The boy who tamed the wind

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farm

The young man never gave up and imposed his imagination on the daily problems of his family and neighbors.

In Malawi they had a serious problem without solving, it was the death by famine.

At just fourteen, Kamkwamba devised a windmill five meters high. An idea that started at the local Kachokolo school.

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William Kamkwamba

Trywell Kamkwamba

Edith Sikelo

Jefe Wembe

Agnes Kamkwamba

With his determination, and thanks to the complicity of his teacher, the young man continued to go to the library of the educational center. There he found a book entitled Using energy which he used as the basis for his project.

The young man made the wind bring water to Wimbe, his hometown, in the central region of Malawi. With recycled materials, plastic tubes, the mill generated enough energy to pump water from the local well.