William kamkwamba

William Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987) is a innovator, engineer and author. William was born in a family of relative poverty and relied primarily on farming to survive. He gained fame in his country in 2002 when he built a windmill to power a few electrical appliances in his family's house using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard. Since then, he has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in his village and two other windmills and is planning two more.

His book, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," was selected as the 2013 "1 Book, 1 Community" title for Loudoun County. William is the subject of the documentary film William and the Windmill, which won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 2013 South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.

In 2013 Time Magazine named William one of the "30 People Under 30 Changing The World." In 2010, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" was selected as the University of Florida common book, required for all incoming students to read.

In 2014, it was selected as the common book at Auburn University and University of Michigan College of Engineering. William made an appearance at each university to discuss his book and life.

In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a student. For my part, I considered that this is an intelligent man who is known without being a singer or another, but by helping the world.

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