Blessing’s Story

Blessing Makwera from Zimbabwe had always been curious about how things ticked. Being a son of a mechanic, anything that could be plugged in, filled with fuel or wound-up by hand, Blessing would take it apart and put it back together. When Blessing was 15, he connected wires to a cell phone battery and placed the power source in his mouth so he would have both hands free to work. In a moment that would forever change his life, this explosive device- a remanent of the civil war in his county, exploded inside his mouth and destroyed most of Blessing’s jawbone, teeth, tongue and lips. This is his inspirational story of his true bravery and the village that walked him through his journey.