Worth Considering
The Car That Obakeng Built
When I lived in Africa, I was always amazed at the toy cars that little kids built out of scraps of wire and metal – pull toys or push toys, like American kids had back then, but they were homemade.
Think about how much greater an experience that is for the child… compared to getting some toy advertised on TV in a gift box!
That’s why I was so moved when I read about 17-year-old Obakeng Thetele.
The South African teenager started collecting scrap metal in 2018 and has used it to build two functional vehicles. Powered by the engine from an old scooter, one of them even has a radio.
Obakeng challenged himself to build it just to see if he could… and the end result went viral on social media.