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Our farmers are able to convert 15 goats into a solar water pump.
现在，农民们可以用十五只山羊换一个太阳能水泵。
Previously, these communities would rely on or wait for an NGO, a charity or the government to take notice and give them what they needed.
之前，这些社区只能依靠或者说等待非营利组织、慈善机构或者政府机关注意到他们的境况，再帮助他们。
Now they are using their own resources to fulfill their own needs when they need it.
如今，他们能用自己的资源在有需要的时候自己满足自己。
This is self-reliance.
这就是自力更生。
So how have we enabled the use of goats as a reliable form of currency?
那么我们是如何让山羊成为可靠的货币形式呢？
Right now, we we work with farmers through physical barter.
现在，我们用以物换物的手段与农民合作。
At the time of the solar installation, we take possession of the goats.
在安装太阳能的时候，我们收取山羊。
We then sell these goats as meat to grocery chains and through our own retail brand.
然后把羊肉卖给杂货连锁店，也在自己的零售品牌出售。
Every goat that we receive is then recorded, as its unique ID -- its key characteristics such as its sex, its age, its weight and even its number of teeth are taken into account.
我们收到每只山羊都会做记录，记录它的唯一标识——它的重要信息，比如性别、年龄、体重，甚至还有牙齿数量都会记录下来。
And then using these, we assign each goat a dollar or a rupee value, essentially tokenizing a goat.
用这些数据，我们赋予每只山羊一美元或一卢比的价值，最终为山羊赋予价值。
We have already worked with 45 communities, enabling more than 6,000 farmers to convert their goats into water and electricity.
我们已经和 45 个社区合作，让超过六千名农民都能用自己的山羊来购买水和电。
We are now planning to add smartphones, tractors and other equipment.
我们希望增加智能手机，拖拉机还有其他设备。
My hope is that we can create a more inclusive economic system where any person or any community can use what they grow and raise as money.
我们希望创建更加包容的经济系统，每个人、每个社区都能把自己的作物和牲畜当作货币使用。
Where a farmer, a small farmer can use, wherever he is, whether it’s Pakistan, Nepal, Somalia, can use a digitized goat to pay for her kid’s school fees, a tractor or a smartphone.
一名农民，一名小农都能使用，不管他是谁，不管是在巴基斯坦、尼泊尔，还是索马里，都能用数字化的山羊来为子女支付学费，或者是买拖拉机或者智能手机。
This future isn't quite here yet, but I hope using goats as money gets us closer.
未来还没有到来，但我希望，山羊货币使我们向未来更近一步。
Thank you.
谢谢。
