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Leogane, Haiti
Posted by evildayball on
Breadpig has a volunteer in Leogane, Haiti who'll be reporting for the next two months. Follow along. There's still a lot of work to be done in Haiti.
The starfish story
Posted by kristine on
If you ever felt like you failed at being awesome, this story is for you.
New $3 Wound Treatment Sucks. Really Well.
Posted by admin on
Simple suction can do wonders on open wounds, dramatically speeding their healing process. But the cost of doing it in the developing world is often prohibitive.
Last Chance to Support ROFLs - with Spam (Cookies)
Posted by admin on
Om nom nom. The fine folks at ROFLcon (proud Breadpig supporters since day 0) are using the profits from these Spam Fortune Cookies to make this year's ROFLcon even better than before.
Hacker Profile: William Kamkwamba
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At 14 in Malawi, William Kamkwamba's parents couldn't afford to send him to school, so he used his free time to build an electricity-generating windmill -- from scrap metal and spare parts... using only rough plans from a single library book about physics.