A 13-year-old boy in Somalia taught himself to build motorized toy cars from batteries and plastic scraps — and earned himself a free education in the process
Guled Adan Abdi has rarely attended school on a regular basis. He goes to class in the city of Buuhoodle when he can, but has only made it to his third year of primary school, a grade in which students are typically 8 years old. Buuhoodle is a regional capital with a population of around 40,000 people.
His mother is a single parent who tries to provide for her family by selling pancakes, but when money is too tight, Abdi, his mother and two siblings move into the home of relatives who live far from school Read more…
