与死亡擦肩而过的孩子获得了穆罕默德·阿里奖

与死亡擦肩而过的孩子获得了穆罕默德·阿里奖

For Shadrack Frimpong, 28, finding himself a recipient of a 2019 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award "feels pretty crazy," he says, "because here we have a kid who grew up in the middle of the forest in rural Ghana being compared to someone who really was the greatest of all time."

28岁的沙德拉克·弗里姆蓬发现自己获得了2019年穆罕默德·阿里人道主义奖，“感觉相当疯狂，”他说，“因为我们这里有一个在加纳农村的森林中长大的孩子，他被比作史上最伟大的人。”

He is one of six recipients of the annual award, given to advocates and activists for social change who are under 30. The awards were presented Sept. 12 in Louisville, Ky.

他是该年度奖项的六名获奖者之一，该奖项授予30岁以下的社会变革倡导者和积极分子。颁奖典礼于9月12日在肯塔基州路易斯维尔举行。

Frimpong was honored for his achievements as founder of Cocoa360, a nonprofit venture designed to directly finance clinics and schools in rural Ghana through revenues earned from communally-run village cocoa farms.

弗里姆蓬因其作为Cocoa360的创始人所取得的成就而受到表彰。Cocoa360是一家非营利性企业，旨在通过社区经营的乡村可可农场的收入，直接为加纳农村的诊所和学校提供资金。

The first school opened in 2017 and now has about 150 students. The health clinic has treated about 3,500 patients, many for malaria, and has delivered approximately 70 babies.

第一所学校成立于2017年，目前约有150名学生。卫生诊所已经治疗了大约3500名患者，其中很多是疟疾患者，并接生了大约70名婴儿。

In recognition of his work, Frimpong was also named as one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, received the 2018 Queen's Young Leaders Award and was listed among the Most Influential Young Ghanaians in 2018.

为了表彰他的工作，弗里姆蓬还被评为福布斯30位30岁以下的社会企业家之一，获得了2018年女王青年领袖奖，并在2018年被列为最具影响力的加纳青年之一。

The late U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan once called him the "embodiment of youth leadership." The Ali center was particularly impressed with his dedication – which it cites as one of Muhammad Ali's six core principles.

已故联合国秘书长科菲·安南曾称他为“青年领袖的化身”。阿里中心对他的献身精神印象尤为深刻，并将其列为穆罕默德·阿里的六项核心原则之一。

Frimpong remembers often thinking: "Can I do this, am I worthy of this? And each time, I had to stay dedicated and committed and tell myself to keep going."

弗里姆蓬记得自己经常在想:“我能做到吗?我值得吗?”每一次，我都必须保持专注和承诺，告诉自己要继续前进。”

Frimpong was raised in a mud hut with a bamboo frame, without electricity or running water, in the remote Ghana cocoa-farming village of Tarkwa Breman. His parents were cocoa farmers; his mother earned extra money needed to raise Shadrack and his five siblings by selling charcoal.

弗里姆蓬是在加纳偏远的可可种植村塔克瓦布莱曼的一间土屋里长大的，那里没有电，也没有自来水。他的父母是种植可可的农民;他的母亲靠卖木炭赚额外的钱来养活沙德拉克和他的五个兄弟姐妹。

At the age of 9, he contracted a life-threatening infection. His parents used their family farm as collateral to borrow money to pay for travel to and treatment at a hospital that was five hours away.

9岁时，他感染了一种危及生命的传染病。他的父母以他们家的农场为抵押，借钱支付一家只有五小时路程的医院路费和治疗费。

His parents' determination saved their son's life — and also inspired him. He decided to bring better health care and education to his village.

他父母的决心救了儿子的命，也激励了他。他决定为他的村庄带来更好的医疗保健和教育。

That is the course he has been on ever since. He won a scholarship to pursue his undergraduate degree and a master's degree in nonprofit administration at the University of Pennsylvania, then returned to Ghana in 2015 to begin researching and developing his project, which officially began in 2017.

从那以后，他一直坚持这条道路。他在宾夕法尼亚大学获得了攻读本科学位和非营利性管理硕士学位的奖学金，2015年回到加纳开始研究和开发自己的项目，该项目于2017年正式启动。

To gain additional expertise, he is now studying for a master of public health degree at Yale University, even as he oversees his project.

为了获得更多的专业知识，他现在正在耶鲁大学攻读公共卫生硕士学位，尽管他正在监督他的项目。