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William Kamkwamba, author, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," and …
Posted by: | CommentsWashington, DC — Malawian William Kamkwamba, who was forced to drop out of school in 2002 at the age of 14 because his parents couldn't pay the school fees, is now the author of an inspiring book on how he…
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William Kamkwamba, author, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," and …
Posted by: | CommentsWind energy is a source of clean, non-polluting, electricity. William never saw himself as an environmentalist – he was only trying to improve his family's lot in life with no monetary investment and a few simple pieces of junk. …
William Kamkwamba, author, "The… – http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/
William Kamkwamba, author, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," and …
Posted by: | CommentsBut one windmill has turned into three, which now generate enough electricity to light several bulbs in his family's house, power radios and a TV, charge his neighbors' cell phones and pump water for the village's fields and household use.
… So with time on his hands, he began visiting a rural library where he found two textbooks — Explaining Physicsand Using Energy — that detailed the marvels of electricity. The cover of the latter book featured a long row of towering …
William Kamkwamba, author, "The… – http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/
