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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust
Cameron Sinclair : Refugjatet e bumit-dhe-krizes
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Ne TEDglobal, Cameron Sinclair tregon koston e fshehur te projekteve te medha te pronave qe deshtuan: mijera punetore ndertimi emigrante jane te bllokuar e pa para. Per arkitektet, shoket e tij, thote se ka vetem nje pergjigje etike.
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio
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A few years ago, my eyes were opened
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to the dark side of the construction industry.
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me anen e erret te industrise se ndertimit.
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In 2006, young Qatari students
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Ne 2006, studentet e Qatar
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took me to go and see the migrant worker camps.
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me cuan te vizitoj kampin e punetoreve emigrante.
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And since then I've followed the unfolding issue of worker rights.
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Qe atehere kam ndjekur ceshtjen emergjente te te drejtave te punetoreve.
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In the last six months, more than 300 skyscrapers
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Ne 6 muajt e fundit, me se 300 shumekatesh ne ndertim
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in the UAE have been put on hold or canceled.
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ne Emiratet e Bashkuara Arabe, jane pezulluar ose anulluar.
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Behind the headlines that lay behind these buildings
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Mbas titujve te publikimeve qe flasin per keto ndertime
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is the fate of the often-indentured construction worker.
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eshte fati i punetoreve te ndertimit, shpesh te kontraktuar.
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1.1 million of them.
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1.1 milion nga ata.
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Mainly Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan
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Shumica nga India. Pakistani, Sri Lanka
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and Nepalese, these laborers risk everything
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dhe Nepali, keta punetore rrezikojne cdo gje
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to make money for their families back home.
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per te fituar para per familjet ne vendin e tyre.
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They pay a middle-man thousands of dollars to be there.
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Ata i paguajne nje ndermjetesi mijera dollare qe te vijne aty.
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And when they arrive, they find themselves in labor camps with no water,
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Dhe, kur arrijne, e gjejne veten ne kampe pune pa uje,
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no air conditioning, and their passports taken away.
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pa ajer te kondicionuar dhe i konfiskohen pashaportat.
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While it's easy to point the finger at local officials and higher authorities,
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Ndersa eshte e lehte ta vesh shenjestren tek zyrtaret lokale dhe autoritetet e larte,
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99 percent of these people are hired by the private sector,
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99 perqind e tyre jane punesuar nga sektori privat.
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and so therefore we're equally, if not more, accountable.
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dhe prandaj, ne jemi pergjegjes barazisht ne mos me teper.
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Groups like Buildsafe UAE have emerged,
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Grupet si Buildsafe UAE jane shfaqur,
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but the numbers are simply overwhelming.
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por shifrat jane shume te larta.
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In August 2008,
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Ne gusht 2008,
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UAE public officials noted
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zyrtaret e EBA publikuan
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that 40 percent of the country's 1,098 labor camps
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se 40 perqind e 1098 kampeve te punes ne te gjithe vendin,
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had violated minimum health and fire safety regulations.
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kishte shkelur rregullat minimale te shendetit dhe sigurise se zjarrit.
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And last summer, more than 10,000 workers
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Veren e kaluar, me se 10 000 punetore
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protested for the non-payment of wages,
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protestuan kunder rrogave te papaguara,
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for the poor quality of food, and inadequate housing.
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ushqimit te keq dhe strehimit te papershtatshem.
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And then the financial collapse happened.
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Pastaj, ndodhi kriza financiare.
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When the contractors have gone bust,
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Kur sipermarresit kane falimentuar,
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as they've been overleveraged like everyone else,
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te mbytur ne borxhe si gjithe te tjeret,
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the difference is everything goes missing,
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dallimi eshte se gjithshka ka humbur,
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documentation, passports,
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dokumentat, pasaportat,
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and tickets home for these workers.
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dhe biletat e kthimit per keta punetore.
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Currently, right now, thousands of workers are abandoned.
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Tani, tamam ne kete moment, mijera punetore jane abandonuar.
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There is no way back home.
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Nuk mund te kthehen ne shtepi.
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And there is no way, and no proof of arrival.
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S'ka menyre qe te kthehen dhe s'ka prove te mberritjes.
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These are the boom-and-bust refugees.
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Keta jane refugjatet e bumit dhe deshtimit.
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The question is, as a building professional,
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Pyetja eshte, si profesionist ndertimi,
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as an architect, an engineer, as a developer,
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si arkitekt, si inxhinier, si zhvillues,
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if you know this is going on,
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nese je ne dijeni qe ndodh,
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as we go to the sights every single week,
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sic shkojme ne kantjer cdo jave,
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are you complacent or complicit
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a je pjesemarres
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in the human rights violations?
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ne shkeljen e te drejtave te njeriut?
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So let's forget your environmental footprint.
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Le te harrojme pricipet ambientaliste.
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Let's think about your ethical footprint.
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Le te mendojme per principet etike.
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What good is it
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C'te mire kemi
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to build a zero-carbon, energy efficient complex,
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te ndertojme nje kompleks ekonomik ne energji dhe impakt zero,
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when the labor producing this architectural gem
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nese puna qe prodhon kete perle arkitekturale
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is unethical at best?
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eshte joetike ne rastin me te mire?
02:39
Now, recently I've been told I've been taking the high road.
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Kohet e fundit me kane thene qe i kam hyre nje rruge te veshtire.
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But, quite frankly, on this issue,
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Por, sinqerisht, ne kete ceshtje,
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there is no other road.
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nuk ka rruge tjeter.
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So let's not forget who is really paying the price of this financial collapse.
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Te mos harrojme kush po paguan vertet cmimin e krizes ekonomike.
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And that as we worry about our next job in the office,
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Dhe ndersa shqetesohemi per punen tjeter ne zyre,
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the next design that we can get, to keep our workers.
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projektin tjeter qe do sigurojme qe te mbajme punetoret tone.
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Let's not forget these men, who are truly dying to work.
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Te mos harrojme keta njerez, qe vertet po vdesin per te punuar.
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Thank you.
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Falemnderit.
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(Applause)
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(Duartrokitje)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.
Why you should listen
After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.
Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)
A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.
Cameron Sinclair | Speaker | TED.com