Malick Ndiaye from Senegal, made a telescope out of wire and soda cans

1 diciembre, 2021

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Today’s our EcoGenius will make us see the stars in a much more ecological way, he is
Malick Ndiaye, a boy from Senegal, who at the age of 12 made a telescope out of wire and soda cans.

This story begins in the middle of long conversations inside an official car. Malick Ndiaye’s father was a gendarme and personal driver for Abdou Diouf, former president of Senegal, but he was also a curious man interested in things in heaven and on earth, who loved to read and watch documentaries. In his retirement, Diouf gave him several books, one of them All the Universe, which the grateful chauffeur took home as a treasure.

Thirty years later, those faded pages were the inspiration of a boy who inherited the desire to know from his aging father and who learned from him his passion for DIY, the miracle of creating with whatever is at hand.

Instead of going out to play with his friends, Malick stayed at home looking through a book «All the Universe». This book made him marvel at the planets and stars, so one day he took some of his father’s old glasses, a camera lens, wire, paper, cans and reed to make his own telescope.

It took Malick two weeks to make it, but for him it was totally worth the work as he was able to observe in detail the night sky and the surface of the moon, and reuse materials he had at home.

We are passionate about this story! It makes us even more confident that going for dreams makes us bring out the best in ourselves and contribute our grain of sand to the world.

Would you like to use Malick’s telescope? Mention in the comments those friends with whom you would like to observe the stars and planets.

Source: El País