Alberto Cairo: There are no scraps of men

http://www.ted.com Alberto Cairo's clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for Red Cross/Red Crescent), Cairo tells the powerful story of why -- and how he found humanity and dignity in the midst of war.

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[unitruth]

Very moving. I am so glad that I took the time to listen to this ted talks.

[AnotherMasterMind]

Give this man Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.

[MusicsAngelica]

He's such a humble person :) He made so much change but stays simple and down to earth about it.

[MusicsAngelica]

I don't get why some of the audiences laugh at times when he's telling a serious part of the storyn :|

[TheBlackmentos94]

Great story, I'd replay it again.

Reminds me of the CNVLD...In cambodia, the country still littered with millions of unearthed, undetonated landmines...plenty of people suffer from missing limbs outside the capital.

This is a national volleyball team that's participated in world cups for the sport and they are people just like the man Alberto helped. From a 'scrap', ashamed of being associated with their family to proud dignified people due to a new job, a new skill.

standupcambodia. net

[MissEldira]

This is amazing. I always believed in empowering people and giving them a chance to change there situation instead of giving and giving material and care when they could be caring for them self if they got the right tools. I always been inspired by how Finland rose up to be a leading economy after ww2 not by endless help (help was needed to) but by attitude and empowerment of it's people. More could be said about what can be learned from Finland's story but there is not room.

[aiodis]

@dogagas you would be wouldn't you, you sick little bastard.

[poweronia]

Alberto Cairo is my new role model.

[EquinoxIV]

@EquinoxIV correction: the last two numbers are 7,8 % and 2,2 %.

[EquinoxIV]

@hotkonto I can't speak for the red cross, but Medicins Sans Frontieres in Germany (who send me annual business reports) put 88,5 % into projects in 2010. An additional 1,5 % went into reporting on projects. Admin of donations and advertising: 6,3 %. General administration and PR: 1,7 %. Plus, this does not include hundreds and hundreds of hours of volunteer work by highly skilled professionals.