I've had the same social hero for a few years now. I'd be willing to bet he has other fans here on Evoke: His name is William Kamkwamba. William is a young man who lived in a town without electricity, so he researched and built his own wind-powered electric generator from mostly spare parts. This generator was enough for William and his family to have electric lights at night. I felt truly inspired by his story, and have since began to build and research my own forms of renewable energy.
Here is a short doc**entary on him:
http://movingwindmills.org/doc**entaryAnd his website:
http://www.williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/He's currently in the process of rebuilding the primary school he attended.
I'd also like to give an honourable mention to the makers of this site! Making a game out of social innovation? How cool is that?
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