivite, I charitably chose to believe). A combination of applied usury, enforced bad leadership, self-serving foreign aid and mercantile control of industry and agriculture are the real reasons for lack of growth and development in the 3rd world, and no 'feel good' fairy-tale is going to lift the yoke of chattledom from these people. Vox Humana.

[elspoko]

Is it just me, or does this chick have a really nice body? Just saying. I know she's trying to fight poverty and all but O JAM.

[garvess]

If you are alive you have to serve? Thats a pretty stupid comment. Way to make HIV patients feel worst. I would have said, fuck you.

[1lost2oul]

I've just started out my own business last year with a partner and it was doing well until the crisis hit in full force. Now with all the major cut backs we are making less than 40% of what we could have made if things hadn't gotten bad. But like she said it's a time for inovation and invention and we all have to stay strong and positive.... YES WE CAN!

[flyhead2]

Strong and positive or gullible and misinformed?

If you think that Obama has the right answers then you are asking all the wrong questions.

[Bosco239]

flyhead2,

Your a member of the Tinfoil Hat Brigade.

Your opinion is void.

[flyhead2]

Strange how people that think highly of themselves (wonderful people) are so easily swayed to make disdainful comments of those of less than wonderful character (everybody else). Sleep well on the cushion of yourself.

[Bosco239]

Your better lay of that LSD bigman.

Its doing you no favours.

[petexii]

Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

[RantKid]

if it wasn't for the bad economy, my businesses would not be so successful. I'm starting a local restaurant site for reviews to help business, and a private care program to help parents of special needs children to not pay out the ass for care.

both of these help stimulate the economy by creating jobs and cheap, realiable services.

thanks economic downfall! she was right in saying that poor economy = lots of opportunity for new businesses & services

[a2zguitar]

RantKid said : "she was right in saying that poor economy = lots of opportunity for new businesses & services"

And good economic conditions give opportunity for new businesses and services. Regardless the current economic situation there will always be advantage for many. There's nothing brilliant in that statement. It's more of a sensationalist play.

And I feel kind of disgust for your "thanks economic downfall" comment. Many more people are in trouble than those who are prospering from it.

[RantKid]

of course good economy provides new opportunities, but only limited because businesses in a good state of mind don't want change.

this economy forces change at a much higher rate, however: There are more services than retail business today, from Netflix to groceries. this allows people to get the same amount of materials at a more affordable rate...and new business today need to cope.

[RantKid]

having said that, once the economy is up on it's feet, these services will remain in tact - new and old - and people will be much better off than we were in the 1990s

[a2zguitar]

Lets hope your optimistic predictions come true.

Good luck with your business!

[RantKid]

thank ya! Yeah it is important for people to stay optimistic in order for new ideas and innovation to come about. I am by no means bragging because I'm not by any means "rich" but without being optimistic by looking for a needy target market, my business would never have been possible if I was pessimistic and thought "economy bad = i can never start a business or make anything new"

[GetMeThere1]

Putting aside the expected platitudes we had shoved down our throats at the end....

This talk reminds me of a truth exposed by psychological research: the one (probably ONLY) true "poverty" is the feeling that you are utterly powerless to change your conditions (and that reality applies to current economic conditions as well).

The "micro loan" programs in these places have provided a HUGE incentive for people to feel they have some control and potential for change.

[lilcryingangel]

sexet

[flapjacks3276]

yes, sexet...

[MelCartman]

are you supposed to be funny?

[lilcryingangel]

no shut the fuck up ,just sexet

[lilcryingangel]

another fail

[flapjacks3276]

looks very interesting, definitely excited for this one.