TEDGlobal 2009
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
Vilijam Kamkvamba (William Kamkwamba): Kako sam upregao vetar
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Sa 14 godina, u bedi i gladi, dečak iz Malavija napravio je vodenicu za kuću svoje porodice. Sada, sa 22, Vilijam Kamkvamba na TED konferenciji po drugi put priča svoju pronalazačku bajku koja mu je promenila 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.
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Two years ago, I stood on the TED stage in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Pre dve 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 na koju sam posebno ponosan.
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It was a simple machine that changed my life.
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Bila je to jednostavna mašina koje je promenila moj život.
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Before that time,
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Pre toga
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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 nisam koristio kompjuter.
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I had never seen an Internet.
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Nikada nisam video Internet.
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On the stage that day, I was so nervous.
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Tog dana na sceni, bio sam mnogo 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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Hteo sam da povraćam.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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I had never been surrounded by so many azungu,
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Nikada nisam bio okružen sa toliko "azungu",
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white people.
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belaca.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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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, sada se osećam dobro.
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I would like to share that story today.
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Danas bih želeo da tu priču podelim sa vama.
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We have seven children in my family.
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U mojoj porodici ima sedmoro dece.
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All sisters, excepting me.
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Izuzimajući mene, sve sestre.
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This is me with my dad when I was a little boy.
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Ovo sam ja sa svojim ocem kada sam bio mali.
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Before I discovered the wonders of science,
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Pre nego što sam otkrio čuda nauke,
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I was just a simple farmer
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bio sam samo 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 bili smo jako loše sreće.
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In 2001 we experienced an awful famine.
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2001. smo se suočili sa strašnom oskudicom i glađu.
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Within five months all Malawians began to starve to death.
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Tokom pet meseci svi Malavljani su gladovali do smrti.
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My family ate one meal per day, at night.
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Moja porodica je jela jedan obrok dnevno, noću.
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Only three swallows of nsima for each one of us.
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Samo tri zalogaja "nsima" za svakog od nas.
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The food passes through our bodies.
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Hrana je prolazila kroz naša tela.
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We drop down to nothing.
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Topili smo se.
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In Malawi, the secondary school,
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U Malaviju se srednja škola
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you have to pay school fees.
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plaća.
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Because of the hunger, I was forced to drop out of school.
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Zbog gladi, bio sam primoran da napustim školu.
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I looked at my father
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Gledao sam u svog oca,
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and looked at those dry fields.
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i u suva polja.
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It was the future I couldn't accept.
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To je bila budućnost koju nisam mogao da prihvatim
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I felt very happy to be at the secondary school,
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Bio sam srećan u srednjoj školi.
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so I was determined to do anything possible
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Zato sam bio odlučan da uradim šta god je moguće
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to receive education.
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da bih se obrazovao.
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So I went to a library.
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Tako sam otisao u biblioteku.
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I read books, science books, especially physics.
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Čitao sam knjige, naučne knjige, posebno fiziku.
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I couldn't read English that well.
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Nisam mogao da čitam na engleskom toliko dobro.
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I used diagrams and pictures
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Pa sam koristio dijagrame i slike
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to learn the words around them.
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da bih naučio reči oko njih.
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Another book put that knowledge in my hands.
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U jednoj knjizi sam pronašao znanje.
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It said a windmill could pump water and generate electricity.
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Tu sam našao da bi vetrenjača mogla da pumpa vodu i prikuplja elektrićnu energiju.
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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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Odbranu od gladi,
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which we were experiencing by that time.
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sa kojom smo se u to vreme suočavali.
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So I decided I would build one windmill for myself.
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Zato sam odlučio da izgradim sebi jednu vetrenjaču.
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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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Otišao sam na otpad
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where I found my materials.
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i pronašao sam materijale.
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Many people, including my mother,
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Mnogo ljudi, uključujući i moju majku,
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said I was crazy.
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reklo je da sam lud.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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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 cevi.
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Using a bicycle frame
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Korisitio sam ram bicikla,
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and an old bicycle dynamo,
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i stari dinamo
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I built my machine.
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I napravio sam svoju mašinu.
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It was one light at first.
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Na početku je bilo jedno svetlo.
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And then four lights,
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Kasnije četiri,
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with switches, and even a circuit breaker,
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sa prekidačima i čak i sa automatskim prekidačem
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modeled after an electric bell.
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napravljenim prema računu za struju.
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Another machine pumps water
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Druga mašina 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 počeli da vijugaju ispred moje kuće.
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(Laughter)
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to charge their mobile phone.
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da napune mobilne telefone.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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I could not get rid of them.
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Nisam mogao da ih se otarasim.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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And the reporters came too,
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Novinari su došli, takođe,
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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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što je opet vodilo ka nečemu što se zove TED.
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I had never seen an airplane before.
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Nikada ranije nisam video avion.
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I had never slept in a hotel.
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Nikad nisam spavao u hotelu.
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So, on stage that day in Arusha,
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Tako se na sceni tog dana u Aruši
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my English lost,
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moj engleski izgubio.
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I said something like,
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Rekao sam nešto kao,
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"I tried. And I made it."
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"Pokušao sam. I uspeo sam."
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So I would like to say something
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Zato bih želeo da kažem nešto
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to all the people out there like me
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svim ljudima tamo negde koji su kao ja,
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to the Africans, and the poor
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Afrikancima, 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 blagosilja.
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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, verujte u sebe i verujte.
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Whatever happens, don't give up.
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Šta god da se dogodi, ne odustajte.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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