[Music] [Applause]
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[Applause] so 34 years ago nearly to the day by the
so 34 years ago nearly to the day by the
so 34 years ago nearly to the day by the side of candy lake in Sri Lanka my mum
side of candy lake in Sri Lanka my mum
side of candy lake in Sri Lanka my mum gave birth to this adorably cute little
gave birth to this adorably cute little
gave birth to this adorably cute little boy who would grow up to have a little
boy who would grow up to have a little
boy who would grow up to have a little bit more facial hair it was a relatively
bit more facial hair it was a relatively
bit more facial hair it was a relatively peaceful moment in a year that had been
peaceful moment in a year that had been
peaceful moment in a year that had been anything but three months earlier in Sri
anything but three months earlier in Sri
anything but three months earlier in Sri Lanka race riots swept through the
Lanka race riots swept through the
Lanka race riots swept through the streets and we we lived in candy which
streets and we we lived in candy which
streets and we we lived in candy which was we thought relatively insulated and
was we thought relatively insulated and
was we thought relatively insulated and far away from the heart of the rights
far away from the heart of the rights
far away from the heart of the rights but the riots found us in the middle of
but the riots found us in the middle of
but the riots found us in the middle of the night mobs ran through a street and
the night mobs ran through a street and
the night mobs ran through a street and burnt down a house and my pregnant
burnt down a house and my pregnant
burnt down a house and my pregnant mother my dad and my brother and sister
mother my dad and my brother and sister
mother my dad and my brother and sister fled my parents don’t really talk a huge
fled my parents don’t really talk a huge
fled my parents don’t really talk a huge amount about what actually happened in
amount about what actually happened in
amount about what actually happened in those days but what I do know is that
those days but what I do know is that
those days but what I do know is that within a few days a friend of the family
within a few days a friend of the family
within a few days a friend of the family put us up in their house we eventually
put us up in their house we eventually
put us up in their house we eventually made it to Australia and when we got
made it to Australia and when we got
made it to Australia and when we got there this spirit of people helping us
there this spirit of people helping us
there this spirit of people helping us out
out
out continued people helped us find
continued people helped us find
continued people helped us find furniture for our house people helped us
furniture for our house people helped us
furniture for our house people helped us find clothes people helped us get a loan
find clothes people helped us get a loan
find clothes people helped us get a loan so that when my parents were students we
so that when my parents were students we
so that when my parents were students we could actually afford a place to live we
could actually afford a place to live we
could actually afford a place to live we will help me learn English they even
will help me learn English they even
will help me learn English they even gave me free cake and so I grew up on
gave me free cake and so I grew up on
gave me free cake and so I grew up on this diet not just a free cake but of
this diet not just a free cake but of
this diet not just a free cake but of stories that said when you’re in need
stories that said when you’re in need
stories that said when you’re in need people will answer and when people ask
people will answer and when people ask
people will answer and when people ask you for help it’s your responsibility to
you for help it’s your responsibility to
you for help it’s your responsibility to put
put
put hand up and do something and so when I
hand up and do something and so when I
hand up and do something and so when I open the newspaper every day for me it’s
open the newspaper every day for me it’s
open the newspaper every day for me it’s all fake news these stories of people
all fake news these stories of people
all fake news these stories of people building walls these stories are people
building walls these stories are people
building walls these stories are people shutting out people in their hour of
shutting out people in their hour of
shutting out people in their hour of need those stories don’t reflect the
need those stories don’t reflect the
need those stories don’t reflect the world that I grew up in and this idea
world that I grew up in and this idea
world that I grew up in and this idea that we’re a group of mean-spirited
that we’re a group of mean-spirited
that we’re a group of mean-spirited people that don’t actually care that
people that don’t actually care that
people that don’t actually care that doesn’t reflect the people that I’ve
doesn’t reflect the people that I’ve
doesn’t reflect the people that I’ve come across in my life because I know
come across in my life because I know
come across in my life because I know deep down each and every one of you
deep down each and every one of you
deep down each and every one of you given the choice would give this kid it
given the choice would give this kid it
given the choice would give this kid it doesn’t speak any English it’s free cake
doesn’t speak any English it’s free cake
doesn’t speak any English it’s free cake and so I always just kind of feel with
and so I always just kind of feel with
and so I always just kind of feel with this idea that there are these hundreds
this idea that there are these hundreds
this idea that there are these hundreds of thousands of people out there that
of thousands of people out there that
of thousands of people out there that want to do something to make the world
want to do something to make the world
want to do something to make the world better all I had to figure out was how
better all I had to figure out was how
better all I had to figure out was how do I help them get from having an idea
do I help them get from having an idea
do I help them get from having an idea to getting it done and if you could get
to getting it done and if you could get
to getting it done and if you could get all those people to put their hand up
all those people to put their hand up
all those people to put their hand up what actually would happen so four years
what actually would happen so four years
what actually would happen so four years ago I set out to actually answer this
ago I set out to actually answer this
ago I set out to actually answer this question and the first thing that I
question and the first thing that I
question and the first thing that I discovered was there actually was a heap
discovered was there actually was a heap
discovered was there actually was a heap of people who had ideas that to change
of people who had ideas that to change
of people who had ideas that to change the world and they would have this idea
the world and they would have this idea
the world and they would have this idea know tell their friends about it they
know tell their friends about it they
know tell their friends about it they would get excited and then they would
would get excited and then they would
would get excited and then they would get stuck because they couldn’t build a
get stuck because they couldn’t build a
get stuck because they couldn’t build a community or raise funds to make the
community or raise funds to make the
community or raise funds to make the idea reality and so we decided that the
idea reality and so we decided that the
idea reality and so we decided that the first thing that we needed to do was
first thing that we needed to do was
first thing that we needed to do was make it incredibly simple for people to
make it incredibly simple for people to
make it incredibly simple for people to raise funds to build a community around
raise funds to build a community around
raise funds to build a community around their projects and build make the
their projects and build make the
their projects and build make the projects come to life in 2013 I started
projects come to life in 2013 I started
projects come to life in 2013 I started a crowdfunding platform called chuffed
a crowdfunding platform called chuffed
a crowdfunding platform called chuffed org dedicated to helping those people
org dedicated to helping those people
org dedicated to helping those people with social impact projects in our first
with social impact projects in our first
with social impact projects in our first year we raised a million dollars in
year we raised a million dollars in
year we raised a million dollars in donations through the platform but more
donations through the platform but more
donations through the platform but more importantly
importantly
importantly that we supported 300 projects come to
that we supported 300 projects come to
that we supported 300 projects come to life and I just want to tell you the
life and I just want to tell you the
life and I just want to tell you the story of one of those projects and bear
story of one of those projects and bear
story of one of those projects and bear with me with this because it’s a hard
with me with this because it’s a hard
with me with this because it’s a hard one to tell so 26 years ago
one to tell so 26 years ago
one to tell so 26 years ago Abdi and Fatima and therefore little
Abdi and Fatima and therefore little
Abdi and Fatima and therefore little children found themselves in the heart
children found themselves in the heart
children found themselves in the heart of the Rwandan Civil War there to flee
of the Rwandan Civil War there to flee
of the Rwandan Civil War there to flee and as they fled from the hail of
and as they fled from the hail of
and as they fled from the hail of gunfire
gunfire
gunfire Abdi the father lost grip of his
Abdi the father lost grip of his
Abdi the father lost grip of his nine-year-old son Syed the family made
nine-year-old son Syed the family made
nine-year-old son Syed the family made it to Australia they didn’t the 10 years
it to Australia they didn’t the 10 years
it to Australia they didn’t the 10 years the family sat in Australia
the family sat in Australia
the family sat in Australia thinking it’s a it had died and then two
thinking it’s a it had died and then two
thinking it’s a it had died and then two Red Cross workers Jane and Joan they
Red Cross workers Jane and Joan they
Red Cross workers Jane and Joan they tracked down Sayyad to a refugee camp in
tracked down Sayyad to a refugee camp in
tracked down Sayyad to a refugee camp in the outskirts of Kenya and four years
the outskirts of Kenya and four years
the outskirts of Kenya and four years jadynn Joan petitioned the government to
jadynn Joan petitioned the government to
jadynn Joan petitioned the government to let say ed return to his family
let say ed return to his family
let say ed return to his family but to no avail in early 2014
but to no avail in early 2014
but to no avail in early 2014 Abdi the dad found out that he had a
Abdi the dad found out that he had a
Abdi the dad found out that he had a terminal illness they only had a few
terminal illness they only had a few
terminal illness they only had a few months to live and and his dying wish
months to live and and his dying wish
months to live and and his dying wish was to see his son so Jane and Joann
was to see his son so Jane and Joann
was to see his son so Jane and Joann kicked into action again
kicked into action again
kicked into action again they got 35,000 signatures and they
they got 35,000 signatures and they
they got 35,000 signatures and they petitioned them Immigration Minister
petitioned them Immigration Minister
petitioned them Immigration Minister directly but to no avail
it was at this point that we met Jane
it was at this point that we met Jane and Joan they launched a campaign with
and Joan they launched a campaign with
and Joan they launched a campaign with us
us
us if they was like we just need to do
if they was like we just need to do
if they was like we just need to do something for this family and they right
something for this family and they right
something for this family and they right they wanted to raise $15,000 to fly for
they wanted to raise $15,000 to fly for
they wanted to raise $15,000 to fly for tumor over to see her son was no longer
tumor over to see her son was no longer
tumor over to see her son was no longer a nine-year-old boy and in a day they
a nine-year-old boy and in a day they
a nine-year-old boy and in a day they got their $15,000 and they had to shut
got their $15,000 and they had to shut
got their $15,000 and they had to shut down the campaign because too many
down the campaign because too many
down the campaign because too many people wanted to donate there was a way
people wanted to donate there was a way
people wanted to donate there was a way that people who cared about this issue
that people who cared about this issue
that people who cared about this issue could finally do something that meant
could finally do something that meant
could finally do something that meant something to them on the 23rd of January
something to them on the 23rd of January
something to them on the 23rd of January 2013 I opened up my email and I got this
2013 I opened up my email and I got this
2013 I opened up my email and I got this photo after 23 long years Fatuma had
photo after 23 long years Fatuma had
photo after 23 long years Fatuma had been finally reunited with her son now
been finally reunited with her son now
been finally reunited with her son now every day of my life for two years was
every day of my life for two years was
every day of my life for two years was filled with stories like this and but
filled with stories like this and but
filled with stories like this and but like nothing prepared me for what was to
like nothing prepared me for what was to
like nothing prepared me for what was to come in 2015 and we were sitting in
come in 2015 and we were sitting in
come in 2015 and we were sitting in far-off Australia down under when news
far-off Australia down under when news
far-off Australia down under when news of the Syrian refugee crisis broke and
of the Syrian refugee crisis broke and
of the Syrian refugee crisis broke and while my news feed was filled with these
while my news feed was filled with these
while my news feed was filled with these stories of governments closing borders
stories of governments closing borders
stories of governments closing borders my chuff feed was filled with these
my chuff feed was filled with these
my chuff feed was filled with these stories of brits opening their hearts it
stories of brits opening their hearts it
stories of brits opening their hearts it was it was like nothing we’d really seen
was it was like nothing we’d really seen
was it was like nothing we’d really seen before it was like a switch had been
before it was like a switch had been
before it was like a switch had been flicked in the collective consciousness
flicked in the collective consciousness
flicked in the collective consciousness and people said this is my problem if I
and people said this is my problem if I
and people said this is my problem if I don’t do something if I don’t do it now
don’t do something if I don’t do it now
don’t do something if I don’t do it now no one else is going to do it and so
no one else is going to do it and so
no one else is going to do it and so they did they got in their cars they got
they did they got in their cars they got
they did they got in their cars they got on the train they crossed the channel
on the train they crossed the channel
on the train they crossed the channel they went to the camps in Calais and
they went to the camps in Calais and
they went to the camps in Calais and Dunkirk and they provided programs of
Dunkirk and they provided programs of
Dunkirk and they provided programs of care they build schools and family
care they build schools and family
care they build schools and family centers they built libraries they built
centers they built libraries they built
centers they built libraries they built kitchens they raised money for phone
kitchens they raised money for phone
kitchens they raised money for phone credit and we got this glimpse of what
credit and we got this glimpse of what
credit and we got this glimpse of what the world looks like when everyone puts
the world looks like when everyone puts
the world looks like when everyone puts up their hand and does something
up their hand and does something
up their hand and does something now in crises like these each of these
now in crises like these each of these
now in crises like these each of these individual stories is amazing and
individual stories is amazing and
individual stories is amazing and beautiful but there’s actually a much
beautiful but there’s actually a much
beautiful but there’s actually a much bigger story going on when you look at
bigger story going on when you look at
bigger story going on when you look at them as a collective and it’s a story
them as a collective and it’s a story
them as a collective and it’s a story about what happens when a group of
about what happens when a group of
about what happens when a group of loosely connected projects act in unison
loosely connected projects act in unison
loosely connected projects act in unison towards a common goal this is what they
towards a common goal this is what they
towards a common goal this is what they achieved the first thing that we noticed
achieved the first thing that we noticed
achieved the first thing that we noticed was that they acted with an incredible
was that they acted with an incredible
was that they acted with an incredible speed and flexibility so while the large
speed and flexibility so while the large
speed and flexibility so while the large carriage which had normally the people
carriage which had normally the people
carriage which had normally the people who respond in this situation were quick
who respond in this situation were quick
who respond in this situation were quick on their donation pages they were slow
on their donation pages they were slow
on their donation pages they were slow in their planning and even slow
in their planning and even slow
in their planning and even slow longer-acting these campaigns these
longer-acting these campaigns these
longer-acting these campaigns these smaller projects were up in days not
smaller projects were up in days not
smaller projects were up in days not months and when the need changed they
months and when the need changed they
months and when the need changed they changed with it and probably the best
changed with it and probably the best
changed with it and probably the best example of this was a project actually
example of this was a project actually
example of this was a project actually in with with a different disaster when
in with with a different disaster when
in with with a different disaster when cyclone pam flattened Vanuatu the very
cyclone pam flattened Vanuatu the very
cyclone pam flattened Vanuatu the very next day the High Commission of Vanuatu
next day the High Commission of Vanuatu
next day the High Commission of Vanuatu put up a chuffed page to raise money for
put up a chuffed page to raise money for
put up a chuffed page to raise money for Villa Hospital because that was the most
Villa Hospital because that was the most
Villa Hospital because that was the most important thing that they needed to
important thing that they needed to
important thing that they needed to raise money for at that point in time
raise money for at that point in time
raise money for at that point in time they needed to get the walls back as a
they needed to get the walls back as a
they needed to get the walls back as a roof on and they got their $20,000
roof on and they got their $20,000
roof on and they got their $20,000 pretty quickly and then they asked the
pretty quickly and then they asked the
pretty quickly and then they asked the ministers on the ground what do you need
ministers on the ground what do you need
ministers on the ground what do you need next and they were like we need to fix
next and they were like we need to fix
next and they were like we need to fix up the Chiefs house because that’s where
up the Chiefs house because that’s where
up the Chiefs house because that’s where all the decisions are going to be made
all the decisions are going to be made
all the decisions are going to be made on what happens here and so they switch
on what happens here and so they switch
on what happens here and so they switch their projects over to that people on
their projects over to that people on
their projects over to that people on the ground were directing exactly what
the ground were directing exactly what
the ground were directing exactly what needed to be funded in real time the
needed to be funded in real time the
needed to be funded in real time the second thing that happened was the
second thing that happened was the
second thing that happened was the people are going into really remote
people are going into really remote
people are going into really remote areas that were hard to get to now
areas that were hard to get to now
areas that were hard to get to now normally for most of these projects they
normally for most of these projects they
normally for most of these projects they went to the big camps in Calais and
went to the big camps in Calais and
went to the big camps in Calais and Dunkirk but a lot of them had further
Dunkirk but a lot of them had further
Dunkirk but a lot of them had further afield into camps in Greece and Turkey
one of the most what I thought was crazy
one of the most what I thought was crazy at the time was this 23 year old Muslim
at the time was this 23 year old Muslim
at the time was this 23 year old Muslim lady who raised money to ship a ton of
lady who raised money to ship a ton of
lady who raised money to ship a ton of flour I’m not quite sure how ton of
flour I’m not quite sure how ton of
flour I’m not quite sure how ton of flour looks but a ton of flour into the
flour looks but a ton of flour into the
flour looks but a ton of flour into the heart of Syria and to make sure that it
heart of Syria and to make sure that it
heart of Syria and to make sure that it got there
got there
got there she went with it you know most of the
she went with it you know most of the
she went with it you know most of the reason that they they did this and for
reason that they they did this and for
reason that they they did this and for most of these projects that went out to
most of these projects that went out to
most of these projects that went out to these remote areas they had a connection
these remote areas they had a connection
these remote areas they had a connection with people on the ground there either
with people on the ground there either
with people on the ground there either that family there they had been there
that family there they had been there
that family there they had been there and that connection gave them the
and that connection gave them the
and that connection gave them the on-the-ground know-how on how to get
on-the-ground know-how on how to get
on-the-ground know-how on how to get stuff done in what is always a tricky
stuff done in what is always a tricky
stuff done in what is always a tricky situation the third thing that happened
situation the third thing that happened
situation the third thing that happened was that they were incredibly efficient
was that they were incredibly efficient
was that they were incredibly efficient and transparent now normally when you
and transparent now normally when you
and transparent now normally when you hear stories about charities doing
hear stories about charities doing
hear stories about charities doing disaster relief it’s something like the
disaster relief it’s something like the
disaster relief it’s something like the Red Cross in Haiti and 2015 NPR
Red Cross in Haiti and 2015 NPR
Red Cross in Haiti and 2015 NPR ProPublica put out this report entitled
ProPublica put out this report entitled
ProPublica put out this report entitled how the Red Cross raised half a billion
how the Red Cross raised half a billion
how the Red Cross raised half a billion dollars for Haiti and built six homes
dollars for Haiti and built six homes
dollars for Haiti and built six homes now while the title is obviously
now while the title is obviously
now while the title is obviously dramatic and intended to be so the
dramatic and intended to be so the
dramatic and intended to be so the reporting was thorough and while the Red
reporting was thorough and while the Red
reporting was thorough and while the Red Cross responded to the all the claims in
Cross responded to the all the claims in
Cross responded to the all the claims in there what they couldn’t do was actually
there what they couldn’t do was actually
there what they couldn’t do was actually explain where the money went
explain where the money went
explain where the money went now compare that with people like Darin
now compare that with people like Darin
now compare that with people like Darin from the Brighton shelter build and
from the Brighton shelter build and
from the Brighton shelter build and whenever he went over to build a house
whenever he went over to build a house
whenever he went over to build a house or a community center over in the camps
or a community center over in the camps
or a community center over in the camps in Calais he would take photos and on
in Calais he would take photos and on
in Calais he would take photos and on the train back from Calais he would
the train back from Calais he would
the train back from Calais he would stitch them together into a little video
stitch them together into a little video
stitch them together into a little video before he got home people knew exactly
before he got home people knew exactly
before he got home people knew exactly what had been doing and I think the
what had been doing and I think the
what had been doing and I think the reason that people are so efficient and
reason that people are so efficient and
reason that people are so efficient and transparent with their money here is
transparent with their money here is
transparent with their money here is that who they get the money for from is
that who they get the money for from is
that who they get the money for from is quite different normally they’re raising
quite different normally they’re raising
quite different normally they’re raising funds from family and friends and so
funds from family and friends and so
funds from family and friends and so wasting their money means ripping off
wasting their money means ripping off
wasting their money means ripping off your mum and you know I know that if I
your mum and you know I know that if I
your mum and you know I know that if I faced with a choice between facing the
faced with a choice between facing the
faced with a choice between facing the Charity Commission or facing the mum
Charity Commission or facing the mum
Charity Commission or facing the mum Commission I know which one I take
so when you look at all these projects
so when you look at all these projects as a whole and it’s a collective they’re
as a whole and it’s a collective they’re
as a whole and it’s a collective they’re doing something quite magical they’re
doing something quite magical they’re
doing something quite magical they’re doing something that governments and big
doing something that governments and big
doing something that governments and big charities would struggle to do they had
charities would struggle to do they had
charities would struggle to do they had in effect as a collective without ever
in effect as a collective without ever
in effect as a collective without ever intending to created a better form of
intending to created a better form of
intending to created a better form of disaster relief and this method of using
disaster relief and this method of using
disaster relief and this method of using loosely connected projects all working
loosely connected projects all working
loosely connected projects all working toward a common goal doesn’t just work
toward a common goal doesn’t just work
toward a common goal doesn’t just work in disaster relief it turns out it works
in disaster relief it turns out it works
in disaster relief it turns out it works in all sorts of social cause areas now
in all sorts of social cause areas now
in all sorts of social cause areas now the way that we think about this is that
the way that we think about this is that
the way that we think about this is that the current model of charity and and
the current model of charity and and
the current model of charity and and doing good is a set of monopolies
doing good is a set of monopolies
doing good is a set of monopolies charity providers that are entrusted by
charity providers that are entrusted by
charity providers that are entrusted by us to do social impact where as what
us to do social impact where as what
us to do social impact where as what these people are creating is a world
these people are creating is a world
these people are creating is a world where all these people could put up
where all these people could put up
where all these people could put up their hand and you create a market and
their hand and you create a market and
their hand and you create a market and this market is much better at delivering
this market is much better at delivering
this market is much better at delivering more impact for more people than the
more impact for more people than the
more impact for more people than the monopoly is since launching chuffed in
monopoly is since launching chuffed in
monopoly is since launching chuffed in 2013 a hundred and thirty thousand
2013 a hundred and thirty thousand
2013 a hundred and thirty thousand people have donated over twelve million
people have donated over twelve million
people have donated over twelve million pounds to campaigns on shaft we’re more
pounds to campaigns on shaft we’re more
pounds to campaigns on shaft we’re more important than that 7,000 of these
important than that 7,000 of these
important than that 7,000 of these projects from 300 in our first year have
projects from 300 in our first year have
projects from 300 in our first year have come to life and if we can get that from
come to life and if we can get that from
come to life and if we can get that from 7,000 to tens of thousands to hundreds
7,000 to tens of thousands to hundreds
7,000 to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands our view on what our
of thousands our view on what our
of thousands our view on what our society looks like will change we won’t
society looks like will change we won’t
society looks like will change we won’t be a group of mean-spirited people
be a group of mean-spirited people
be a group of mean-spirited people shouting slogans and building walls will
shouting slogans and building walls will
shouting slogans and building walls will be a world full of people
be a world full of people
be a world full of people who put up their hand to do stuff and
who put up their hand to do stuff and
who put up their hand to do stuff and that’s a world I think we can all be
that’s a world I think we can all be
that’s a world I think we can all be proud of
proud of
proud of thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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