Comments | yinkawills: A Young African Genius Creates Electricity for His Family and Village On A Shoestring

yinkawills

A Young African Genius Creates Electricity for His Family and Village On A Shoestring

Oct 09, 2009 13:36

I want as many people as possible to know, and understand that 'The Poor' have as many creative, innovative people in their ranks, as anyone else. That if someone is a genius, and born into poverty (or war or catastrophe) that genius doesn't just disappear. The tragedy of it is that mostly, such people won't get to express it, and that is a major ( Read more... )

genius, world health, ted, ideas

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outsideth3box October 10 2009, 02:00:16 UTC

Wow. Thank you for sharing that. What a beautiful story of the difference a single determined person can make.

yinkawills October 10 2009, 20:36:21 UTC

Yep!
And it lifts all our spirits. :)
Spread it around, please. Thanks for coming by.

yinkawills October 10 2009, 20:39:25 UTC

Thank you everyone who's had a look at this story. And double thanks to anyone posting a comment! :)
One thing this makes clear-

We need to get as many libraries out to resource-strapped parts of the world, ASAP.

New books, second hand books, it doesnt matter!

yinkawills October 14 2009, 00:52:55 UTC

>Books and micro-loans and playgrounds<
THE slogan for the 21st century!

>we need to find locals who want to make a difference, and then find ways to empower them <
Yup. I'm up for a factfinding trip, say,next year.Who'd like to come???