In 2008, I co-founded the Moving Windmills Project to inspire innovative solutions to African problems in Kasungu, Malawi. Thanks to support from around the world, we've accomplished so much in Wimbe and beyond. Moving Windmills’ current and recent projects...
Through Moving Windmills Project foundation, I have worked extensively in Kasungu district, particularly my own home village, Wimbe. We have been able to build three classroom blocks with two classes each for the local primary school, Wimbe primary school. These new...
I would like to start off by apologizing for my prolonged silence. For the past two years, I have been completing my studies here in the US at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, along with engaging in various projects that I launched in Malawi –...
Posted Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon Dial, $16.99; ages 7-9 What it's about: This is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy with big dreams who built a windmill from junkyard scraps...
Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind For a truly inspirational book, check out The Boy Who Harnessed the Windby inventor William Kamkwamba and journalist Bryan Mealer with pictures by Elizabeth Zunon. Forced to drop out of school...
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