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Connecticut Students Bring Energy To A Remote Village In Nepal

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April 21, 2016

Thinley, an elder from the Nepalese village of Saldang, stands with students from Hartford's Academy of Engineering and Green Technology during his visit to the school Friday.
(JACKSON MITCHELL/WNPR) — Thinley, an elder from the Nepalese village of Saldang, stands with students from Hartford's Academy of Engineering and Green Technology during his visit to the school Friday. (JACKSON MITCHELL/WNPR)

An elder from a remote village in Nepal stopped by a high school in Hartford, Connecticut recently. He was there to thank students for providing his hometown with wind and solar electricity. David DesRoches of Here & Now contributor WNPR reports.

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David DesRoches, contributor for WNPR. He tweets @SavingEJ.

This segment aired on April 21, 2016.