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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
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THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND
by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

2009

Size: 19.5cm x 12.5cm
Weight: 0.30


The main author – William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic rules, modern sciences are a mystery and drought, famine, severe floods and AIDS are rife. When William was just 14 years of age his parents told him he must leave school and work on the family farm, as they could no longer afford the $80 a year tuition fee. By the end of 2001 the crops failed and food was extremely scarce but throughout this time he still wanted to be at school. As this was no option he borrowed books from the small local library, and came upon a book about energy and on the front cover was a photograph of a wind turbine.
Fascinated by science and electricity William decided to build his own wind windmill. Ridiculed by those around him and exhausted from his work in the fields he persevered and built one from scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood. This windmill changed the world in which he and his family live, as it powers the light bulbs and radio for his compound. Only 2% of Malawi has electricity.
Since then he has built bigger windmills for his school and village. The word spread and people across the globe offered help. Soon he enrolled in college and travelled to America to visit wind farms.
His dream is that other African’s will learn to help themselves.
This is his incredible story - an absolutely wonderful book to read.

273 pages
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