Wonderful, Fabulous Tea The smell of fresh, organic tea leaves on the lush, verdant Assamese Hathlikuli Tea Estate is intoxicating. Teas from Assam are world-renowned products that tea enthusiasts will pay top dollar to sip...
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For International Women’s Day, Barefoot celebrates its beneficiaries, a successful partnership and the launch of a brilliant film, which exemplifies the two Barefoot College International and The Starbucks Foundation initiated a 3-year partnership as of...
Entrusting Women with Leadership Roles The philosophy that underpins Barefoot College Zanzibar is that by educating rural women, they will, in turn, become the chief change-makers in their communities. One of the main programs at...
Climate Change ripples into all aspects of our lives. It affects everything from rural livelihoods to urban infrastructure. Understanding the magnitude of its existing and potential consequences becomes a gateway to the perception of how...
A Global Responsibility As the gravity of Climate Change becomes globally implicit, governments must respond with realistic efforts to reduce their dependency on unsustainable practises. In the Global South, the regions which are forecast to...
This October 24th, the Fijian Government (Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation) and Barefoot College signed a formal agreement to construct a Barefoot College in Vanua Levu, North Fiji. The College will be focusing...
December 27, 2017 Philips Lighting powers up Barefoot College in Rajasthan The college’s Tilonia campus now has access to reliable off-grid energy with a 116 KW solar system provided by Philips Foundation New Delhi, India–...
January 16, 2018
The Indian Ambassador to Colombia, Mr. Prabhat Kumar, visited La Guajira and had meetings with our Barefoot Solar Engineers. There, he came to learn about the 900 beneficiaries of 5 solar electrified communities. Wayuu Solar Mamas, Magalys...