“He then asked he president to stop funding wells and toilets and use the money to buy grain. (Because really, how can you use a toilet if you never eat?)” — William Kamkwamba Copy Share Image
I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds! — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do,… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
“Thinking of them reminds me of a quote I read recently from the great Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. that says, "If you can't… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of ways to… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
Climate change is important to Malawi, but many people see alternative energy more as a means to skip the government and get electricity and… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
“I remembered a parable that Jesus told to the disciples, the one about the sower of seeds. The seeds planted along the road get… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
Sometimes you can fail in an experiment. But if you fail, you still don't stop observing that thing, looking for a better way. — William Kamkwamba Copy Share
