Instead of writing about how technology is being used in my father counter, Lithuania, I chose to write about Sierra Leone. In Sierra Leone there is a 16 year old named Kelvin Doe, who, through natural ingenuity, has become something of an inventor. He uses scrap metal and trash to create inventions ranging from scrap metal batteries to a studio generator for his communities FM Youth Radio.
Kelvin has been inventing gadgets since he was four years old, and because he comes from a poor family and a generally poor area he can not afford to buy ideal materials. Instead he creates green technology by reusing things that people would consider garbage. He then turns them into ways for people to power their homes, or communicate through radio. His inventions even caught the eyes of professors working in academic institution in the US, including MIT and Harvard.
This shows that even though you are poor, if you put your mind to something you can create. It highlights the need for technology and how, through unorthodox methods, people are filling those needs.
-Kazimieras Buozys
