An ARMY That Does Good Deeds K-Pop band BTS is considered the biggest band in the world– their newest release “Dynamite” has recently enjoyed a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot...
Author: Cassie Piccolo
Barefoot College Keeps Education Accessible The Barefoot College Education team has been implementing its new programs to help encourage continued learning despite school closures due to pandemic-based restrictions. The Alternative COVID Strategy has adopted...
Meagan and founder Bunker Roy, outside his office. Following eleven invaluable years of service to Barefoot College, our CEO and visionary Meagan Fallone is stepping out of her current position. In the spirit of our...
July 30, 2020
Scenes from Puno, where 2 of the trainees’ homes are An Unexpected Journey. A Sudden Test of Courage. Four indigenous women from Peru traveled to India at the end of February 2020 to be...
July 24, 2020
Our Sikkim Trainee group, January 2020 Why We Focus on Women These past few tumultuous months have truly revealed the innate perseverance of women. Our selected trainees are recruited due to their strength of...
Staying Busy and Healthy During lockdown due to COVID-19, our SWRC Sikkim centre was determined to keep trainees feeling safe, healthy and engaged in a number of projects that took place on campus. The extra...
July 18, 2020
Plenty of Action at the Sikkim Training Centre Our recent report from SWRC Saddam, Sikkim training campus shared a slew of recent news with the Barefoot College family. Classes began in early 2020, and...
With school closures, face-to-face learning has been interrupted across India Our Latest Projects Funded These times of upheaval, while schooling has completely halted, can be seen as an opportunity to restructure education in a...
To become a Partner and help a community (or more) with relief contact us as covid19-relief@barefootcollege.org Serving the Most Vulnerable with Multiple Systems We have just added two new unique programs to our COVId-19 Relief...
Written by Brenda Geofrey, Barefoot Enriche Coordinator, Zanzibar Our Enriche curriculum encompasses workshops such as handwashing practices and health modules. Solar trainees are being taught how many diseases can be prevented by washing their...