Christopher Ategeka: How adoption worked for me
Christopher Ategeka: În ce mod adopția mi-a influențat viața
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from the African continent?
copii de pe continentul african?
when I was very, very young.
când eram foarte mic.
effects of poverty,
ale sărăciei,
sponsor-an-orphan programs,
,,sponsorizează un orfelinat”,
to acquire an education.
și mi s-a dat șansa la educație.
this particular program worked,
special funcționa așa:
and after high school,
to become a carpenter, a mechanic
să devii tâmplar, sau mecanic,
these 25 dollars a month
și care trimitea 25 de dolari pe lună
to college instead."
in America instead."
and applied for the visa.
de parcă ar fi fost ieri.
with this piece of paper in my hand,
cu bucata aia de hârtie în mână,
that someone might steal it.
să nu mi-l fure cineva
privind securitatea.
to put it in a plastic bag,
,,OK, am să pun asta într-o pungă.
and put it in there."
și am să sap o groapă, și o pun acolo”
apoi m-am întors în casă.
"Maybe someone saw me."
„Poate cineva m-a văzut.”
with me the entire night --
toată noaptea-
an anxiety-filled night.
o noapte plină de neliniște.
just like another speaker said,
exact cum a spus și un alt vorbitor,
când am văzut un avion,
to fly to another country.
și zburam spre o altă țară.
beautiful women I've ever seen walked up,
s-a apropiat de mine,
I have no idea what I'm doing.
și habar că nu mai am ce fac.
let alone with this damn towel --
ce să mai zic de acest prosop afurisit -
could do in that situation:
le face în aceeași situație:
everyone else is doing.
from my village to the airport that day.
din satul meu ca să a ajung la aeroport.
everyone else is doing,
exact cum făceau și restul,
that when she came by to pick it up,
atunci când ea s-a întors să mi-l ia,
a deschis multe uși în fața mea,
la potențialul meu maxim.
everything from scratch:
totul de la zero:
that's a refrigerator --
acela e frigiderul -
and different culture.
nouă și complet diferită.
că și eu contez,
of their own biological children.
doi copii biologici.
a lot of time with me.
o groază de timp cu mine.
of jealousy with their children.
un pic geloși.
în această sală,
with your love and affection --
și dragostea voastră,
two engineering degrees
două licențe în Inginerie
institutions in the world.
din lume.
who embrace multiculturalism,
multiculturalismul,
calități umane
experience multiculturalism.
să experimenteze multiculturalismul.
that will enrich their life,
că o să îi îmbogățiți viața,
chiar un discurs TED.
and the racism of this world today,
să rezolvăm problemele rasiale
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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