A Bank For Waste Just For Kids

Brut India

At just 7 years old, he created an eco-friendly bank just for kids in Peru. The currency? ... Recyclable waste.

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00:00♪♪

00:17I realized that in the container of my school, there were a lot of sheets of paper,

00:21papers, bottles, and it frustrated me a lot to see that,

00:26because my grandmother taught me from a very young age to take care of the environment.

00:29I remembered that the recyclers passed through my house.

00:32Here in Latin America it is very normal that many recyclers usually pass through your house

00:37and tell you to buy bottles, cardboard, papers, everything you have,

00:41and you don't need it anymore, they buy it for you.

00:44So I said, aha, that's the solution.

00:46This way I can help prevent this from happening, and this way I can also help children get money.

00:51♪♪

01:04When you just take the courses, you will be able to bring other types of recycling,

01:08apart from white paper, and when you take the financial education course,

01:11you will be able to have your card with which you will do the financial operations.

01:14♪♪

01:28In my school, my classmates would tell me that, they would tell me,

01:31I haven't had breakfast, you can't invite me to your break,

01:34or they would tell me, can you lend me a pencil, please, I don't have one,

01:37and I don't want my other classmates to know.

01:39So I realized that the problems were not only there,

01:43but also outside of my school.

01:45I realized that there were many children who worked,

01:48many children selling candy,

01:50children cleaning the windshields of cars,

01:52children asking for alms, things that we shouldn't do,

01:55because they always teach us that children shouldn't work.

01:58♪♪

02:11Well, my dad is a very fundamental part of my project,

02:14because he helps me a lot, especially emotionally,

02:18because, despite everything, I am 15 years old,

02:21and managing a project with 5,000 children is a lot of stress.

02:25For me, it was super complicated to do this project at 7 years old,

02:28because even so, people didn't believe in me, in my own family,

02:32they didn't believe in what I was doing either.

02:35When I went to ask for help from the state, government companies,

02:39private companies, so that they could support me too,

02:42they closed the door for the simple fact of being a child.

02:44So it was super complicated to get this,

02:47or to make this project work.

02:49I'm really not very different from the guys my age,

02:52I just think that what makes the difference

02:55is that I decided to do something.

02:57We are the generation that is keeping quiet

03:00and that is raising their voice.

03:01We need to go further, more than that.

03:04We need not only to raise our voice,

03:05but we need to take action.

03:07So I invite all of you to see a problem in your society,

03:10because there are always problems, and find a solution.

03:13And well, let's show adults that children and young people

03:16are the ones who are making the change,

03:18not in the future, but from now on.

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