Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
كريستوفر أتيجيكا: كيف نجح التبني بالنسبة لي
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from the African continent?
من القارة الأفريقية؟
when I was very, very young.
effects of poverty,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
this particular program worked,
وطريقة عمل هذا البرنامج بالذات،
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
لتصبح نجارًا أو ميكانيكيًّا
these 25 dollars a month
هذه ال25 دولارا في الشهر
to college instead."
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
للحصول على التأشيرة.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
حاملا قطعة من الورق في يدي،
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
في كيس من البلاستيك،
and put it in there."
"Maybe someone saw me."
"ربما رآني أحدهم".
with me the entire night --
an anxiety-filled night.
كانت ليلة مليئة بالتوتر.
just like another speaker said,
تمامًا كما قال متحدث آخر،
to fly to another country.
للذهاب إلى بلد آخر.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
اللاتي رأتهن عيني،
I have no idea what I'm doing.
لم تكن لدي أدنى فكرة عما أفعله.
let alone with this damn towel --
ناهيك عن هذه المنشفة اللعينة --
could do in that situation:
أن يفعله في هذه الحالة:
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
من قريتي إلى المطار في ذلك اليوم.
everyone else is doing,
that when she came by to pick it up,
لدرجة أنه وعندما جاءت لأخذها،
إلى أقصى درجة
everything from scratch:
كل شيء من الصفر:
that's a refrigerator --
هذه ثلاجة --
and different culture.
of their own biological children.
a lot of time with me.
of jealousy with their children.
أبا أو أما
with your love and affection --
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
who embrace multiculturalism,
experience multiculturalism.
that will enrich their life,
and the racism of this world today,
في هذا العالم اليوم،
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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