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      • William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987, Dowa, Malawi) is a Malawian inventor and author who worked on projects to improve the lives of his family and the residents of Masitala, the rural village in Malawi where he grew up. As a teenager, he made a windmill out of scrap materials that provided electricity to his family’s house.
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  2. The first wind turbine. William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987, in Kasungu, Malawi), is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts ...

  3. May 13, 2024 · William Kamkwamba is a Malawian inventor and author who worked on projects to improve the lives of his family and the residents of Masitala, the rural village in Malawi where he grew up. As a teenager, he made a windmill out of scrap materials that provided electricity to his family’s house.

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  4. Sep 23, 2009 · The TED Blog met with William Kamkwamba shortly after the publication of his autobiography, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Here, he answers questions about his book, his life story, his plans for the future, and offers some inspiration to others who face poverty and struggle to achieve a dream.

  5. Aug 12, 2019 · Essentially, Kamkwamba was able to distribute some electricity to his parent’s house as his windmill powered four lights and two radios in the family home. Thanks to his invention, his parents...

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  6. William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs.

  7. Aug 23, 2020 · With only one meal a day available and nothing to do but farm, the life of William Kamkwamba did not look too bright. However, he was not ready to stop learning – he often went to a local library , which received funding from a combination of NGOs and foreign government aid.

  8. Through Moving Windmills, Kamkwamba works with young Malawians to create simple solutions to everyday farming challenges. William Kamkwamba is an inventor and author from the African country of Malawi. His first success was a windmill made out of scrap materials that provided electricity to his….

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