Guess what William Kamkwamba did to make light!

Dear Dr. Waug,
Have you heard about wind power? Have you heard about William Kamkwamba in Masitawa, Malawi? He’s only twenty years old in his life now, like I’ll be in 2060, but he has begun something that can really make a difference in the lives of the people there in Africa. My name, by the way, is Ted Kamkwamba, and William is our most famous relative. I don’t know much about your friends, Herman Schellstede and Dr. Sim, but they seem to be very nice people and I know they are working hard to leave us a better earth in what you call "the future." It is "my lifetime" for me, of course, but I'm not born yet, the way you see it.

If you don’t know about William Kamkwambe in Africa, you can look up his story on the newspaper calld the Walled Stree Journal. The story of his wind generator is on the b ack bage. Don’t ask me know I know because you don’t understand how time works yet. You used to before you were borm, but you forgot everywhting because in an embryo, there’s not enough brains to remember details. You can remember things like how to eat your mothers milk, and how to breathe, and how to cry and smile, but not too much else.

Anyway, my relative William is famous because he made a lot of wind generators to make people have TV and give the young children electric light so they can study better at night before they go to school. Everybody in his family is happier with a little electricity. Maybe he can make more windmills like Herman Schellstede and they will work really well and people will know thay have a way of making electricity without hurting the birds and the bats and the fish and so on. You live when the earth is almost out of control but because you and Dr. Sim and Mr. Schellstede and Professor Daniel J. Jacob are all working together it looks like the world will be better when I get born in 2044. I bet you have to work everyday to make the world better. /Thanks you, dr. Waug, and Plesa keep yup the good work.
Ted KamKwamba P.S. We don’t have a real good connection anymore because sometimes my understanding of your language is not good, but I know what I know real well, and thank you sincerely. Ted