Malawi is a country battling AIDS, drought and famine, and in 2002, a season of floods followed by the most severe famine. When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. Borrowing library books to continue his education, William picked up a book in English about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover. Fascinated by science and electricity, William decided to build his own. Ridiculed by those around him, exhausted from his work in the fields every day, slowly he built it with scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree. It has changed the world in which William and his family live. This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nation.
La lectura de The Boy Who harnessed the Wind nos ha llevado a Malawi y este país nos ha guiado hasta la fotógrafa Marta González de la Peña Royo, que ha estado con nuestros alumnos de 3° ESO del proyecto British Council-ME-JCyL, para compartir su experiencia con Dermalawi, una asociación cuyo objetivo es mejorar la salud de la población. Desde aquí aprovechamos para darle las gracias.
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