為什麼我來到孟加拉(5)-把過去的點都串起來

在柬埔寨之行後，我開始深入研究有關於一些社會企業和社會創業的資料尋求可以結合的點。在過程中我總是思忖著為什麼現今所謂的科技發展和受益人多半都還是在這些所謂的已開發國家。當我們科技日新月異的發展，各項技術不斷突破創新。但真的有對這個世界更好嗎? 為什麼地球上還有一半左右的人的生活停留在20世紀，可能沒有乾淨安全的水、沒有電、沒有教育。

After the venture to the Cambodia, I started to study social business and social entrepreneurship. I was always considering about when technology changes fast than ever, achieving lots of breakthrough and innovation. But why do most of beneficiaries are people in developed country. Is it benefit to the world indeed? Why do number of people still live in 20^th century without safe water, electricity and education?

當世界再進步為什麼要拋棄他們?

When whole word are getting better, why exclude them?

我們可以在實驗室花大量的時間來抓蟲為了一個很fancy卻不一定對這普世大眾有用的技術，為什麼不能投入同樣的心力為這些地區的人想一個創新的模式或技術讓他們也成為現代科技的受惠者?

We could probably spend lots of time in debugging in the lab to work out a fancy but might not have positive impact on whole people in the world. Why can’t we devote the same diligence and spirit to figure out a new model or tech to make them become the beneficiary of the modern technology?

但我該怎麼踏出第一步呢?

What’s my first step?

根據柬埔寨的經驗，我們應該要實際去感受，去同理!

那乾脆就到當地去實習深入走訪吧! 於是我開始透過世界兩大輔導育成社企的組織阿育王(Ashoka)和施瓦布基金會(Schwab foundation)從幾百家利用高科技結合社會企(創)業的公司過濾出十家開始撒履歷。一段時間後九家打槍讓我想暫時擱置理想時去投一些正常的電子產業實習時，神奇的是隔天就收到了一封信，大意是

Based on the experience in Cambodia, I need to feel and sympathy them. So why not have some internship in such kind of organization then I can see and feel deeply?. Thus, I start to search such organization through Schwab Foundation and Ashoka, which are two biggest social business(entrepreneurship) incubation in the world. Finally, I filtered out 10 organization from hundreds of them. After a while, I would have get up and started to search the internship in the popular EE industry since nine of them refused me. However, miracle happened on the morning after one day. I got the mail and the abstract is:

  

 

你想來實習做什麼呢? 自己寫下你的工作企劃書來討論看看是否可行吧

You want to have internship in my organization? Write down your job proposal and then we can discuss about feasibility

(咦，這是要我自己開Job Description的意思嗎，也太酷了吧，台灣哪家公司的實習是這樣的呀(google?)

(Ooops, does it mean that I should figure out my job description?, So cool, which company in Taiwan is like thay? Google maybe?).

這家公司的主席就是2006諾貝爾和平獎得主，微額信貸創辦人和社會企業的發起人-尤努斯

The chairmen of this company is the winner of Nobel peace prize, founder of microcredit and social business-Dr. Yunus

我很訝異，因為我以為一個如此龐大忙碌的企業應該不會鳥我這一個沒什麼用的大學生。
我很訝異，因為我從沒聽過實習的工作內容可以由我來創造，
我很訝異，因為我從沒想過，這麼快就可以踏上理想的第一步

我很訝異，因為一點點的行動和嘗試就會有如此效果

(說穿了我只是翻翻書敲敲鍵盤而已)

I was surprised because I thought that such a successful company wouldn’t pay attention to a normal student.

I was surprised that I can create the job by myself.

I was surprised because I never thought about that I could step forward to my vision so fast. 

I was surprised, because I hadn’t thought about that such small and easy action can lead to such huge effect

(To be frankly, I just read a book and typed in the keyboard)

於是，我來到了孟加拉

Thus, I came to Bangladesh

我從大二下不知道念電機系是為什麼而感到困惑，雖然那是成績最好的一學期

I didn’t know the meaning of my major and felt infinitive confuse and uneasy when I was sophomore, I got the best grade in my life of university though.

到西伯利亞發現我喜歡為別人帶來價值的工作

I found that I like to do the work which can create value for others when I came to Siberia.

到柬埔寨和社會創業讓我感受到溫暖與動人的力量與我的熱情

I found my passion and the power of warmness and touching in our social entrepreneurship when I came back from Cambodia.

在最後尋找與專長結合的過程我來到了孟加拉-一個頂尖的社會企業

Finally, I try to combine my major and passion then I came to Bangladesh- a world-class social business.

我花了兩年讓了一大圈又回到了原點，但我卻有完全不同的詮釋

為什麼我要念電機系不再是為社會的期盼或跟隨潮流，

而是我自己的生命故事的詮釋.

  

Though I spent 2 years in exploring and then back to the origin. I have a brand-new interpretation of my life,Neither the expectation from society nor mainstream is the reason of why I major EE, It’s the interpretation of my life story.

孟加拉只是我的第一站，我會繼續走下去

有限的探索

全神的聚焦

最後，帶著熱情與喜悅

Bangladesh is just my first step, I will keep going by

Limited exploration, wholehearted devotion and last but not least

with passion and joyfulness