Adapted from William Kamkwamba 's autobiography "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind", it tells a life-changing story: Kamkwamba himself, at the age of 13,[Expand All]
Adapted from William Kamkwamba 's autobiography "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind", it tells a life-changing story: When Kamkwamba was 13 years old, he built a wind turbine with small pieces of metal scrap, old bicycle parts and wood, saving his village. At the age of 13, Kamkwamba was expelled from school because his family couldn't afford the $80 annual tuition fee. Passionate about learning, he sneaked into the school library and found a way to save the fame-stricken village: he built a simple but feasible windmill using the main frame of his father's bicycle, providing much-needed electricity to the western region without being disturbed by government power outages. This invention also enabled Kamkwamba to receive funding from a professor in Malawi, a scholarship from the school, and in-depth exchanges with other inventors on the African continent.[Collapse]
