Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
کریستۆڤەر ئاتیگێکا: چۆن هەڵگرتنەوە سودی هەبوو بۆم؟
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from the African continent?
ھەڵدە گرنەوە لە کیشوەری ئەفریقا؟
when I was very, very young.
زۆر مندال بووم.
effects of poverty,
هەژاری بووم،
سپۆنسەری بەخێوکەری ھەتیووانن
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
ئەم بەرنامە تایبەتە سودی ھەبوو،
and after high school,
و دوای ئامادەی
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
بۆ بوون بە دارتاش، فیتەر
these 25 dollars a month
بۆ مانگێک دەنارد
to college instead."
in America instead."
"بۆ قوتابخانە لە ئەمریکا.
and applied for the visa.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
جانتایەکی پلاستیکی
and put it in there."
بیەخەمە ناوی."
"Maybe someone saw me."
لەوانەیە کەسێک منی بینیبێت."
with me the entire night --
خۆم دام نا
an anxiety-filled night.
پڕ بوو لە دڵە ڕاوکێ.
just like another speaker said,
وەک قسەکەرێکی تر وتی،
to fly to another country.
و بفڕی بۆ وڵاتێکی تر.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
کە تائێستا بینیبێتم سەرکەوت،
I have no idea what I'm doing.
نەبوو کە چی دەکەم
let alone with this damn towel --
ئینجا لەگەڵ ئەم خاولیە نەفرەتییە
could do in that situation:
لەم بارودۆخەدا بیکرێت:
everyone else is doing.
تێگەیشتم کە ئەوانی تر چی دەکەن.
from my village to the airport that day.
لە لادێکەمەوە بۆ فڕۆکەخانە شۆفێریم کرد.
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
پێی بەخشیووم بژیم.
everything from scratch:
فێر بکەن:
that's a refrigerator --
ئەمە بەفرگرە
and different culture.
of their own biological children.
خۆیان ھەبوو.
a lot of time with me.
لەگەڵم دا بەسەر دەبرد.
of jealousy with their children.
لەگەڵ منداڵەکانیان.
with your love and affection --
و خۆشەویستیتەوە بکەن
تێدەگەیشتن --
two engineering degrees
ئەندازیاریم بەدەست ھێنا
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
بۆ فرەکلتوری،
(پڕۆژەی دەرکەوتنی بەریتانیا لە یەکێتی ئەورۆپی)
لە بێگانە بوونی ھەیە.
experience multiculturalism.
فرەکلتوری بکات.
that will enrich their life,
دەوڵەمەند دەکات،
پێشکەش بکات.
and the racism of this world today,
ڕەگەزپەرستی ئەم جیهانە چارەسەر بکەین،
وا گەورە بکەین
inclusive, connected world
پەیوەست بن بە جیهان
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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