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Posted in education on Oct 12th, 2009
From the Beeb: The ‘youngest headmaster in the world’ .
At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. He’s a teenager who is in charge of teaching hundreds of students in his family’s backyard, where he runs classes for poor children from his village.[continue]
Posted in environment on Oct 2nd, 2009
Now this, this is amazing. It’s a BBC article about what William Kamkwamba did when he was a teenager in Malawi.
Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library.
Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill.
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Posted in books & lit on Oct 2nd, 2009
This is the most touching story I’ve come across in a while: Boy Lifts Book; Librarian Changes Boy’s Life. Go on now, read it.