What is the Barefoot College?

Does the Barefoot College apply to your development programme?

The rural poor must satisfy basic minimum needs like drinking water health educational employment etc. to umprove their qual;ity of life. Billions of dollars are spent every year in the name of the poor to provide these services. Colleges, research institutes, and funding organizations employ urban-trained, paper-qualified professionals to provide these services at tremendous costs. But there will always be a vested interest to keep the rural poor because thousands of jobs are at stake and poverty is big business.

The belief of the Barefoot College is that development programmes do NOT need urban-based professionals because para-professionals already exist in the villages whose widom, knowledge and skills are neither identified, mobilized nor applied just because they do not have an educational qualification.

This belief was put into practice 33 years ago in all the develiopment programme dealing with improving the quality of life.

How do you develop a Barefoot College?

Will the Barefoot College work in your communities?

Who should participate in the Barefoot College?

How can you find out more about the Barefoot College?

Social Work and Research Centre
Tilonia, Rajasthan, India