bit

He built his windmill from bits of his dad's old bicycle.

charge

The villagers use the electricity to charge their mobiles.

cholera

With the rain came cholera and some of the villagers died of the disease.

co-author

William has co-authored a book with another writer.

crazy

When William said he would make a windmill, people thought he was crazy.

crops

There wasn't any rain, so their crops didn't grow and they couldn't make bread.

dozen educate

William didn't go to school, so he tried to educate himself.

farmer

The farmers grow crops for food and keep cows for milk and meat.

school

You have to pay a fee of £50 to go to school.

generate

He built a windmill to generate electricity for his village.

ahead

He made a small test windmill and then went ahead with a big one.

go

Has he gone back to school?

food

Their small stock of food went down and down until there was almost nothing to eat.

go

If something goes on, it continues.

go

If something goes up, it rises or increases.

home-made

It's a home-made windmill – he built it himself.

It's

It's too soon to answer that question – it's early days.

Leadership

He said that he was a student at the African Leadership Academy in South Africa.

media

The media – newspapers, television and radio – are all interested in William's story.

phenomenal

The media interest has been phenomenal.

pump

His family could have electric light and could pump water.

secondary school

William was only fourteen years old but he didn't go to secondary school.

starvation

William's family didn't have enough food, so his dog died of starvation.

stock

Their small stock of food got smaller and smaller.

villager

There was no food in the village and some of the villagers died.

windmill

The windmill moves around in the wind and generates electricity.

cholera

cholera

een mobieltje opladen

een mobieltje opladen

stukje / onderdeel

stukje / onderdeel

gewas

gewas

gek

gek

coauteur

coauteur

boer

boer

scholen

scholen

tientallen
doorgaan met

doorgaan met

opwekken / voortbrengen

opwekken / voortbrengen

leergeld / collegegeld

leergeld / collegegeld

doorgaan

doorgaan

voedsel

voedsel

teruggaan

teruggaan

Het is nog vroeg dag / pril

Het is nog vroeg dag / pril

zelfgemaakt

zelfgemaakt

toenemen

toenemen

overweldigend / fenomenaal

overweldigend / fenomenaal

media

media

bestuur / leiderschap

bestuur / leiderschap

verhongering

verhongering

middelbare school

middelbare school

pompen

pompen

windmolen

windmolen

dorpeling

dorpeling

voorraad

voorraad