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kateoplis: How a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind: William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they caught him. Still emaciated from the recent deadly famine that had killed friends and neighbors, he went back to work on his family’s corn and tobacco farm in rural Malawi, Africa. Read the rest here. Take a break from all the depressing domestic political coverage and read this for a smile. Via kateopolis Zoom

kateoplis:

How a Malawian teenager harnessed the power of the wind:

William Kamkwamba’s parents couldn’t afford the $80 yearly tuition for their son’s school. The boy sneaked into the classroom anyway, dodging administrators for a few weeks until they caught him. Still emaciated from the recent deadly famine that had killed friends and neighbors, he went back to work on his family’s corn and tobacco farm in rural Malawi, Africa.

Read the rest here.

Take a break from all the depressing domestic political coverage and read this for a smile.


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