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William and the Wondrous Windmill With nothing but a fistful of cornmeal in his stomach, some old textbooks, and an armory of curiosity, William Kamkwamba embarked on a daring plan to give his country a luxury that westerners considered a necessity: running water and electricity.Forced to drop out of secondary school when his family could not afford the school fees, 14-year-old Kamkwamba used his free time to build a windmill that operated on principles of physics he managed to teach himself.…

purely fiction from the minds of people who don’t know differently. In places like the U.S., a science-based society has provided many answers to which all people can access, due to the internet and easily accessible education. However, in places like Malawi, where William Kamkwamba lives, the land is filled with farmers, secondary education is as rare as it is expensive, and the internet is a mystery to citizens. They don’t have answers to how the world works sitting right in front of them, so…

Globalization: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly As a beginning business student, I have yet to determine whether or not globalization can be considered positive or negative for the world markets. To me the idea of something being good for business would be simply something that increases the profitability of the business. However, when talking about large concepts such as globalization, it is hard to definitively say that it is good or bad. By understanding the pros and cons of globalization, I hope…

suggestion of progress, but sadly that’s not all story. In places like Malawi, for instance, an increasing rapidly in registration has led to a lacking of classrooms, textbooks, and trained teachers. Case in point: 250 million children are still not able to read or write by the time they reach Grade 4. Because the government doesn’t support in education enough so students might study ineffectively or students may be undereducated as Malawi. The fourth is many schools lack of clean water and…

overseas banks, instead of spending on the poor. So, the government should take action to overcome this issue. Debt services of developing countries' debt to banks and governments can limit government spending on the poor. For example, Zambia spent 40% of its total budget to repay foreign debt, and only 7% for basic state services in 1997. One solution to help poor countries has been debt relief. Zambia began offering services, such as free health care even while overwhelming the health care…

“I tried, and I did it.” - William Kamkwamba. William grew up in Malawi, Africa, and was born in 1987. He grew up with two sisters and at one point had a dog named Khamba. William is a 29 year old man now, but when he built his first windmill to produce electricity and irrigation for crops, he was fourteen. The book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is written by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba which is a memoir is about one of the two authors, William. William Kamkwamba deals with a famine,…

If I were asked to pick one goal to accomplish during my lifetime, it would be to inspire and help others to be the best version of themselves. I have known I was meant to work in the field of healthcare since about the age of three, when I couldn’t wait to grow up and become a veterinarian. That love for animals eventually developed into a love of caring for people as well, as I now have my heart set on becoming a Medical Doctor. Although I think it might be a bit presumptuous to declare a…

Cross-border migration in the sub Saharan region can be traced back to as early as the 1950s in which migrants from the SADC migrated to South Africa in search of employment opportunities with over 260 000 labour migrants in 1970 (Crush et al., 2005). However, during the apartheid regime in South Africa, citizens were not allowed to travel across international boundaries so as foreign visitors were not allowed to enter the country (Boyd, 1989; Makina, 2012b; Chereni, 2014). The post-apartheid…

Question 1 The principles of archaeology are all about the history of archaeology and its methods and theories. The definition of the archaeology can be described as the study of the past history of human by applying methods on some material remains which can be category as artifacts, ecofacts, or features. The importance of field of study is obvious because it’s the best way to find out our human history from the ancient time and can show the development of both cultural civilizations and…

CHAPTER THREE 3. Research methodology 3.0 Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to present the research philosophical underpinnings and methodological process of the study. This chapter outlines the conceptual framework, research philosophy, research design, population of the study, sampling design and procedure, sample size, data collection instruments, data collection procedure, validity tests, reliability test, data analysis method and ethical consideration. 3.1 Conceptual framework…