Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
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akik csömört kapnak azt látván,
from the African continent?
afrikai gyerekeket fogad örökbe?
when I was very, very young.
amikor elvesztettem szüleimet.
effects of poverty,
nehézségét megtapasztaltam,
a napi betevőért,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
kaptam, hogy tanulhassak.
this particular program worked,
bizonyos program úgy működik,
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
ácsnak, műszerésznek,
these 25 dollars a month
amelyik a havi 25 dollárokat küldte
to college instead."
főiskolára küldeni.
beszerzem a szükséges papírokat,
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
beutazási engedélyt kértem.
mintha tegnap történt volna.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
ezzel a papírral a kezemben,
változik meg az életem.
that someone might steal it.
hogy biztonságban tudjam.
to put it in a plastic bag,
and put it in there."
"Maybe someone saw me."
Hátha meglesett valaki...
magamnál tartottam –
with me the entire night --
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
amikor az USA-ba utaztam,
és engem is
to fly to another country.
egyedül idegen országba,
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
amilyet azóta is ritkán láttam,
I have no idea what I'm doing.
fogalmam sincs, mit teszek.
hagyjanak békén ezzel a francos kendővel –
let alone with this damn towel --
could do in that situation:
everyone else is doing.
mások mit csinálnak.
from my village to the airport that day.
aznap a falumból a repülőtérre.
everyone else is doing,
ahogy a többiek is.
that when she came by to pick it up,
hogy amikor jött a nő összeszedni,
utat nyitott számomra,
meleg szeretettel fogadott.
everything from scratch:
szerint, a legalapvetőbb dolgokra is:
that's a refrigerator --
amit korábban sosem láttam.
and different culture.
hogy számítok,
of their own biological children.
volt két saját gyerekük is..
szó szerint véve
a lot of time with me.
of jealousy with their children.
féltékenyek lettek.
with your love and affection --
ragaszkodásukat,
two engineering degrees
mérnöki diplomát szereztem
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
ami tele van gyűlölettel:
experience multiculturalism.
megtapasztalni a kulturális sokszínűséget.
that will enrich their life,
teszik a gyerek életét,
and the racism of this world today,
az előítéletet, a rasszizmust,
inclusive, connected world
odafigyelő világot építsünk,
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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