The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

In drought-scorched Malawi, fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba trudges past brittle maize into a dusty library, his tuition gone but his curiosity blazing like the highland sun. Pages on dynamos and wind turbines ignite a daring plan: capture the Kamteza breezes that rattle his family’s tin roof. While hunger gnaws and neighbors doubt, William raids the junkyard, lashes bicycle rims to PVC pipe, and lifts a rickety tower that turns wind into precious light—proof that Education Equity can bloom even when school doors slam shut. The spinning blades pump water back to fields, spark radios at dusk, and whisper Economic Justice across a village that once slept in darkness. Reporters rush to Wimbe, and William’s scrap-metal miracle joins the global drumbeat for Environmental Justice, showing students that invention starts with grit, not gadgets. Yet a swirling question hovers like dust devils over the plateau: whose imagination will rise next on the breeze? Tap the blue ➕ to Save to List for later inspiration, or hit the bold arrow to Learn More and connect your classroom, youth group, or congregation to William’s high-voltage journey from drought to daylight.