YALI Fellow Hastings Mkandawire, is the founder and Director of Turbines Development Enterprise which recently received a $25K grant. After the jump a video of Hastings and his colleague Jimmy Mzilahowa fabbing a generator:
Homemade | Villant Jana from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo.
Hastings has taken his passion for designing viable, sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions and his certification in Electrical Engineering to establish several hydro-electric turbines in the rural areas of Malawi. Using recycled materials, Hastings has efficiently built small hydro-electric turbines that generate enough electricity to power water pumps for villages consequently allowing easy water access for irrigation, relieving women and young girls from having to fetch water daily on their heads. "Upon my return, I will encourage massive replication of low cost electric power generation systems to support youth economic activities in the isolated rural areas of Malawi." - US Embassy LiLongwe
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