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   Patricia Ryan. At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.

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   Student Preview. How I harnessed the wind. by William Kamkwamba. 2009. 5th Grade Lexile: 610. Font Size. Untitled by Fernando_Villadangos is licensed under CC0. [1] Thank you. Two years ago, I stood on the TED stage in Arusha, Tanzania. 1. I spoke very briefly. 2. about one of my proudest creations. 3. It was a simple machine that changed my life.

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   Sep 26, 2013 · WRITTEN BY. Tom Spendlove. PUBLISHED. Sep 26, 2013. READING TIME. 0 mins. LISTEN TO STORY. 0. 1060. 5. Share. William Kamkwamba took a photo from a book and built a windmill for his village in Malawi. His TED talk How I Harnessed the Wind tells about his circumstances and his visions for the future. Play (source: embed.ted.com)

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   How did William Kamkwamba harness the wind?

   • How I harnessed the wind. At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.

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   How did William Kamkwamba build a windmill?

   • In this TED Talk, young Malawian William Kamkwamba describes how he built a windmill to power his family's home aged 14, during a time of poverty and famine. The windmill produced electricity and was built from spare parts and scrap. Show more

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   Who is William Kamkwamba?

   • William Kamkwamba took a photo from a book and built a windmill for his village in Malawi. His TED talk How I Harnessed the Wind tells about his circumstances and his visions for the future. He began as a farmhand in his father's maize fields, and in 2001 a famine hit Malawi and William's family hard.

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   How can I support William Kamkwamba?

   • You can support his work and other young inventors at MovingWindmills.org. To power his family's home, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap -- starting him on a journey detailed in the book and film "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."

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