An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.
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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
A picture book adaptation of a best-selling memoir follows the experiences of 14-year-old William Kamkwamba, who built a windmill out of junkyard scraps to bring electricity to his famine-stricken Malawi village.
An accessible young reader's adaptation of the best-selling story about the young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village describes the life-threatening drought that motivated his scrap-metal windmill project.
Here is the remarkable story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity.
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a remarkable true story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX
Here is the remarkable story about human inventiveness and its power to overcome crippling adversity.
Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources available. Inventive 14-year-old William Kamkwamba saw its energy as a way to power his dreams.
William Kamkwamba grew up in a tiny farming village in Malawi, Africa, without electricity. When a drought destroyed the crops and famine resulted, William's family could no longer afford his school tuition.
Vietnamese edition of William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer's story of a Malawi young boy whose dream of creating a windmill for his community helps him overcome all difficulty of his circumstances... Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Dinh Khoi.
The Boy who Harnessed the Wind
Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family.