At just 8
years old, Xóchitl has designed and constructed a solar-powered device to heat
water, using only recycled materials, Cultura Colectiva reports. For many, this
device may seem totally unnecessary.
But, in Xóchitl's community, where resources are scarce.
"people
don't have the money to buy heaters, so they chop down trees to get firewood
[to heat the water]," says Xóchitl.
Her device
not only functions to provide hot water to low-income families in her
community, it also saves trees! Xóchitl's family helped her set the device up
on their roof and have been using it to heat water to bathe. Xóchitl says she always bathes quickly
though, "so [the hot water] will last for my little brother."
If this is
what Xóchitl is doing at 8-years-old, we can only imagine what the future
holds.
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