SDG 7: Ensuring Access to Affordable, Reliable, Sustainable & Modern Energy for All – Can We?
By Avinash Bhat, Ivy Maji, Kriti Chandra, Nidhi Dwivedy, Puja Shankar, Sugandh Group 5, Section A, PGDM (BM) 2019-21 Batch William Kamkwamba Back in 2001, a day in Masitala, (a rural hamlet in Malawi) ended when the sun set. But 14-year-old William Kamkwamba, would much rather study than sleep. There was just one constraint – How would he study in the absence of light? Kamkwanba, who had dropped out of school then, saw picture of a windmill and set about making one from scrap PVC pipes, rusty bicycle and car parts and blue gum trees. His windmill began powering lights in his room. Today, Kamkwamba is a senior in high school at the African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg. His windmills, still functioning have grown in numbers and now provide clean water for the village, micro-irrigation in the fields, mobile phone services and internet. Kids from his village now aim for education. They no longer have to study under the sooty flame of kerosene lamps. Kamkwamba...