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Helping the world meet its sustainable development goals by 2030

Barefoot Solutions offer a road map for 14 of the 17 2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals and a track record few global programmes can match.

Training women to lead

We created the Barefoot Enriche Curriculum to support women’s aspiration to transform themselves and their communities. This holistic curriculum, taught in conjunction with solar engineer training, provides women with essential skills and knowledge while developing their sense of agency. Read more

Basic digital IT skills

Legal rights and civil society

Women's reproductive health

Livelihood skills

Financial inclusion

Micro-enterprise skills

Environmental stewardship

Self awareness

What are the Barefoot Solutions?

Our comprehensive programmes are designed to improve village life from all angles, wherever poverty exists. Barefoot Solutions include solar power, education, clean water, professions and advocacy.

Solar

Barefoot College Solar Engineers learn the skills of solar electrification, heating water for cooking, and filtering water through solar-powered desalination.

Enriche

Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge. As a McKinsey study highlights, fully closing gender gaps would add $28 trillion to annual GDP by 2025. The Enriche program supports women’s aspiration to transform themselves and their communities.

Water

We believe that access to water is an inalienable human right. By implementing solutions such as rainwater harvesting, dams, solar powered reverse osmosis filters, and solar powered desalination plants, we help rural communities develop sustainable access to clean water.

Ecological Livelihoods

Supporting rural communities in transitioning to regenerative agriculture and land management.

The Barefoot College is a place where words like inclusion, social justice and equality are not just words. They are a way of life. We have been championing ideas of capacity building within the rural poor community through solutions like water, solar and livelihood development for our entire history.

MEAGAN FALLONE

Boardmember BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL