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Connecticut Students Bring Energy To A Remote Village In Nepal

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Published April 21, 2016 at 1:20 PM EDT
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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