September Book Club Event Announced
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Saturday September 11, 2010 1:00 PM
Join us for the next Seattle Net Impact book club get together, where we will be discussing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind while enjoying a barbecue and drinks.
This amazing story is about a boy in Africa who teaches himself how to build a windmill, and improves life for himself and his village. It’s truly inspiring and an amazing story! Here’s a short review:
“Discarded motor parts, PVC pipe, and an old bicycle wheel may be junk to most people, but in the inspired hands of William Kamkwamba, they are instruments of opportunity. Growing up amid famine and poverty in rural Malawi, wind was one of the few abundant resources available, and the inventive fourteen-year-old saw its energy as a way to power his dreams. “With a windmill, we’d finally release ourselves from the troubles of darkness and hunger,” he realized. “A windmill meant more than just power, it was freedom.” Despite the biting jeers of village skeptics, young William devoted himself to borrowed textbooks and salvage yards in pursuit of a device that could produce an “electric wind.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is an inspiring story of an indomitable will that refused to bend to doubt or circumstance. When the world seemed to be against him, William Kamkwamba set out to change it. –Dave Callanan, amazon.com”
The get together will be at Net Impact Member Erin Burke’s house on Bainbridge Island, approximately 5 miles from the ferry. Please contact Erin directly if you’d like to attend and she will send you more information.
Hope to see you there!