The Barefoot College trains middle-aged women from rural villages worldwide to become solar engineers. In partnership with local and national organizations, the Barefoot team establishes relationships with village elders, who help identify trainees and implement community support.
Trainees are often illiterate or semi-literate grandmothers who maintain strong roots in their villages and play a major role in community development, bringing sustainable electricity to remote, inaccessible villages. Solar electrification reduces CO2 emissions, slow the negative impacts of deforestation and decrease air pollution from burning firewood and kerosene.Since 2000, The Barefoot College has been developing and installing solar water heaters to provide rural communities access to a sustainable, smoke-free source of hot water. The programme also generates community engagement and contributions from rural youth, who learn to build and install the heaters. Solar water heaters are made by rural Barefoot fabrication engineers and use sunlight instead of wood or gas to heat the water. They provide a continuous supply of warm water for people living hot or cold climates. Community-manufactured solar water now serve thousands of people living in rural, remote villages in eight states of India. Read more about the barefoot college at www.barefootcollege.org
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