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Story Archives of 'South Africa'
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
By Deb Baker on Friday, October 9, 2009.
When William Kamkwamba, was 14, his family in Malawi couldn’t afford school fees. At the library, he saw a windmill in a book called Using Energy. He realized electricity would help people in his village pump water, light their homes, charge cell phones - William saw that "A windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom."
A Better World in South Africa
By John Walters on Wednesday, May 25, 2005.Carol and John Thompson are the founders of the Masiphumele Corporation, a non-profit that conducts building and educational projects in a squatter village near Cape Town, South Africa. Living conditions are very harsh, unemployment is above 80-percent, and most of the people live in shacks made of metal, wood and cardboard. Carol and John tell host John Walters about the successes of their work and the great challenges that lie ahead.
