@Bongani just finished reading 'The Bitcoin Standard' by @Saifedean Ammous
Bongani is a 15-year-old learner in Gr. 10 at Indwe Secondary School in Mossel Bay.
He's been with The Surfe Kids for several years, but when we opened Ekasi Center in 2022, he gravitated towards learning more about #Bitcoin   
Everyday, after school, Monday to Friday, he works as a teacher's assistant with our full-time teacher, @Sassa, at Ekasi Center, helping her run daily Bitcoin Diploma classes, as part of the My First Bitcoin network.
Bongani started working his way through 'The Bitcoin Standard' in Oct 2023 and finished it this week, with the help of a volunteer tutor, @jasonb. In Bongani's own words, "this was the longest book he's ever read", and he had to learn a lot of new vocabulary, which impressed his tutor. The feedback from Jason was very positive.
Jason and Bongani had weekly calls, where they would discuss the book, chapter by chapter, often breaking chapters up into sub sections.
Super appreciative of the effort by @jasonb
This is an incredibly valuable contribution for which we're beyond grateful.
Jason and Bongani will continue their work together and I've been told that the next book in line is 'Why Buy Bitcoin' by Andy Edstrom.
I am optimistic about the future because of kids like Bongani.
Educating kids about Bitcoin should be one of our priorities if we want Bitcoin and its adoption to spread and change things, great job.
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This is huge. An idea that we all must follow whole heartedly. Educating kids about Bitcoin should be a top priority.
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Awesome. @jasonb do you have a lightning address for Bongani?
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 17 Jun
Let me ask him. I have an old a wallet of satoshi address for him, but I think he had to stop using that a few months back. I know he’s getting zapped on nostr because of this note, so if you can find the original note and get his npub there, that wallet is legit.
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Ok I will zap him on nostr. Thanks.
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I'm sure this must be his Lightning Address:
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I already zapped him 1k sats on nostr. Bitcoin Ekasi had tagged him in the original note.
Thanks for looking though.
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