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The second story has to do with something that I'm sure most of you have seen or will remember.
第二個(gè)故事，和那些我相信你們大多數(shù)人都見(jiàn)過(guò)或者記得相關(guān)事情。
Very often, countries in Africa suffer drought and floods,
非洲的國(guó)家常常遭受干旱和洪澇，
and it's getting more frequent because of climate change effects.
而隨著氣候變化的影響，它們正發(fā)生得越發(fā)頻繁。
When this happens, they normally wait for international appeals to raise money.
當(dāng)災(zāi)難發(fā)生以后，這些國(guó)家通常等待國(guó)際呼吁來(lái)籌集資金。
You see pictures of children with flies on their faces, carcasses of dead animals and so on.
所以你會(huì)看到蒼蠅圍在孩子臉上的照片，死去動(dòng)物尸體的照片等等。
Now these countries, 32 countries, came together under the auspices of the African Union
如今，這32個(gè)國(guó)家一起，在非洲聯(lián)盟的支持下
and decided to form an organization called the African Risk Capacity. What does it do?
決意組成一個(gè)叫做“非洲風(fēng)險(xiǎn)能力機(jī)構(gòu)”的組織。它有什么作用呢？
It's a weather-based insurance agency, and what these countries do is to pay insurance each year,
它是一家氣象保險(xiǎn)機(jī)構(gòu)，這些國(guó)家每年繳納
about 3 million dollars a year of their own resources,
自身資源約300萬(wàn)美元的保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)，
so that in the event they have a difficult drought situation or flood, this money will be paid out to them,
因此，假使他們碰到了非常嚴(yán)重的干旱或洪澇，這些保險(xiǎn)費(fèi)就可以賠償給他們，
which they can then use to take care of their populations, instead of waiting for aid to come.
他們也就可以用這些錢去照顧他們的人民，而不是等待國(guó)際援助的到來(lái)。
The African Risk Capacity last year paid 26 million dollars to Mauritania, Senegal and Niger.
去年，非洲風(fēng)險(xiǎn)能力機(jī)構(gòu)賠付了2600萬(wàn)美元給毛里塔尼亞、塞內(nèi)加爾和尼日爾。
This enabled them to take care of 1.3 million people affected by drought.
這使他們有能力去照顧130萬(wàn)被干旱影響的人。
They were able to restore livelihoods, buy fodder for cattle, feed children in school
他們能夠恢復(fù)生計(jì)，購(gòu)買喂牛的飼料，在學(xué)校里喂養(yǎng)孩子
and in short keep the populations home instead of migrating out of the area.
簡(jiǎn)而言之，保護(hù)了人們的家園，而不是遷出那個(gè)地區(qū)。
So these are the kinds of stories of an Africa ready to take responsibility for itself,
所以，這些就是非洲已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好承擔(dān)屬于它自己的責(zé)任，
and to look for solutions for its own problems.
并且為它自己的問(wèn)題尋找解決之道的故事。
