Sangu Delle: There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
サング・デリ: メンタルヘルスを気遣うのは恥ずかしくなんかない
Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy. Full bio
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Nigerian "jollof."
ジョロフ・ライスを食べたんです
of personal turmoil.
泣いていたかった日もありました
with a mental health professional
話をしたらと言われました
shook my head in protest.
抵抗して頭をぶんぶん振りました
支えてくれる家族があり
the idea of speaking to anyone
誰かに話すという考えを
by the rigid architecture
息がつまりそうでした
初めて耳にしたのは
fresh off the boat from Ghana,
寄宿学校に入学した時です
ペディ・スクールです
the brutal experience
したところでした
in the same month.
7人も失ったのです
through -- God bless her soul --
なんてありがたい―
尋ねました
思いました
知らないんじゃないの?
オコンクウォのように
nor express our emotions.
それを表現することもしないんです
about "Oyibo" people -- white people --
「オイボ」(白人)を笑いました
その類の「変なもの」もです
what came to mind was a madman
思い浮かぶのは狂人でした
フラフラ歩いているような人
おかしくなったの?」
you end up like him."
ああなっちゃうわよ」
to the nearest hospital
急いで連れてゆき
will be driving out demons
Health Organization,
a contribution to your community.
psychological and social well-being.
社会的にも良好な状態を指すのです
of all mental illness cases
精神疾患症例の75%は
of their health care budget
ヘルスケア全体の
of psychiatrists in Africa.
is estimated to have 200 --
200名と言われています
lack access to treatment.
治療を受けられていません
口を閉ざしています
to mental health with distance,
メンタルヘルスの問題から距離を取り
of mental illness?"
という直接的な質問に対し
cited drug misuse;
薬物の誤用と答えています
and the will of God --
causes of mental illness,
挙げた人は まれでした
社会的に不名誉なこととされた結果
and demonizing of sufferers.
悪魔として扱われるようになりました
has documented some of these abuses ...
こうした酷い仕打ちを記録しています
自分の手によるものです
in the middle of the night.
charming, hip young man --
魅力的で カッコいい若者が―
we'd grown up with recoil.
遠ざかっていくのを目にしました
「狂っちゃったんだぜ あいつ!」
about his condition --
軽蔑的で屈辱的なコメントです
about someone with cancer
丸ごと取り去ってしまいます
as his community isolated him,
私は彼のそばにいました
about mental health.
燃やすようになりました
special interest alumni group
メンタルヘルスに関心をもつグループを
tutor in graduate school,
していた時期には
with their mental health challenges.
多くの学部生を支援しました
目にしました
and with their stories in tow,
踏まえてもなお
when I faced my own anxiety,
誰にも話せませんでした
非常に根深いものなのです
do not detract from our virility,
男らしさは損なわれないこと
認識する必要があります
as important as physical health.
重要だと見るべきなのです
終わりにせねばなりません
止めねばなりません
それを口にしましょう
人間らしくいられるのです
associated with mental illness.
もうおしまいにしましょう
思い浮かべないでくださいね
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sangu Delle - EntrepreneurSangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy.
Why you should listen
Born in Ghana, Sangu Delle's childhood home was a refuge for victims of torture and violence from neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Delle graduated from Harvard College with highest honors in African Studies and Economics. He was awarded the Soros Fellowship and pursued a Juris Doctor of Law and MBA at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, respectively.
At Harvard, enrolling in the Social Engagement Initiative program that bridged the academic study and practical service gap, Delle co-founded cleanacwa (formerly the African Development Initiative) in 2007, which today is currently working to bring clean water and sanitation to over 200,000 people in 160 villages in the Ayensuano, Suhum and Nandom districts in Ghana. Delle is also passionate about mental health and wellness, and was a founding member of Harvard University’s Mental Health Alumni Special Interest Group.
Delle has previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Valiant Capital Partners. Convinced that the real needs of communities can best be met through entrepreneurship, in 2008 he founded an investment holding company, Golden Palm Investments(GPI) to fund promising start-ups that can have social impact and generate jobs. GPI has backed technology startups such as Andela, Flutterwave and mPharma. GPI has also built a portfolio of greenfield companies in healthcare, agriculture and financial services. Delle serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GPI.
Delle has received several international accolades including being named a 2016 finalist for “Young CEO of the Year” by the Africa CEO Forum, Africa’s “Young Person of the Year” in 2014 by the Future Africa Awards, selected as a 2014 TEDGlobal Fellow, Forbes’ top 30 most promising entrepreneurs in Africa and Euromoney’s “Africa’s Rising Stars” award. Institut Choiseul and Forbes Afrique named Delle as one of the top “100 Economic Leaders in Africa” in 2015. Mic named Delle as one of 9 entrepreneurs in the millennial generation making a difference.
Delle is a Trustee of the Peddie School in NJ and serves on the Advisory Board and chairs the Leadership Council of Harvard University’s Center for African Studies. He also serves on the inaugural West Africa Advisory Group of the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University.
Delle loves the outdoors and trekked Mount Everest in 2013 and summited Kilimanjaro during the summer of 2015.
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