The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

11.10.2024

This true story tells of Williams Kamkwamba’s resourcefulness to build a wind turbine to bring water to the fields.
Rating: 3/3

Young William Kamkwamba must leave school and abandon his formal education because his family can no longer pay the tuition. As the drought and resulting famine in Malawi continue, his family, like others, comes close to starvation. This true story shows how Williams’s resourcefulness provided a solution for his family and eventually for his village: a wind turbine to bring water to the fields.

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