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Public school in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India
Barefoot College
Location
Tilonia, Rajasthan
India
Information
TypePublic
Established1972
FounderBunker Roy
CampusTilonia
Websitewww.barefootcollege.org

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

External links

References

  1. ^ Sanjay Suri. "In pictures: Villagers' Barefoot College". BBC Online. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  2. 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)
  3. Mortenson, Greg. (2010-04-29) Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy The 2010 TIME 100. TIME. Retrieved on 2012-06-02.
  4. http://www.barefootcollege.org/
  6. "List of Awardees". Ministry of Environment and Forests.
  7. Barefoot College wins Ashden Award
  8. 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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