The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind discussion


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Quinton Tuggle The boy who harnessed the wind is about a William Kamkwamba that lives in a poor part of Africa and he goes to school but while he was in school there was a drought which led to a famine because they revolved around farming and agriculture. so when the drought hit he had to quite going to school cause his parents couldn't afforded it because the tobacco wasn't growing how it should have so they were unable to sell it for a good price and so he stops going to school but he was very intrigued by a book that he saw in the library. that he divided to build a prototype of what he saw in the book. so he goes to the junk yard to get parts and supplies to build the prototype. and the prototype was a success but there were some difficulties that he had to get through. and his prototype supplied his house with electricity and then he goes and build one in the school yard and builds more that provide electricity for the rest of his village. he goes on a ted talk conference to talk about his achievements and how he did it


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