Real Impact Stories
Program: Solar/ENRICH
Program: Solar/ENRICH
Program: Solar/ENRICH
About Barefoot College International
In 98 countries in the Global South, our grassroots initiatives provide educational and livelihood opportunities for the least served communities. Our programs help drive economic and social mobility and have benefitted more than 7 million people.
Solar
Women are trained to become solar engineers and to electrify their villages.
ENRICH
Empowering people through transformative life skills training.
Livelihoods
Training for micro-enterprise activities to foster financial independence.
Our Vision
Barefoot College International forges a first-of-its-kind, women-centered, global network dedicated to sustainable development for marginalized rural communities.
Our Mission
We aspire to ensure that every woman and girl has the skills and knowledge she needs to be a catalyst for change to the benefit of herself, her family and her entire community.
Global Awareness, Local Impact
Powering Up Solar Impact In Africa
Powering Up Solar Impact In Africa
The Big Give is boosting our work in Africa to train women across our platforms while empowering the next generation to thrive. From Oct 8-15 you can help spread the word, donate and elevate the work these women are doing for their families and generations to come.
“The money I have earned has allowed us to improve our life, improve our house and we can pay tuition for my children to go to school. My oldest child is able to go to university."
—Mwaka Haji Mohammed, solar engineer, from Kigongoni Village in Zanzibar.
In The News
(from right): BCI-UK Board Chair Tracey Balch, ZEEMA Executive Director Hon. Juma Burhan Mohamed, BCI
Ten years ago, Fatma Juma Haji, a timid woman who stood only 5’-3” and “never
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