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| '''Barefoot College''', previously known as ''Social Work and Research Centre'', is a ] founded by ] in 1972. It is a solar-powered school located at ] village, ], ]. There are now 20 such colleges in 13 states in India. |
'''Barefoot College''', previously known as ''Social Work and Research Centre'', is a ] founded by ] in 1972. It is a solar-powered school located at ] village, ], ]. There are now 20 such colleges in 13 states in India.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/south_asia_villagers0_barefoot_college/html/9.stm|title=In pictures: Villagers' Barefoot College|last=Sanjay Suri|work=]|accessdate=18 November 2012}}</ref> Roy states that in 2008 there were approximately 7,000 children attending the night school programs.<ref name="PBS">{{cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec08/indiaschool_10-06.html|title=School in India Teaches Women to Improve Lives, Towns | Online NewsHour | October 6, 2008 | PBS|last=Fred de Sam Lazaro|work=]|accessdate=18 November 2012}}</ref> The school has trained than 3 million people with skills such as solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects, and doctors.<ref name=TIME>Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) . TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.</ref> | ||
| ==Founder's philosophy== | ==Founder's philosophy== | ||
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| Barefoot College | |
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 Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy speaking about the programs in 2008
established = 1972 | |
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| Tilonia, Rajasthan India | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Founder | Bunker Roy |
| Campus | Tilonia |
| Website | www |
Barefoot College, previously known as Social Work and Research Centre, is a non-governmental organization founded by Bunker Roy in 1972. It is a solar-powered school located at Tilonia village, Rajasthan, India. There are now 20 such colleges in 13 states in India. Roy states that in 2008 there were approximately 7,000 children attending the night school programs. The school has trained than 3 million people with skills such as solar engineers, teachers, midwives, weavers, architects, and doctors.
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
A UNDP funded program of India's Ministry of External Affairs brings women from villages in rural Africa (which do not have electricity) to the school for training, after which they return with new skills to install solar electricity in their villages.
An exhibition of photographs taken by the students of the Barefoot College was presented at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
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) - Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy The 2010 TIME 100. TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
- 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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