William Kamkwamba Character Traits

William Kamkwamba Character Analysis William Kamkwamba was a boy from Malawi, invented his own windmill from nothing but scrap and junk, this caught the attention of a lot of people in the world and led him on the path to a better life. Today William works with non-profit WiderNet Project and the WiderNet@UNC research lab at the UNC School of Information and Library Science. He made his way there because he was innovative, and determined to bring his family out of the famine that spread his country. William had been forced to drop out of school, so he spent his time reading books from a small library, to make sure he didn’t fall behind, for when he would eventually get back into school. He got a little side tracked in this after he found a book on science and power. He got the idea for a windmill from the book, and realized he could use this to pump water and have a second harvest of food every year that would help his family escape the famine. He didn’t have all the necessary components for the windmill, so he had to scour through the scrapyard near his village. Through lots of innovation, he managed to find alternative pieces for the windmill, and successfully built it. He then began connecting it to lights that he put throughout his house, and then noticed that he would need some other things if he
After a year of famine that had spread through his country, he wanted to ensure that his family wouldn’t be the next family to be found dead in the morning. So, he devised his plan for the windmill that would improve his family's life, and lead him down the path of a better life in the big city. With this windmill, he planned to pump water to the surface so his family could have a second harvest each year. He did successfully make a water pump on his own, but it wasn’t very good, and was later replaced by one made by Americans that donated to his