Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Christopher Ategeka: Como a adoção funcionou para mim
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from the African continent?
crianças do continente africano?
when I was very, very young.
effects of poverty,
negativos da pobreza,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
de apadrinhamento de órfãos,
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
e o programa funcionava assim:
and after high school,
e, depois disso, aprendia um ofício:
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
ou alguma coisa do tipo.
these 25 dollars a month
enviando US$ 25 por mês
to college instead."
"Se você arrumar a papelada,
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
estava prestes a mudar.
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
and put it in there."
e colocar lá dentro".
"Maybe someone saw me."
pensando: "E se alguém tiver visto?"
with me the entire night --
comigo a noite inteira,
an anxiety-filled night.
da minha ansiedade aquela noite.
just like another speaker said,
como um outro palestrante falou,
to fly to another country.
sem falar voar pra outro país.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
que já tinha visto na vida se aproximou,
I have no idea what I'm doing.
a menor ideia do que estava fazendo.
let alone with this damn towel --
muito menos com aquela maldita toalha.
could do in that situation:
um faria naquela situação:
everyone else is doing.
o que todo mundo estava fazendo.
from my village to the airport that day.
da minha cidadezinha até o aeroporto.
everyone else is doing,
como todo mundo estava fazendo,
that when she came by to pick it up,
que, quando ela veio recolher a toalha,
todo o potencial me dado por Deus.
everything from scratch:
me ensinaram tudo do zero:
that's a refrigerator --
isto é uma geladeira...
and different culture.
numa cultura nova e diferente.
que eu era importante,
of their own biological children.
dois filhos biológicos.
a lot of time with me.
muito tempo comigo.
of jealousy with their children.
um pouco de ciúme nos filhos.
with your love and affection --
de seu amor e carinho...
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
o multiculturalismo,
e a compaixão pelos outros.
experience multiculturalism.
a experimentar o multiculturalismo.
that will enrich their life,
enriquecer a vida dela,
and the racism of this world today,
a intolerância e o racismo do nosso mundo,
inclusive, connected world
inclusivo e 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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