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| One program of the Barefoot College brings women from villages in rural Africa (which do not have electricity) to the Barefoot College. They are then trained by local Indian women at the Barefoot College. At the end of their training, they return to Africa with new skills that allow them to install solar electricity in their villages.<ref></ref> The college also worked in a similar project in ]. | One program of the Barefoot College brings women from villages in rural Africa (which do not have electricity) to the Barefoot College. They are then trained by local Indian women at the Barefoot College. At the end of their training, they return to Africa with new skills that allow them to install solar electricity in their villages.<ref></ref> The college also worked in a similar project in ]. | ||
| An exibition of photographs taken by the students of the Barefoot College was presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London<ref name ="BBC"/> | |||
| ==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
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| Barefoot College | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Tilonia, Rajasthan India | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1972 |
| Founder | Bunker Roy |
| Faculty | 10 |
| Enrollment | 400 |
| Campus | Village |
| Website | www |
Barefoot College, known as Social Work and Research Centre, is a non-governmental organization founded by Bunker Roy in 1972. It is a solar-powered school that teaches illiterate women from impoverished Indian villages to become doctors, solar engineers, architects, and other such professions. The school is located at Tilonia village, Rajasthan, India. There are now 20 such colleges in 13 states in India. In 2008, there were approximately 7,000 children attending the night school programs.
Founder's philosophy
The policy of the Barefoot College is to take women from the poorest of villages and teach them to become professionals without requiring them to read or write. In extreme cases, there are students without verbal fluency in the languages of their teachers..
Cross-cultural collaboration
One program of the Barefoot College brings women from villages in rural Africa (which do not have electricity) to the Barefoot College. They are then trained by local Indian women at the Barefoot College. At the end of their training, they return to Africa with new skills that allow them to install solar electricity in their villages. The college also worked in a similar project in Afghanistan.
Awards
- In 1998, it was awarded the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (Indira Gandhi Environment Award), by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
- In 2003, the Barefoot College won an Ashden Award for its work bringing solar power to rural villages.
- The creators of the campus near Tilonia received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. Originally the award was attributed to "an illiterate farmer", but later the award was corrected and redesignated to read "A young architect, Neehar Raina, prepared the architectural layout and an illiterate farmer from Tilonia, along with 12 other Barefoot Architects, constructed the buildings." when the presenters became aware of the involvement of professional architect Neehar Raina.
External links
- BBC feature
- UNESCO
- PBS News Hour Article
- The Barefoot Approach, essay from Sumithra Prasanna for the International Museum of Women
References
- Sanjay Suri. "In pictures: Villagers' Barefoot College". BBC Online. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- Fred de Sam Lazaro. "School in India Teaches Women to Improve Lives, Towns". PBS. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
{{cite news}}: Text "October 6, 2008" ignored (help); Text "Online NewsHour" ignored (help); Text "PBS" ignored (help) - http://www.barefootcollege.org/
- "List of Awardees". Ministry of Environment and Forests.
- Barefoot College wins Ashden Award
- Jain, Sonu (1 July 2002). "Tilonia's Barefoot campus, now the bare facts". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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