also, zanzibar is 100% dependent power from tanzanian mainland. in 2009, the electricity for the submarine cable was damaged. in 2010, they stay for 3 months without the power. so...we studied how we can move from depending from tanzanian mainland. so, the shortest solution is to have renewable energy. [woman speakingative language] [indistinct chatter] woman: barefoot is a college which aims to empower women. we are in 92 countries, but in east africa, we have only barefo college, zanzibar. [woman speaking native language] favdi: here we are receiving trainees from different countries. tanzania mainland, kenya, uganda, and malawi. they come here. they stay here for 5 months without going home to learn about solar engineering. woman: this is battery and that one is panel. this is system of home light system. favdi: the village needs to meet our criteria before our selecting them. it has to be far from the main road and then also the village has to have more than 100 households. each member of the households has to pay $3.00 per month. by using thi

in zanzibar, rural women are learning solar skills, bucking a tradition of entrenched gender roles, empoweringnities in the process, while in southern california, it's generating the growth of green jobs and winning over skeptics. [film advance clicking]

in zanzibar, rural women are learning solar skills, bucking a tradition of entrenched gender roles, empoweringnities in the process, while in southern california, it's generating the growth of green jobs and winning over skeptics. [film advance clicking]