How, then, do we, here in America,
with our own set of issues and things going on in our own
lives-- our dailiness--
create a moment of lift for these 220 million women who
don't have contraceptives, for the 130 girls who
still have yet to go to school?
You say we are the lift.
But how can I be the lift?
I'm just trying to get my bills paid.
MELINDA GATES: [LAUGHS] So first of all,
you're absolutely right.
I believe in connection-- connection
between human beings.
And that connection creates empathy.
And we start to understand and we
learn and we grow through that.
And so if you hear this global problem and it sounds-- oh,
it's far away.
It's huge, these big numbers.
You have to remember, we all have
our hearts, our intellects, our energy,
our time, and our resources.
And you can apply those in any amounts you want--
tiny amounts, big amounts.
But what I tell people is, just get connected.
Understand what the issues are.
Read about them.
Connect with somebody else who's working on them.
Decide you're going to volunteer time,
even in your own community.
You'll see the difference that education makes
in your own community for a girl,
and whether it's even working in your community.
Look, our US school system's pretty broken.
I'm out of the US school system a lot.
You've been out quite a bit too. - Yes.
But when you start to do that work
and you put drops in the bucket of connecting with people
and understanding other people's lives,
you start to see how you have personal talents
that you can contribute.