Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
クリストファー・アテガカ: 養子になった私の人生
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from the African continent?
when I was very, very young.
effects of poverty,
変わりました
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
教育を受ける機会を得ました
this particular program worked,
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
その類の仕事ができるように
these 25 dollars a month
月25ドルを
to college instead."
in America instead."
と言われました
and applied for the visa.
思い出します
with this piece of paper in my hand,
分かっていました
that someone might steal it.
あることを考えました
to put it in a plastic bag,
ビニール袋に入れて
and put it in there."
「誰かに見られたかも」と心配でした
"Maybe someone saw me."
with me the entire night --
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
私も渡米する時に
それで外国へ行くことも初めてでした
to fly to another country.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
私に近づいてきたのです
かぶっています
I have no idea what I'm doing.
何をしているのか分からなくなりました
雪のように真っ白でした
let alone with this damn towel --
ましてやタオルなんてー
could do in that situation:
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
空港に来ていた私は
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
返せなかったことを
最大限に発揮するチャンスでした
抱きしめられたことを覚えています
everything from scratch:
一から教えなければなりませんでしたた
that's a refrigerator --
あれは冷蔵庫―
and different culture.
教えてくれました
of their own biological children.
私には助けが必要でした
a lot of time with me.
多くの時間を私と共に過ごしました
of jealousy with their children.
ヤキモチを焼かれたりもしました
この会場にいる親御さんで
with your love and affection --
愛情を持って接する事を望まず
嫌悪しているようならー
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
多くを解決してくれるかもしれません
experience multiculturalism.
支援してください
that will enrich their life,
彼らの人生を豊かにするだけでなく
そのうち1人が
するかもしれません
and the racism of this world today,
無くせないかもしれません
inclusive, connected world
育てることは確実にできます
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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