TEDGlobal 2009
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
William Kamkwamba: Kako sam upregnuo vjetar
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U dobi od 14 godina, u siromaštvu i gladi, jedan dečko iz Malavija izgradio je vjetranjaču za napajanje kuće svoje obitelji. Sada, s 22., William Kamkwamba na TED konferenciji po drugi put priča svoju pronalazačku bajku koja mu je promijenila život.
William Kamkwamba - Inventor
To power his family's home, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap -- starting him on a journey detailed in the book and film "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." Full bio
To power his family's home, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap -- starting him on a journey detailed in the book and film "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind." Full bio
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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Two years ago, I stood on the TED stage in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Prije dvije godine sam stajao na TED-ovoj pozornici u Aruši, u Tanzaniji.
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I spoke very briefly about one of my proudest creations.
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Govorio sam kratko o jednoj od svojih kreacija.
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It was a simple machine that changed my life.
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Bio je to jednostavni stroj koji je promjenila moj život.
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Before that time,
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Prije tog trenutka
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I had never been away from my home
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nikada nisam bio daleko od svoje kuće
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in Malawi.
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u Malaviju.
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I had never used a computer.
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Nikada prije nisam koristio računalo.
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I had never seen an Internet.
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Nikada prije nisam vidio Internet.
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On the stage that day, I was so nervous.
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Tog dana na sceni, bio sam jako nervozan.
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My English lost,
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Moj engleski se izgubio,
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I wanted to vomit.
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htio sam povraćati.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I had never been surrounded by so many azungu,
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Nikada prije nisam bio okružen s toliko gospode,
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white people.
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bijelih ljudi.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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There was a story I wouldn't tell you then.
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Postojala je priča koju vam tada ne bih ispričao.
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But well, I'm feeling good right now.
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Ali na sreću, trenutačno se osjećam super.
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I would like to share that story today.
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Želio bih danas s vama podjeliti tu priču.
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We have seven children in my family.
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Imamo sedmero djece u mojoj obitelji.
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All sisters, excepting me.
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Sve sestre, osim mene.
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This is me with my dad when I was a little boy.
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Ovo sam ja s mojim tatom kada sam bio maleni dječak.
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Before I discovered the wonders of science,
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Prije nego šta sam otkrio čuda znanosti,
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I was just a simple farmer
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bio sam običan farmer
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in a country of poor farmers.
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u zemlji siromašnih farmera.
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Like everyone else, we grew maize.
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Kao i svi ostali, uzgajali smo kukuruz.
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One year our fortune turned very bad.
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Jedne godine imali smo jako lošu sreću.
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In 2001 we experienced an awful famine.
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2001. bili smo suočeni sa strašnom oskudicom i glađu.
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Within five months all Malawians began to starve to death.
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Tijekom narednih pet mjeseci svi Malavijci su gladovali do smrti.
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My family ate one meal per day, at night.
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Moja obitelj je imala po jedan obrok dnevno, i to po noći.
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Only three swallows of nsima for each one of us.
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Samo tri zalogaja kukuruznog "nsima" za svakoga od nas.
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The food passes through our bodies.
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Hrana je prolazila našim tjelima.
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We drop down to nothing.
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Polako smo padali ka ničemu.
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In Malawi, the secondary school,
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U Malaviju, srednja škola,
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you have to pay school fees.
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se plaćala.
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Because of the hunger, I was forced to drop out of school.
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Zbog gladi sam bio prisiljen napustiti školu.
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I looked at my father
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Pogledao sam u svoga oca,
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and looked at those dry fields.
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i u presušena polja.
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It was the future I couldn't accept.
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Bila je to budućnost koju jednostavno nisam mogao prihvatiti.
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I felt very happy to be at the secondary school,
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Osjećao sam se jako sretno pohađajući srednju školu,
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so I was determined to do anything possible
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Zato sam odlučio učiniti što god je moguće
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to receive education.
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da nastavim obrazovanje.
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So I went to a library.
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Stoga sam otiša u knjižnicu.
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I read books, science books, especially physics.
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I čitao sam knjige, znanstvene knjige, posebno fiziku.
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I couldn't read English that well.
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Nisam toliko dobro mogao čitati engleski.
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I used diagrams and pictures
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Koristio sam dijagrame i slike
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to learn the words around them.
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kako bih naučio riječi oko njih.
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Another book put that knowledge in my hands.
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Jedna knjiga je stavila to znanje u moje ruke.
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It said a windmill could pump water and generate electricity.
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Tu sam našao da bi vjetrenjača mogla pumpati vodu i stvarati struju.
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Pump water meant irrigation,
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Pumpanje vode je značilo navodnjavanje.
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a defense against hunger,
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I obranu od gladi,
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which we were experiencing by that time.
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s kojom smo se u to vrijeme suočavali.
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So I decided I would build one windmill for myself.
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Stoga sam odlučio izgraditi jednu vjetrenjaču za sebe.
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But I didn't have materials to use,
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Ali nisam imao potrebni materijal.
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so I went to a scrap yard
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Zato sam otišao na otpad
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where I found my materials.
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gdje sam našao potrebni materijal.
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Many people, including my mother,
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Mnogi ljudi, uključujući i moju majku,
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said I was crazy.
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rekli su kako sam lud.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I found a tractor fan,
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Našao sam traktorski ventilator,
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shock absorber, PVC pipes.
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amortizer, plastične cijevi.
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Using a bicycle frame
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Koristio sam ramu bicikla
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and an old bicycle dynamo,
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i stari dinamo bicikla,
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I built my machine.
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i izgradio sam svoj stroj.
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It was one light at first.
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Na početku je bilo jedno svjetlo,
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And then four lights,
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Poslije toga četiri svjetla,
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with switches, and even a circuit breaker,
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s prekidačima, čak i s automatskim prekidačima,
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modeled after an electric bell.
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modelirana prema računu za struju.
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Another machine pumps water
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Drugi stroj pumpa vodu
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for irrigation.
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za navodnjavanje.
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Queues of people start lining up at my house
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Redovi ljudi su se počeli stvarati oko moje kuće
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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to charge their mobile phone.
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kako bi napunili mobitele.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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I could not get rid of them.
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Nisam ih se mogao riješiti.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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And the reporters came too,
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I novinari su došli,
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which lead to bloggers
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što je vodilo ka blogerima
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and which lead to a call from something called TED.
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i naposljetku što je vodilo pozivu od nekoga pod nazivom TED.
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I had never seen an airplane before.
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Nikada prije nisam vidio avion.
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I had never slept in a hotel.
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Nikada prije nisam spavao u hotelu.
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So, on stage that day in Arusha,
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Stoga, na pozornici toga dana u Arushi,
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my English lost,
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moj engleski se izgubio,
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I said something like,
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rekao sam nešto poput,
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"I tried. And I made it."
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"Pokušao sam. I uspio sam."
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So I would like to say something
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Stoga bih volio da kažem nešto
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to all the people out there like me
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svim ljudima koju su nalik na mene
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to the Africans, and the poor
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Afrikancima, i siromašnima
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who are struggling with your dreams.
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koji se bore za svoje snove,
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God bless.
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Bog vas blagoslovio.
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Maybe one day you will watch this on the Internet.
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Možda ćete jednog dana gledati ovo na Internetu.
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I say to you, trust yourself and believe.
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Kažem vam, imajte povjerenja u sebe i vjerujte.
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Whatever happens, don't give up.
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Što god se dogodilo ne odustajte.
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
William Kamkwamba - InventorTo power his family's home, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap -- starting him on a journey detailed in the book and film "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind."
Why you should listen
William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called Using Energy and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his family home.
After reading about Kamkwamba on Mike McKay's blog Hactivate (which picked up the story from a local Malawi newspaper), TEDGlobal Conference Director Emeka Okafor spent several weeks tracking him down at his home in Masitala Village, Wimbe, and invited him to attend TEDGlobal on a fellowship. Onstage, Kamkwamba talked about his invention and shared his dreams: to build a larger windmill to help with irrigation for his entire village, and to go back to school.
Following Kamkwamba's moving talk, there was an outpouring of support for him and his promising work. Members of the TED community got together to help him improve his power system (by incorporating solar energy), and further his education through school and mentorships. Subsequent projects have included clean water, malaria prevention, solar power and lighting for the six homes in his family compound; a deep-water well with a solar-powered pump for clean water; and a drip irrigation system. Kamkwamba himself returned to school, and is now attending the African Leadership Academy, a new pan-African prep school outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kamkwamba's story is documented in his autobiography, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope. A documentary about Kamkwamba, called William and the Windmill, won the Documentary Feature Grand Jury award at SXSW in 2013 (watch a trailer ). You can support his work and other young inventors at MovingWindmills.org.
William Kamkwamba | Speaker | TED.com