Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
کریستوفر آتئگئکا: فرزندخواندگی چطور برایم کار کرد
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from the African continent?
فرزند خوانده از آفریقا میگیرند؟
when I was very, very young.
هر دو والدینم را از دست دادم.
effects of poverty,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
«حامی مالی یک کودک یتیم شدن»،
to acquire an education.
برای کسب تحصیل داده شد.
this particular program worked,
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
نجار یا مکانیک میشوید،
these 25 dollars a month
ماهی ۲۵ دلار میفرستاد
to college instead."
in America instead."
در آمریکا میفرستیم.»
and applied for the visa.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
از سفارت بیرون آمدم،
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
کیسه پلاستیکی بگذارم
and put it in there."
چالهای آن را مخفی کنم.»
"Maybe someone saw me."
«شاید کسی من را دیده باشد.»
with me the entire night --
پیش خودم نگه داشتم--
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
درست مثل حرفی که سخنران دیگری زد،
to fly to another country.
آن شوم و به کشور دیگری پرواز کنم.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
که تابحال دیدهام بطرفم میامد،
I have no idea what I'm doing.
ایدهای از کاری که میکنم ندارم--
let alone with this damn towel --
چه برسد به این حوله لعنتی.
could do in that situation:
در شرایط مشابه انجام میدهند.
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
تا فرودگاه را رانده بودم.
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
وقتی برگشت آن را ببرد.
به حد اعلا پرورش دهم.
everything from scratch:
that's a refrigerator --
and different culture.
متفاوت غوطهور بودم.
of their own biological children.
a lot of time with me.
کلی وقت با من بگذرانند.
of jealousy with their children.
حسادت در بچههای آنها شد.
این سالن حضور دارید،
with your love and affection --
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
را به آغوش میکشند،
(خروج بریتانیا از اتحادیه اروپا )
experience multiculturalism.
چند فرهنگی به چالش میکشم.
that will enrich their life,
زندگی آنها را غنی خواهد کرد
سخنران TED هم شود.
and the racism of this world today,
پیشداوری نباشیم
inclusive, connected world
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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