Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Christopher Ategeka: Cómo la adopción funcionó para mí
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adoptando niños de África?
from the African continent?
cuando era muy, muy joven.
when I was very, very young.
negativos de la pobreza,
effects of poverty,
y comer restos de basura
me aceptaron en un orfanato.
de apadrinar a un huérfano
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
de este programa en particular,
and after high school,
carpintería, mecánica o algo similar.
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
these 25 dollars a month
al orfanato para apadrinarme
enviarte a la universidad".
to college instead."
te enviaremos a una universidad en EE.UU."
in America instead."
a la embajada a solicitar la visa.
and applied for the visa.
con ese trozo de papel en mi mano,
with this piece of paper in my hand,
con una sonrisa en mi rostro
estaba a punto de cambiar.
y dormí con mi pasaporte
that someone might steal it.
que alguien lo robara.
seguía tocando el pasaporte.
en una bolsa de plástico,
to put it in a plastic bag,
y esconderlo allí".
and put it in there."
que alguien me podía haber visto.
"Maybe someone saw me."
conmigo toda la noche.
with me the entire night --
que fue una noche llena de ansiedad.
an anxiety-filled night.
como dijo otro presentador,
just like another speaker said,
que estuve en uno
to fly to another country.
en uno para viajar a otro país.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
que jamás he visto se acercó,
y un velo blanco.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
mucho menos con esta bendita toalla...
let alone with this damn towel --
haría en esa situación:
could do in that situation:
qué hacían los otros.
everyone else is doing.
mi pueblo hasta el aeropuerto ese día.
from my village to the airport that day.
mi rostro como hacían los demás.
everyone else is doing,
que cuando ella volvió a recogerla
that when she came by to pick it up,
para aprovechar todo mi potencial.
la familia patrocinadora me abrazó
que enseñar todo desde cero:
everything from scratch:
esto un refrigerador...
that's a refrigerator --
en una cultura nueva y diferente.
and different culture.
que yo era importante,
dos hijos biológicos.
of their own biological children.
me enseñaron, literalmente, todo,
bastante tiempo conmigo.
a lot of time with me.
of jealousy with their children.
que no quieren su amor o afecto
with your love and affection --
two engineering degrees
de las mejores universidades del mundo.
institutions in the world.
es universal pero las oportunidades no.
que acogen el multiculturalismo,
who embrace multiculturalism,
y la compasión por otros.
que construye muros, con Brexit
en el continente africano.
cualidades humanas.
a experimentar el multiculturalismo.
experience multiculturalism.
enriquecerán la vida del niño
that will enrich their life,
sus propias vidas.
incluso dé una charla en TED.
and the racism of this world today,
y el racismo del mundo hoy,
inclusive, connected world
inclusivo y conectado,
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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