Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba story

William Kamkwamba's inspiring book "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," written with Bryan Mealer is available at Amazon

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+5 1. Unknown commented 12 years ago

Don Quijote wins this time.
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+18 2. Premtm commented 12 years ago

This guy is worth to receive every award he can get....... :)
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+8 3. KrazieStyle commented 12 years ago

i bet when he first got to new york, he thought to himself? how many wind mills would it take to run this city. >:)
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+5 4. WildMonkey commented 12 years ago

He's currently attending Dartmouth, not bad for a poor African farmer that dropped out of school cause of poverty.
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+15 5. irishgek commented 12 years ago

If he can do that with a book , just think what he could do with youtube !!

These are the kind of people we need in this world people !!! A great man doing great things !
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+9 6. AnonFawkesClown commented 12 years ago

He's a genius, i admire him a lot. Imaging in time, he will be able to do that for many others. Hats off to the guy =]
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+5 7. CrazyEddie commented 12 years ago

The sad thing is there are probably thousands of kids like him in Africa that will never see a book.
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+4 8. Vergetta commented 12 years ago

Makes me feel proud to be HUMAN ...
Great story. :)
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+3 9. cameramaster commented 12 years ago

I first saw this guy on TED...Truly an inspiring story :D
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-6 10. MrPappi commented 12 years ago

Since when did a genius copy other peoples inventions ??... For some reason, I cannot find the awe that you guys have here.
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+3 11. Unknown commented 12 years ago

made with simple materials, and knowledge from books.
What a great achievement of this young man. :D
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-3 12. etplayer commented 12 years ago

Genius? Not so much? Highly motivated self starter? VERY much so. But if this guy can do it with used parts and a bunch of sticks, why is it that we in developed countries can't figure it out? That's the bigger question/issue raised by this young man.
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+1 13. thundersnow commented 8 years ago

What an inspiring story...looked for updates on William Kamkwamba's life:

https://africandevelopmentsuccesses.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/success-story-from-malawi-william-kamkwamba-and-alternative-energy/