19 year old William Kamakwamba from Malawi has a blog. Given the infrastructure in that country that’s no mean feat on it’s own, but the subject he has chosen for his first few posts is the windmill he built next to his house using an old bicycle and plans from a donated American middle school text book. This windmill, costing something like US$10, is now providing power for his family and neighbors in the middle of the African scrub. It’s a great and inspirational story.
Read the welcome post first, which introduces the windmill, and then go on to the rest of the blog. Want something else amazing? He started his blog, complete with photos and impressively good English, just 2 weeks after using a computer for the first time.
(via BoingBoing)
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