Featured Video: Biblioburro- the donkey library
Luis Soriano, a teacher in the small town of La Gloria, Colombia, has spent the past ten years bringing books to the children on the back of his donkeys...
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Ayoka just came back from a follow-up trip to Colombia, where we visited Luis and brought more donations from our viewers.
Here is a message Luis asked us to share with you.
Save the date!
Biblioburro will be screening at the My Hero Short Film Festival on November 21 at 7 p.m. at the University of Southern California's Norris Theater.
William Kamkwamba has transformed his small village of 200 in Malawi by building an electric windmill out of junk. Forced to quit school at 14 years old because his family could not cover the fees, he returned to his family's farm plot but kept up with his education by using a local library. There he stambled upon a textbook explaining the function of windmills and how they could bring electricity and pump water.
