good evening thank you for having me
thank you for having me I’m so blessed
today again I am so blessed
I mean imagine that you get up day after
day not knowing what to do all day
having no idea what your passions may be
no idea what your talents may be and
never having been told what you’re good
at
imagine you don’t know who you are and
not only being looked down upon by
others but recently under estimating
yourself while having any future
projects or perspectives for the rest of
your life and you’re only 18 not every
eighteen year old has such a bleak
outlook on life with a great number of
youngsters in Belgium do particularly in
the big cities this is your Hakeem every
time I cross him he caught my attention
always very neat and tidy well-dressed
very confidence with the opposite of
arrogance just a nice guy but you did
not see was how insecure he really felt
and the setbacks he had to struggle with
and how he felt responsible for the
well-being of his family and since he
was a little boy he aspired to become
entrepreneur he had a hard time when he
was younger but he was never negative
well you are him worked hard went to
college studied IT and today he runs his
own iPhone repair company you’re him is
one of my heroes he’s an inspiration to
so many youngsters who need to turn
their lives around and make something
out of themselves unfortunately not
every youngsters succeed thousands of
youngsters don’t know what their passion
or talent
are they are feeling hand in by these
oppressive walls walls we are creating
and maintaining all of us are and what
we can do is at least recognize that
these walls do exist and that they are
higher for some we could also start
piercing these walls or better let’s put
some doors in these walls and give
people keys to access and talking about
these keys in cities like Antwerp and
Brussels we have a school dropout rate
of more than 25 percent almost 28%
imagine one third of this room should
have to leave now you’re out crazy so
many young people losing the keys to
integration participation and network
the language the culture a profession a
job or more important the key to a
positive self-esteem dignity a lot of
these youngsters are underprivileged
and/or have roots outside Belgium it’s
about time yes
it’s high time because in n-type and
Brussels alone we have two hundred
thousand children under the age of ten
those are two hundred thousands very
good reasons for us to believe and to
take action the good news there’s also
good news the good news is that we can
do something about it and a lot of
people want to do something about it
it’s about our legacy it’s about us
being able to look back and say we did
our very best and whatever the solution
may turn out to be I think they should
fulfill at least three conditions first
a person’s potential should be central
another’s problem a person is not his
problem a person’s problem is the break
on his potential and the challenge lies
in releasing the bridge to allow people
to grow which will provide him with with
oxygen and
self-esteem ii believing in people means
making ourselves unnecessary investing
in people and a solution needs to make
itself unnecessary at some point they
will stop needing you and third of
course every solution should be
ambitious help them to release the
none of these conditions are new in fact
we have something that is based on these
conditions for centuries and we all know
it
in fact in Belgium we are all grateful
to have had it education good education
enables people to stand on their own two
feet is ambitious and starts our focuses
on people’s potential that’s why I
always dreamt of becoming a teacher
since I was in primary school
I wanted to be miss education is the
main resource of our society it’s a
foundation upon which everything in our
society is built it is education and
especially the people within that
educational process that transforms that
three-year-old into a young man or woman
who feels self-assured and confident and
resilience well-prepared to to take part
in the creation of a bright future with
a focus on personal development and a
teacher as a compass pointing towards
all the possibilities out there
Arita Pearson says it beautifully he
says we have to see to it that a child
can say I am somebody I am somebody I
was somebody when I came and I will be
somebody will I leave I am powerful and
strong and I deserve the education that
I get here
children will shout yeah but still after
my teacher training
I felt reproduction was the core of the
curriculum that’s why I decided to win
further for my master’s degree in
educational sign science and I think
that’s where my next project and career
as a social entrepreneur starlet’s and
the choice wasn’t exactly random because
I too came from an underprivileged group
a lower social economic loss and yes I
too have an immigration background and
looking back of what made me what I am
today are the people within my
educational process but also my my warm
Muslim Moroccan family and the after
school program where I enrolled in
twenty years of gymnastic and I think
that’s why my first project was an
after-school program by now let’s go
Earvin attracts thousands of youngsters
a week all passionate about urban
culture dance sports music acting and
foreigner ship they come to us for our
coaches they organize 55 workshops every
week and what unites these youngsters is
their passion passion connects and
passion is colorblind it goes beyond
your ethical cultural social economic
differences it takes down all boundaries
and and it’s it’s it just makes all of
us equal everybody’s welcome whether
you’re a Muslim a Jew or Buddhist or a
Christian and at East High qualified low
skilled privileged or underprivileged
everybody feels welcome let’s go Oh
Venus is like a family it’s a community
and network that these young people will
keep on using long after their let’s go
urban years our keys are their keys
unfortunately I know hundreds of young
men and women with good values
competencies talents and skills
with the right keys to succeed in their
professional career and still door stay
closed this is how our companies look
like today especially on the higher
levels and this is how they should look
like tomorrow with the focus on on the
one hand plenty of people with potential
and talent and on the other hand all
those companies that are searching for
these people there is a mismatch and
that’s why I think I decided to start a
new company a new startup because
besides education we think being
financial independence is another key to
dignity and to feeling connected feeling
part of society with wanna work we are
creating platforms that connects these
people’s potential with oldest companies
there is so many work that has to be
done and you don’t have to listen to me
forget everything when I said for the
last 10 minutes but at least listen to
the smartest among us the children they
are very angry listen to what Brook
Blair has got to say my name is Brooke
flat and I’m 5 years old I’ve got
yesterday night I was out on the streets
and I saw under millions of homeless
people or so but for years or for loans
you should be out there truther Bay you
should be biscuits hot chocolate
sandwiches a building the houses look
I’m only 5 years old there’s nothing I
can do about it save not money and
they’ll never be enough you’ve got
comany spend some and help people this
that’s what you’ve got to do because
we’ve had lots of wars in this country
and I do not like that Tereza Bay I’m
very
she had 30 seconds to convince you and I
need a ten so she did a great job she
did a great job look which is certain is
this it’s about time in entropy and
Brussels alone there are two hundred
thousand brook players under the age of
ten in ten years they will all become
adults they will need good education job
opportunities and perspective to excel
just like you are him I think those are
two hundred thousands very good reasons
for all of us to belief and to take
action I’m trying to do this in my own
way as a social entrepreneur but I
really hope that and this is a call to
action that everyone here in this room
everyone present here today will listen
to all the messages of all those great
speakers and you know just start to join
us TEDx women Flanders thank you so much
for sharing the stage and for all of you
never forget to hashtag belief thank you so much
thank you for having me I’m so blessed
today again I am so blessed
I mean imagine that you get up day after
day not knowing what to do all day
having no idea what your passions may be
no idea what your talents may be and
never having been told what you’re good
at
imagine you don’t know who you are and
not only being looked down upon by
others but recently under estimating
yourself while having any future
projects or perspectives for the rest of
your life and you’re only 18 not every
eighteen year old has such a bleak
outlook on life with a great number of
youngsters in Belgium do particularly in
the big cities this is your Hakeem every
time I cross him he caught my attention
always very neat and tidy well-dressed
very confidence with the opposite of
arrogance just a nice guy but you did
not see was how insecure he really felt
and the setbacks he had to struggle with
and how he felt responsible for the
well-being of his family and since he
was a little boy he aspired to become
entrepreneur he had a hard time when he
was younger but he was never negative
well you are him worked hard went to
college studied IT and today he runs his
own iPhone repair company you’re him is
one of my heroes he’s an inspiration to
so many youngsters who need to turn
their lives around and make something
out of themselves unfortunately not
every youngsters succeed thousands of
youngsters don’t know what their passion
or talent
are they are feeling hand in by these
oppressive walls walls we are creating
and maintaining all of us are and what
we can do is at least recognize that
these walls do exist and that they are
higher for some we could also start
piercing these walls or better let’s put
some doors in these walls and give
people keys to access and talking about
these keys in cities like Antwerp and
Brussels we have a school dropout rate
of more than 25 percent almost 28%
imagine one third of this room should
have to leave now you’re out crazy so
many young people losing the keys to
integration participation and network
the language the culture a profession a
job or more important the key to a
positive self-esteem dignity a lot of
these youngsters are underprivileged
and/or have roots outside Belgium it’s
about time yes
it’s high time because in n-type and
Brussels alone we have two hundred
thousand children under the age of ten
those are two hundred thousands very
good reasons for us to believe and to
take action the good news there’s also
good news the good news is that we can
do something about it and a lot of
people want to do something about it
it’s about our legacy it’s about us
being able to look back and say we did
our very best and whatever the solution
may turn out to be I think they should
fulfill at least three conditions first
a person’s potential should be central
another’s problem a person is not his
problem a person’s problem is the break
on his potential and the challenge lies
in releasing the bridge to allow people
to grow which will provide him with with
oxygen and
self-esteem ii believing in people means
making ourselves unnecessary investing
in people and a solution needs to make
itself unnecessary at some point they
will stop needing you and third of
course every solution should be
ambitious help them to release the
none of these conditions are new in fact
we have something that is based on these
conditions for centuries and we all know
it
in fact in Belgium we are all grateful
to have had it education good education
enables people to stand on their own two
feet is ambitious and starts our focuses
on people’s potential that’s why I
always dreamt of becoming a teacher
since I was in primary school
I wanted to be miss education is the
main resource of our society it’s a
foundation upon which everything in our
society is built it is education and
especially the people within that
educational process that transforms that
three-year-old into a young man or woman
who feels self-assured and confident and
resilience well-prepared to to take part
in the creation of a bright future with
a focus on personal development and a
teacher as a compass pointing towards
all the possibilities out there
Arita Pearson says it beautifully he
says we have to see to it that a child
can say I am somebody I am somebody I
was somebody when I came and I will be
somebody will I leave I am powerful and
strong and I deserve the education that
I get here
children will shout yeah but still after
my teacher training
I felt reproduction was the core of the
curriculum that’s why I decided to win
further for my master’s degree in
educational sign science and I think
that’s where my next project and career
as a social entrepreneur starlet’s and
the choice wasn’t exactly random because
I too came from an underprivileged group
a lower social economic loss and yes I
too have an immigration background and
looking back of what made me what I am
today are the people within my
educational process but also my my warm
Muslim Moroccan family and the after
school program where I enrolled in
twenty years of gymnastic and I think
that’s why my first project was an
after-school program by now let’s go
Earvin attracts thousands of youngsters
a week all passionate about urban
culture dance sports music acting and
foreigner ship they come to us for our
coaches they organize 55 workshops every
week and what unites these youngsters is
their passion passion connects and
passion is colorblind it goes beyond
your ethical cultural social economic
differences it takes down all boundaries
and and it’s it’s it just makes all of
us equal everybody’s welcome whether
you’re a Muslim a Jew or Buddhist or a
Christian and at East High qualified low
skilled privileged or underprivileged
everybody feels welcome let’s go Oh
Venus is like a family it’s a community
and network that these young people will
keep on using long after their let’s go
urban years our keys are their keys
unfortunately I know hundreds of young
men and women with good values
competencies talents and skills
with the right keys to succeed in their
professional career and still door stay
closed this is how our companies look
like today especially on the higher
levels and this is how they should look
like tomorrow with the focus on on the
one hand plenty of people with potential
and talent and on the other hand all
those companies that are searching for
these people there is a mismatch and
that’s why I think I decided to start a
new company a new startup because
besides education we think being
financial independence is another key to
dignity and to feeling connected feeling
part of society with wanna work we are
creating platforms that connects these
people’s potential with oldest companies
there is so many work that has to be
done and you don’t have to listen to me
forget everything when I said for the
last 10 minutes but at least listen to
the smartest among us the children they
are very angry listen to what Brook
Blair has got to say my name is Brooke
flat and I’m 5 years old I’ve got
yesterday night I was out on the streets
and I saw under millions of homeless
people or so but for years or for loans
you should be out there truther Bay you
should be biscuits hot chocolate
sandwiches a building the houses look
I’m only 5 years old there’s nothing I
can do about it save not money and
they’ll never be enough you’ve got
comany spend some and help people this
that’s what you’ve got to do because
we’ve had lots of wars in this country
and I do not like that Tereza Bay I’m
very
she had 30 seconds to convince you and I
need a ten so she did a great job she
did a great job look which is certain is
this it’s about time in entropy and
Brussels alone there are two hundred
thousand brook players under the age of
ten in ten years they will all become
adults they will need good education job
opportunities and perspective to excel
just like you are him I think those are
two hundred thousands very good reasons
for all of us to belief and to take
action I’m trying to do this in my own
way as a social entrepreneur but I
really hope that and this is a call to
action that everyone here in this room
everyone present here today will listen
to all the messages of all those great
speakers and you know just start to join
us TEDx women Flanders thank you so much
for sharing the stage and for all of you
never forget to hashtag belief thank you so much
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