Malawian Windmill Builder
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Have you heard of William Kamkwamba, the boy from Malawi who built a windmill using books from a small library at his school? I’d heard of him but never seen his book. Today I helped my younger sister with a writing critique of it, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, and it inspired me to look up his TED talk. WOW. What a courageous, inventive, inspiring person who makes us think about education and inborn talent and what development can be. Thanks, Lethy, I can’t wait to read the book and learn more about him!

Hey reader friends, if you are in for the December reading of Three Cups of Tea, let me know. My book arrived last week and I’m read to read. I created