我希望所有人都能知道的精彩故事 | 盖茨笔记

你可曾听过一个精彩的故事，精彩到你忍不住想告诉每一个遇到的人？就是那种你知道，并希望所有人也都知道的事情。

这正是我通过盖茨基金会了解他们的工作后的感受。每天，他们都在世界各地拯救生命，帮助人们摆脱贫困。他们有的是科学家，有的是教育工作者、护士、助产士或倡导者。他们的工作是如此鼓舞人心，以至于我几乎将我所有的财富都用于支持它。

南非Enviro Loo公司的这些工人生产的一种新型厕所改变了公立学校的卫生状况，使学生上学更加方便。

我喜欢分享他们的故事。战争、不平等、气候变化，在这个世界上充斥着大量问题的时代，记住那些朝着好的方向发展的事情是非常重要的。当我们在一个领域取得进步时，几乎总会产生正向的连锁反应。

以下就是一个关于如何通过单一事物——奶牛，最终影响数百万人生活的故事。

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我工作中最棒的部分就是能够与从事这类工作或从中受益的人建立联系。在肯尼亚的马库埃尼（Makueni）郡，我遇到了一位名叫约瑟芬·基蒙伊（Josephine Kimonyi）的农民，她从她的邻居、也是农民同行那里了解到了一种新的奶牛（在基金会的资助下培育的），这种奶牛能够产出更多的牛奶。她的邻居饲养这种新型改良奶牛已经有一段时间了，就劝约瑟芬也试一试。

约瑟芬告诉我，得益于新品种，她家的牛奶产量是过去的两倍。她充满自豪地描述了自己作为自雇人士的快乐，其收入足以供孩子上学，甚至还能用一些多余的牛奶来帮助邻居。

如果你想了解更多关于约瑟芬的故事以及改良牲畜的神奇之处，请观看这个视频。

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约瑟芬·基蒙伊（Josephine Kimonyi）和她的奶牛Mukuni。Mukuni每天产奶16升，几乎是约瑟芬以前的奶牛产奶量的两倍。

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当我看到像约瑟芬这样的人对帮助自己和邻居充满热情时，我也会备受鼓舞，想要出一份力。

Have you ever heard a story that was so cool you couldn’t help telling everyone you met about it? Something you knew and wished that everyone else did too?

That’s how I feel about the people whose work I get to learn about through the Gates Foundation. Every day, around the world, they save lives and help people lift themselves out of poverty. Some are scientists. Others are educators, nurses, midwives, or advocates. Their work is so inspiring to me that I’ve committed virtually all of my wealth to supporting it.

I love sharing their stories. At a time when so much is going wrong with the world—wars, inequality, climate change—it’s important to remember what is going right. And that when we make progress in one area, there are almost always beneficial ripple effects.

Here's the story of how work on just one thing—cows—can ultimately touch millions of people’s lives.

The best part of my job is getting to connect with people who are either doing work like this or benefiting from it. In Makueni County, Kenya, I met a farmer named Josephine Kimonyi, who learned from her neighbor and fellow farmer about a new variety of cow (developed with funding from the foundation) that produces more milk. Her neighbor had been raising the new-and-improved cow for some time, and she’d urged Josephine to try it out.

Josephine told me that, thanks to the new breed, she now gets twice as much milk as she used to. She was filled with pride as she described the joy of being self-employed, earning enough income to send her kids to school, and even using some extra milk to help out her neighbors.

If you want to hear more about Josephine’s story and the magic of improved livestock, watch this video.

When I see how much passion people like Josephine have for helping themselves and their neighbors, I’m inspired to help too.