All Videos Tagged poverty (Classroom 2.0) - Classroom 2.02024-04-20T03:15:11Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=poverty&rss=yes&xn_auth=nowk_bookintro1280tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-30:649749:Video:3866602009-09-30T13:23:47.036ZLauren Branchinihttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LaurenBranchini
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy growing up in a small village in Malawi, Africa. During a terrible famine seven years ago, then 14-year old William learned from a library book how to build a windmill and harness enough wind energy to power…
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy growing up in a small village in Malawi, Africa. During a terrible famine seven years ago, then 14-year old William learned from a library book how to build a windmill and harness enough wind energy to power his family's compound. Soon the news of his invention spread and William became known all over the world: he was a TED fellow in 2007 and, the following year, delivered an address at the Economic World Forum.<br />
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