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A boy from Kenya has transformed his life by
designing and selling jewellery made from
discarded computers, it appears. David Nderitu used to be homeless, but today he
turns a healthy profit by crafting earrings from
computer circuit boards, according to Kenya's Daily Nation. The sixteen-year-old told the paper he was inspired by motivational speakers who visited
the children's home that had taken him in. He makes the jewellery from old phones and
computer motherboards that would otherwise go to
landfill - "poisoning" the soil - he said. Now at school, and having obtained an official
welding qualification, Nderitu is able to create
around 60 pieces every two weeks. They sell for up
to 300 shillings (£2.10) locally, or more than three
times that abroad. Sponsors from America's Penn
State University now buy his work in bulk, the Daily Nation reports. The average annual wage in Kenya is reportedly
around £1,080. By contrast, its MPs are some of
the highest paid in the world - a recent vote to raise
their salaries to around £72,000 caused outrage, and was eventually overturned