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(CNN) -- In Colombia, one in five girls age 15-19 is or has been pregnant, nearly triple the U.S. rate.

在哥倫比亞，15到19歲的女孩里每五人就有一人懷孕或者曾懷過(guò)孕，這個(gè)數(shù)據(jù)幾乎是美國(guó)的3倍。

And in the city of Cartagena, where one-third of residents live in extreme poverty, many of these young moms don't have a chance to improve their lives.

而在卡塔赫納城，三分之一的居民生活在極度貧苦中，許多生活在這里的年輕母親沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)改善自己的生活。

But Catalina Escobar is working to change that through her foundation and its teen mothers program. Her group aims to teach young women how to support themselves and their children, and since 2002, Escobar has helped empower more than 2,000 teen moms.

但是Catalina Escobar正通過(guò)她的基金會(huì)和青年母親項(xiàng)目努力改變這一切。她的團(tuán)隊(duì)希望教會(huì)年輕婦女如何支持自己以及她們的孩子。從2002年起，Escobar已經(jīng)幫助了超過(guò)2000名青年母親了。

CNN asked Escobar for her thoughts on being chosen as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012.

2012年，Escobar被評(píng)為CNN年度十大杰出人物之一。

CNN: What do you hope this recognition will mean to the Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation?

CNN： 你認(rèn)為你獲獎(jiǎng)對(duì)你的基金會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)意味著什么？

Catalina Escobar: This award means a great deal to me and to the foundation. It is the most effective and quickest way to tell everyone around the globe that in Colombia, we can do serious philanthropy, where our models really work to make social transformations.

Catalina Escobar：這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)對(duì)我個(gè)人和我的基金會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)都意味非凡。這是最有效、最快捷的方式，這可以告訴全世界的人，在哥倫比亞，我們的慈善事業(yè)做得很認(rèn)真，而且我們的模式真的可以帶來(lái)社會(huì)變革。

But we also want to show that in a little corner of Colombia, there is a great social inequality and despair like happens in India, Africa or Haiti.

但是我們也想讓人們知道，在哥倫比亞的小角落里，還是存在著許多社會(huì)不公和令人絕望的現(xiàn)象，就像在印度、非洲或者海地那樣。

This recognition also tells me: "Keep on going, never stop. You´re doing well!" When you work in this field, you have to be a bit crazy -- or crazy enough to devote yourself entirely to humanity. That´s what I love.

這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)也告訴我：“繼續(xù)努力，不要停滯，你做得很好！”當(dāng)你從事我們這一行，你得有些瘋狂，甚至是足夠瘋狂，才能全身心投入到人道主義中去。這就是我愛(ài)的事業(yè)。

CNN: What was your reaction to the news that you'd been selected as a top 10 CNN Hero?

CNN: 你聽(tīng)到自己被評(píng)為十大杰出人物時(shí)，有什么反應(yīng)？

Escobar: I was really surprised because all the Heroes do great jobs in all areas. When I knew I was selected ... my eyes opened wide, and since then, I haven't stopped smiling!

Escobar: 我非常吃驚，因?yàn)榻艹鋈宋飸?yīng)該是各領(lǐng)域的偉大人物。當(dāng)我知道自己入選的時(shí)候，我的眼睛張大，然后就一直在笑，停都停不下來(lái)！

For me, it has been really an interesting journey working with the foundation, which last year celebrated its 10th anniversary. When you work in this field, you never expect to get recognition. You only work day and night to change people's realities, especially when they are in extreme poverty.

對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，這是我和基金會(huì)一起走過(guò)的一段美好旅途?；饡?huì)去年慶祝了10周年紀(jì)念。做這一行的人從來(lái)不期待獲得什么認(rèn)可。你只是日日夜夜地努力改變?nèi)藗兊默F(xiàn)狀，特別是那些生活在極度貧苦中的人。

But knowing that I am in the top 10 CNN Heroes, it's been amazing news, not only for myself, but also for the foundation, its employees and all the people we have worked with.

不過(guò)，我入選CNN十大杰出人物真的是一件很棒的事情，對(duì)我，對(duì)基金會(huì)，基金會(huì)的員工和我們的伙伴來(lái)說(shuō)都是如此。

Our team felt so proud of their work, since it has been a constant, hard and persistent labor during so many years. For our supporters, the feeling has been of a national pride.

我們的團(tuán)隊(duì)對(duì)我們的工作感到十分驕傲。這是一項(xiàng)連續(xù)、艱苦、需要堅(jiān)持好多年的事業(yè)。對(duì)我們的支持者來(lái)說(shuō)，這種感受就和國(guó)家自豪感是一樣的。

What this shows is that there is a will to continue working for the vulnerable community in the slums of Cartagena, and keep working with us.

這顯示出，人們?cè)敢饫^續(xù)為哥倫比亞貧民窟的弱勢(shì)群體做貢獻(xiàn)，愿意和我們合作。

CNN: How will you use the $50,000 award that you receive for being selected as a top 10 CNN Hero?

CNN：你打算怎么用這50000美金獎(jiǎng)金?

Escobar: It will be invested in the foundation's programs. We provide counseling, education and job training to hundreds of teenage mothers. It will also go to our work tending to the infants of the teen moms at the day care center.

Escobar: 我會(huì)把它們用于基金會(huì)項(xiàng)目的投資。我們?yōu)閿?shù)以百計(jì)的青年母親提供咨詢以及教育、工作培訓(xùn)。我還將把獎(jiǎng)金用來(lái)照顧保育中心年輕母親的孩子們。

We also have a medical center, and there are so many vulnerable women that are coming to the center for special services that they can't get elsewhere. Not all of them can pay, so we want to invest in them as well.

我們還有一個(gè)醫(yī)療中心。許多脆弱的母親都來(lái)這個(gè)中心尋求特殊治療，她們?cè)趧e處得不到這樣的治療。她們之中有些人付不起醫(yī)藥費(fèi)，所以我的獎(jiǎng)金也會(huì)用一部分在這上面。

CNN: What do you want people to know most about your work?

CNN：你最希望人們對(duì)你的工作有怎樣的了解？

Escobar: The important thing is to show that our models of intervention are sustainable in the long run. They're also replicable in areas having the same social conditions, and the results are measurable.

Escobar：最重要的事是要讓人們知道，我們的模式是長(zhǎng)期可持續(xù)的。在社會(huì)狀況相同的其他地區(qū)，這一模式也能適用，而且效果會(huì)是很好的。
 

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