William Kamkwamba’s Electric Wind
When Malawi was troubled with a famine, thousands of people starved and died.
William’s family also struggled financially and they were unable to pay the eighty‑dollar‑a‑year tuition for William’s education.
He had to drop out of school.
However, he did not stop holding his passion for technology and spent most of his time at the local library, where he discovered a book about windmills and renewable energy.
Electricity and running water were luxuries that only two percent of Malawians could afford.
William decided to build a windmill to generate electricity and started to collect scrap materials around his village.
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