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但總有那麼一些人,在無情的戰火中匍匐前行,為戰爭中的人們帶去希望和溫暖。
今天要為大傢介紹一位不尋常的大叔Rami Adham。
他被阿勒頗當地人稱為“玩具走私者”(toy smuggler),是孩子們口中的“玩具大叔”(uncle toy),“敘利亞聖誕老人”(Santa of Syria)。
The 44-year-old was born in Aleppo but grew up in Helsinki, Finland — where he now lives with his wife and six children.
這位44歲的大叔,出生在敘利亞阿勒頗,在芬蘭的赫爾辛基長大。現在他和妻子及6個孩子住在赫爾辛基。
When the Syrian civil war started in 2012, he decided he had to help the children of his native city in any way he could.
自2012年敘利亞內戰爆發以來,他決心盡己所能來幫助故鄉的孩子們。
Initially, he planned to carry food and other aid supplies — but his daughter Yasmeen, then 3 years old, had another idea. She insisted that he donate her own toys to Syrian children.
最初,他打算帶食物及其他援助物資去敘利亞——但是當時她3歲大的女兒Yasmeen另有想法。她堅持讓Adham把自己的玩具捐給敘利亞兒童。
(Adham的女兒)
That first time, we went to a refugee camp near the border. We'd brought food, but when we started giving away the toys, it created a huge fuss. Kids were coming from all over. I realised they weren’t thinking about food - they just wanted a toy, said Mr Adham.
“第一次,我們去瞭靠近邊境的難民營。我們帶瞭食品。當我們開始分發玩具的時候,卻引起瞭巨大轟動。孩子們紛紛從附近各地趕來。我意識到,他們想的不是食物,他們隻想要一個玩具,”Adham說。
When they saw the toys, their eyes were big, everybody was smiling, Adham said.
當他們看到玩具的時候,“他們的眼睛睜得大大的,每個孩子都掛著笑容,”Adham說。
Until two years ago, he crossed into Syria through the border with Turkey, but after it closed down, he started crossing into the war-torn country illegally, carrying an 80kg bag of toys on his back all the way to Aleppo.
直到兩年前,他都是從土敘邊境進入敘利亞的。但是後來邊境關閉,他開始非法進入這個被戰火撕裂的國傢,背著80公斤的玩具一路走向阿勒頗。
It's a dangerous trip that he has to make by foot, because it's dangerous to drive through rebel-held and government-held districts.
這是個充滿危險的旅程,他不得不步行,因為開車穿過反對派控制區和政府控制區是非常危險的。
However, the dangers he faces on his every trip aren't enough to stop the toy smuggler. His mission is just too important.
但是,旅途的危險卻不能阻止他的腳步。他的使命太重要瞭。
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Adham's singular mission has blossomed into a charity called the Finland Syria Community Association, which collects donated toys from children across Europe and sponsors 420 orphans in Syria.
現在,Adham的孤軍奮戰已發展為“芬蘭敘利亞社區協會”慈善機構,負責在歐洲范圍內收集玩具,並資助瞭420名敘利亞孤兒。
The charity also has begun building its fourth school in Syria's refugee camps, giving more than 2,000 displaced children somewhere to learn.
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該慈善機構已經開始在敘利亞難民營建造第四所學校瞭,為超過2000名無傢可歸的孩子提供學習的地方。
They don't feel we're just giving them a toy, they feel that we're backing them, he said. We're giving them the security that no matter what happened to you, we're here for you.
“他們不覺得我們隻是給瞭他們玩具,他們會感受到我們的支持,”他說。“我們帶給他們一種安全感,不管發生瞭什麼,我們都會和你們在一起。”
He has so far made the journey from Helsinki to Aleppo 28 times, and doesn't plan on stopping until the war ends.
迄今為止,他已經去瞭阿勒頗28次,他打算一直做下去,直到戰爭停止。
敘利亞戰亂曠日持久,敘利亞的兒童在最美好的年齡,卻無法享受應有的童年快樂。我們不止一次報道敘利亞的新聞,不止一次寫敘利亞的故事,但很多時候卻真的是無能為力。
近日,前葡萄牙總理,聯合國難民事務高級專員(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)安東尼奧 古特雷斯( Ant nio Guterres )成功當選聯合國下一任秘書長(UN secretary general)。不知道他的上任會不會為敘利亞難民問題找到新的解決之道。
戰亂在繼續,Rami Adham的“玩具走私之旅”也在繼續,安東尼奧 古特雷斯即將上任,黑暗之中總會透出點點星火,我們多希望這星星之火,形成燎原之勢,為敘利亞戰火中的兒童,無辜的百姓帶來一個明亮溫暖的春天!
編輯:唐曉敏
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