Windmills of Change and Hope in Malawi
Follow this link to an interesting story about William Kamkwamba. At age fourteen, barred from school for lack of money for tuition, and bent upon making a better life for his family, he learned how to make a windmill from looking at books in the library, and then made one, using discarded junk and jury-rigged tools. At first his neighbors laughed, but then they were amazed to hear the radio powered by his creation. This is an inspirational story, and includes text and video. I saw it first on Gizmodo.com . WNG