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Video Summary

Blowing in the Wind (3:22)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoIGMdUjUUM

• William Kamkwamba, a school dropout from Malawi, Southeast Africa created a windmill out of a makeshift tower and a bicycle to turn wind into power.
• William read a library book on wind energy, and this book changed his life.
• He scavenged in scrap heaps to find materials and made his own tools to build his windmill.
• With his windmill, he was able to power four lights and two radios.
• William rose to fame, wrote a book and eventually graduated from high school and college with a degree in environmental studies and engineering.
• After going back home, William built a bigger and better windmill that pumps water to irrigate his family’s fields, and he helped build a school in his village.