Barefoot College International makes Solar Products Available to Everyone Barefoot College International has officially begun to sell its famous Diva Solar Lanterns after much popular demand. The lanterns are identical to those used by our...
Tag: Women
Barefoot College International’s Entrepreneur Opportunity Helps Boost Womens’ Incomes We’ve begun to launch our latest initiative where rural entrepreneur women are trained in micro-dairy farming. Milk Mitras, as they are nicknamed, celebrated the beginning of...
November 17, 2021
Newly Developed APP Boosts Financial Inclusion Financial literacy supports individuals in their quest to better manage their economic health and to explore products and services offered by formal institutions. This in turn accelerates the pace...
November 1, 2021
Our UNSDG Exhibit at COP26 Thank you for visiting us from COP26 where we have displayed some of the most poignant photos from our global initiatives to address the UN Sustainability Development Goals. We are...
October 28, 2021
Why Our Beekeepers Are Women The piloting of a program for female beekeepers in Afghanistan began in June of 2020. Our purpose is to identify non-formally educated rural women to train. With local partner Shuhada...
October 15, 2021
Digital Literacy Training of 13 Indian Women In partnership with the French Embassy, a pilot of our Digital Literacy Smartphone and Computer Training program is underway in Jaipur, Rajasthan. In July and August, 4 BCI...
September 27, 2021
Feather and Sole Donate Proceeds to Barefoot College International Co-founders of Feather and Sole, partners of Barefoot College International Our new UK-based partner Feather and Sole is a women-operated shoe company that has...
August 24, 2021
Aspirational Districts Ongoing Initiatives Barefoot College International is currently working within 7 aspirational districts across India to build community resilience, sustainable lifestyles and climate justice in rural villages. Our work includes Solar Engineer training of...
Art Aid Partners with Barefoot College International Australian artist enterprise Art Aid has partnered with us and many other humanitarian organizations to connect art sales to the direct support of beneficial humanitarian causes. Each time...
June 25, 2021
21st Energy Globe Award Winners Announced The Energy Globe Award is considered the most important award for sustainability worldwide. “The World’s Best Environmental Projects” are selected based on their lasting systems change and breadth of...