School Pupils Use Internet to Bring Electricity to Malawi Village

From Face of Malawi Tue Apr 17 2012, 16:39:47

School children and villagers over 5,000 miles away in a remote corner of Malawi will soon have access to a secure and reliable electricity supply, thanks in part to pupils at Ockbrook School. The pioneering pico-hydropower engineering project in Ruarwe, Malawi is being coordinated in the UK by The University of Nottingham's Student Team for [...]

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