“Science in Action”: The Google Science Fair touches down in Swaziland

Sakhiwe Shongwe and Bonkhe Mahlalela, two 14 year-olds from Swaziland, are this year’s Scientific American/Google Science Fair “Science In Action” award winners.

Inspired by their teachers and a desire to serve their subsistence farming community, they developed a way to increase the yield of vegetable crops using a gardening soil made from recycled chicken manure. What started as a question of how to help their neighbors get off food aid could one day blossom into an affordable way to feed a drought-ravaged region.

But more than that, it reminds us that young people, so full of questions, have unlimited potential. And when their curiosity, confidence and problem-solving abilities are nurtured in classrooms that let them explore those questions, anyone can partake in scientific discovery.

As Sakhiwe says: “I see the Google Science Fair as a step to prove to the community that even someone as young as me can make a difference.” Bonkhe adds: “I never believed in myself but today Google Science Fair has built a very high self-esteem within me.”

Check out more coverage from yesterday’s Google Science Fair awards ceremony, including all the amazing winners, at Scientific American.

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Source: blogs.scientificamerican.com

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