Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
크리스포터 아테게카: 입양이 나에게 미친 영향
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from the African continent?
when I was very, very young.
부모님을 잃었습니다.
effects of poverty,
경험했습니다.
음식도 먹었습니다.
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
교육받을 기회를 얻었습니다.
this particular program worked,
프로그램의 방향에 따라
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
목수나 정비사가 되죠.
these 25 dollars a month
"저기...
to college instead."
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
대사관을 걸어 나왔습니다.
that someone might steal it.
겁이 났었죠.
좋은 방법이 떠올랐죠.
to put it in a plastic bag,
and put it in there."
"Maybe someone saw me."
"누가 날 봤을 거야"
with me the entire night --
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
다른 연사도 말했듯
to fly to another country.
처음 다른 나라로 가는 것이었죠.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
흰 베일을 쓰고 있었죠.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
뭘 해야할지 전혀 몰랐죠.
let alone with this damn towel --
알 길이 없었어요.
could do in that situation:
할 법한 행동을 했습니다.
everyone else is doing.
다른 사람들을 봤습니다.
from my village to the airport that day.
공항에 왔었죠.
everyone else is doing,
얼굴을 닦았습니다.
that when she came by to pick it up,
제 것을 못 주었습니다.
everything from scratch:
모두 가르쳐야 했습니다.
that's a refrigerator --
저것은 냉장고.
새롭고 다른 문화를
and different culture.
보여주었어요.
of their own biological children.
a lot of time with me.
of jealousy with their children.
약간의 질투를 일으켰어요.
자녀를 둔 부모님이 계시다면,
with your love and affection --
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
사람들 덕분입니다.
수많은 최악의 인간성에 대한
아이가 다문화를
experience multiculturalism.
바랍니다.
that will enrich their life,
그들의 삶을 풍요롭게 하고,
하게 될지도 모릅니다.
and the racism of this world today,
우리가 해결할 수 없을지 모릅니다.
키울 수 있습니다.
inclusive, connected world
연결된 세상,
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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