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winds of change... being part of the solution...

So many of us can only shrug and see the problems of the world - believing that we can't really do anything at all about them.
This guy is the example we need to see - to be reminded that all of us have solutions in front of us... what kind of change do you want to see? why not set out to discover how you can be the solution instead of lamenting the problems.


By Faith Karimi
(CNN) -- William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.
His native Malawi had gone through one of its worst droughts seven years ago, killing thousands. His family and others were surviving on one meal a day. The red soil in his Masitala hometown was parched, leaving his father, a farmer, without any income.

But amid all the shortages, one thing was still abundant.
Wind.
"I wanted to do something to help and change things," he said. "Then I said to myself, 'If they can make electricity out of wind, I can try, too.'"
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