Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Кристофер Атиџика (Christopher Ategeka): Како је усвајање позитивно утицало на мене
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from the African continent?
како усвајају децу са афричког континента?
when I was very, very young.
када сам био веома млад.
effects of poverty,
последице сиромаштва,
као што су „Спонзоришите сироче“
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
прилику да стекнем образовање.
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
на који баш овај програм ради
and after high school,
и после средње школе
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
да постанете столар, механичар
these 25 dollars a month
и месечно слала 25 долара
to college instead."
пошаљемо на факултет.“
in America instead."
на факултет у Америци.“
and applied for the visa.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
убрзо променити.
that someone might steal it.
да би неко могао да га украде.
to put it in a plastic bag,
„Океј, ставићу га у пластичну кесу,
and put it in there."
и ставити га у њу.“
"Maybe someone saw me."
„Можда ме је неко видео.“
with me the entire night --
да је то била ноћ испуњена нервозом.
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
као што је један други говорник рекао,
to fly to another country.
у њему и летео у другу државу.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
коју сам икада видео ми је пришла
I have no idea what I'm doing.
немам појма шта радим.
let alone with this damn towel --
а камоли са овим проклетим пешкиром.
could do in that situation:
урадио у тој ситуацији -
everyone else is doing.
видео шта су сви остали радили.
from my village to the airport that day.
од свог села до аеродрома тог дана.
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
да га, када је прошла да га покупи,
која ме је финансирала прихватила
everything from scratch:
да ме науче све из почетка:
that's a refrigerator --
and different culture.
у нову и другачију културу.
of their own biological children.
двоје своје биолошке деце.
a lot of time with me.
да су проводили много времена са мном.
of jealousy with their children.
код њихове деце.
with your love and affection --
са вашом љубављу и приврженошћу
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
мултикултурализам,
овде на афричком континенту.
experience multiculturalism.
да искуси мултикултурализам.
that will enrich their life,
да ће им то обогатити живот,
and the racism of this world today,
за нетрпељивост и расизам на свету,
inclusive, connected world
инклузиван и повезан свет
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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