The Wonder Welders of Tanzania -- A Great Story!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4337509.stm

The wonder welders of Tanzania

By Tira Shubart
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


An exhibition showcasing the work of a group of polio victims who built a reputation for designing innovative and unusual sculptures has opened in Tanzania.


The self-styled "wonder welders" of Dar es Salaam were offered technical training in welding by a local businessman in an imaginative scheme which has changed the lives of men who previously had to beg on the streets to live.

In Tanzania, like many African countries, there is little provision for people who are handicapped.

Now their artistic collective creates and sells metal animal sculptures using scrap metal.

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1. great stuff thanks

always wanted to know how to weld,It would be so much fun to weld some creep's Hummer to a parking meter.
The thing about sculpture that is sad,think about all the stuff you would have to store in this country that hates art.

[Chalco]

2. Welding is totally cool. I got into it 5 months after the birth of

my child. I needed a break. I now make large things outta steel.