Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Κρίστοφερ Ατεγκέκα: Πώς λειτούργησε η υιοθεσία για μένα
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from the African continent?
παιδιά από την Αφρική;
επαρχία της Ουγκάντα,
when I was very, very young.
όταν ήμουν πολύ, πολύ μικρός.
effects of poverty,
συνέπειες της φτώχειας,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
to acquire an education.
η ευκαιρία να μορφωθώ.
this particular program worked,
το συγκεκριμένο πρόγραμμα,
and after high school,
και μετά μάθαινες μια τέχνη
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
μηχανικός ή κάτι τέτοιο.
these 25 dollars a month
τα 25 δολάρια το μήνα
to college instead."
στο πανεπιστήμιο».
στην Αμερική».
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
και έκανα αίτηση για βίζα.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
με αυτό το χαρτί στο χέρι μου,
επρόκειτο να αλλάξει.
that someone might steal it.
to put it in a plastic bag,
σε μια πλαστική σακούλα,
and put it in there."
και θα την βάλω εκεί μέσα».
"Maybe someone saw me."
πάνω μου όλη νύχτα.
with me the entire night --
an anxiety-filled night.
just like another speaker said,
όπως είπε κι ένας άλλος ομιλητής,
που έμπαινα σε ένα,
to fly to another country.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
που είχα δει ποτέ μου με πλησίασε
κόκκινο καπέλο με λευκό βέλο.
I have no idea what I'm doing.
δεν έχω ιδέα τι κάνω.
πόσο μάλλον με αυτήν την παλιο-πετσέτα!
let alone with this damn towel --
could do in that situation:
σ' αυτή τη θέση:
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
από το χωριό μου στο αεροδρόμιο.
everyone else is doing,
όπως έκαναν όλοι,
that when she came by to pick it up,
το έμφυτο δυναμικό μου.
everything from scratch:
τα πάντα από το μηδέν:
that's a refrigerator --
αυτό είναι ψυγείο.
and different culture.
και διαφορετικό πολιτισμό.
of their own biological children.
δύο βιολογικά παιδιά.
a lot of time with me.
πολύ χρόνο μαζί μου.
of jealousy with their children.
την αίθουσα είστε γονείς,
with your love and affection --
την αγάπη και τη στοργή σας,
αυτά τα θεωρούν αποκρουστικά,
two engineering degrees
institutions in the world.
πανεπιστήμια του κόσμου.
who embrace multiculturalism,
την πολυπολιτισμικότητα,
να είναι η απάντηση
ανθρώπινα χαρακτηριστικά.
experience multiculturalism.
να βιώσει την πολυπολιτισμικότητα.
that will enrich their life,
θα εμπλουτίσει τη ζωή τους,
θα εμπλουτίσει και τη δική σας.
να κάνει μια ομιλία στο TED.
and the racism of this world today,
τη μισαλλοδοξία και το ρατσισμό σήμερα,
να μεγαλώσουμε παιδιά
inclusive, connected world
ανοιχτό, ενωμένο κόσμο
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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