Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Christopher Ategeka: La mia storia di adozione
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from the African continent?
dal continente africano?
quando ero molto giovane.
when I was very, very young.
effects of poverty,
della povertà,
di adozione a distanza,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
l'opportunità di studiare.
this particular program worked,
in questo programma
e dopo le superiori
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
si diventa carpentieri, meccanici
these 25 dollars a month
questi 25 dollari al mese all'orfanotrofio
to college instead."
in America instead."
l'università in America."
and applied for the visa.
e ho richiesto il visto.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
con questo pezzo di carta in mano,
stava per cambiare.
that someone might steal it.
che qualcuno me lo rubasse.
per la sicurezza.
to put it in a plastic bag,
lo avvolgo in una busta di plastica,
and put it in there."
e lo nascondo lì dentro."
"Maybe someone saw me."
"Forse qualcuno mi ha visto."
with me the entire night --
tutta la notte.
an anxiety-filled night.
che è stata una notte ansiogena.
just like another speaker said,
come ha detto un altro relatore,
to fly to another country.
per volare in un'altra nazione.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
che avessi mai visto,
con un velo bianco.
non avevo idea di cosa stessi facendo.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
da solo con questo dannato asciugamano --
let alone with this damn towel --
could do in that situation:
farebbe in quella situazione:
everyone else is doing.
per vedere cosa facevano gli altri.
from my village to the airport that day.
dal villaggio all'aeroporto, quel giorno.
everyone else is doing,
come tutti gli altri stavano facendo,
that when she came by to pick it up,
che quando lei tornò a prenderli,
delle porte per me
il mio potenziale innato.
everything from scratch:
tutto da zero:
that's a refrigerator --
quello è un frigorifero --
and different culture.
nuova e differente.
che io ero importante,
of their own biological children.
avevano due figli biologici.
avevo delle necessità.
a lot of time with me.
molto tempo con me.
of jealousy with their children.
un po' gelosi i loro figli.
ci sono genitori
with your love and affection --
con il vostro amore e affetto --
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
istituzioni al mondo.
who embrace multiculturalism,
che abbracciano il multiculturalismo,
nel continente africano.
può essere una risposta
experience multiculturalism.
a vivere il multiculturalismo.
that will enrich their life,
and the racism of this world today,
e il razzismo presenti oggi nel mondo,
inclusive, connected world
inclusivo, connesso,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Ategeka - Serial entrepreneurTED Fellow Christopher Ategeka is on a mission to ensure a sustainable future for humanity and the planet.
Why you should listen
Like Batman, Christopher Ategeka witnessed the death of both his parents as a child. He grew up with immense hardships but managed to navigate an experience that left him equipped with valuable skills.
Ategeka is a serial entrepreneur, engineer and a pioneer in the unintended consequences of technologies ("UCOT") movement. He is the founder and Managing Director at LyfBase, the world's first center for the unintended consequences of technology. Ategeka coined and popularized the term "UCOT" (unintended consequences of technology) in the tech sector and the concept of "UCOT" evangelism. Before that, he founded Health Access Corps, a non-profit that works to establish sustainable health care systems on the African continent. He has been invited to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative and United Nations, and he's won many international awards for his work; he was named a 2016 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a 2017 TED Fellow. His work has been featured in many major media publications both locally and internationally such as BBC, Forbes, and NPR. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science, and Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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