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2.57M views | Mar 2011. Don't insist on English! 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.
Oct 2, 2009 · B ack in 2001 William Kamkwamba was a semi-educated 14-year-old Malawian who had been forced to drop out of secondary school when, during a terrible drought, his parents could no longer pay for...
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.
Sep 23, 2009 · 24M subscribers. Subscribed. 4.1K. 405K views 14 years ago. http://www.ted.com At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William...
Aug 1, 2007 · TED. 24.2M subscribers. Subscribed. 15K. 1.2M views 16 years ago. When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from...
Mar 7, 2013 · William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of spare parts to provide electricity for his family in rural Malawi, after seeing a similar design in a library book. It’s an incredible story — one that set TEDGlobal 2007 ablaze.
William Kamkwamba. Student and entrepreneur. Masitala, Malawi. It only took 20-year-old William Kamkwamba a library book, some blue-gum trees, discarded bicycle parts and an inspired idea to become a sensation in his home country.
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