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From: The Barefoot College <info@barefootcollege.org> To: Subject: The Barefoot Approach: Empowering Rural Women to Light up the World Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:01:57 +0000 Having trouble viewing this email? Click here You are receiving this email from Barefoot College because you purchased a product/service or subscribed on our website. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add info@barefootcollege.org to your address book today. If you haven't done so already, click to con fi rm your interest in receiving email campaigns from us. You may ginciihcrrihe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. Barefoot College The Barefoot Approach: Empowering Rural Women to Light up the World The Barefoot Rural Women Solar Engineers of Africa Assembly of Solar Panel A Framework for Building Local Capacity Since 2008, the Barefoot College has been selected by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, as a Trining Institute under India Technical Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and Special Commonwealth African Assistance Programme (SCAAP). ITEC/SCAAP has provided administrative, logistic and financial support for training poor, rural, semi-literate and illiterate women in solar electrification and rainwater harvesting. By September 2011, 163 women from 32 countries will have been trained with ITEC/SCAAP support. Click to read the profilse of TTEr Trahuon 201 A rural family in Africa bums around 60 liters of kerosene a year to light their home, and the average kerosene lamp in Africa spews out more than a ton of carbon dioxide every decade. Most families also cook indoors over wood fires. The health effects of burning kerosene, coal, and wood are devastating: Toxic smoke causes respiratory diseases that kill 1.6 million women and children per year and causes severe respiratory problems for tens of millions. Solar power is not only dean, it is also sustainable, and there are tens of thousands of villages across the African continent that can benefit from being solar electrified. The Barefoot College is taking it one village at a time. Nearly 180 rural grandmothers have solar electrified over 10,000 remote rural homes in 32 countries. As a result of their collective efforts, they have managed to save 1.3 million liters of kerosene per month, a saving of enormous proportions for a population that is hardest hit by fuel and energy crises. VJ Public-Private-People Partnerships in 32 Countries WBSEs WorldMap Grants from the GEF Small Grants Programme of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and international partners including Skoll Foundation (US), Fondation Ensemble (France), Stichting Net Groene Woudt (Netherlands), and Norwegian Church Aid (Norway) have provided funds for the hardware to solar electrify whole villages where there is no chance of conventional grid reaching in the next two decades. A global agreement has been signed by the Barefoot College and UN Women, the first collaboration of its kind supporting rural grandmothers trained by the Barefoot College to solar electrify their own villages in Liberia, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. EFTA00429932 yr Training in 'Mania two individuals or organizations each year in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific research and its application that have helped provide solutions to global environmental problems. It is the oldest, biggest and most prestigious prize in the field of environment awarded in Japan. The Barefoot College is one of this year's prize winners. Each recepient receives an award of 50 million yen ($625,00). The awards ceremony will be held November 9, 2011 in Tokyo. The commemorative lectures by the prize recipients will be held at the United Nations University on November 10. Continue Click to read the Blue Planet Prize announcement The Barefoot Approach in the News The Women of India's Barefoot College Bring Light to Remote Villages The Guardian, June 24, 2011 Being trained as solar-power engineers enables women from rural India and Africa to introduce electricity in isolated areas. rarlrinue Rural Women Lead Race for Sustainable Energy HT Media, June 22, 2011 Women in rural Tanzania are blazing the trail in the race for reliable and sustainable electricity and looking to the sun to do the Job. Continue Generating the Unlikeliest of Heroes New York Times, April 18, 2011 Persuading the Indian immigration authorities to grant entry visas to illiterate African grandmothers who claim to be trainee solar engineers is no easy task. Continue Bedouin Women Lighting Up the Desert as Barefoot In all these 32 ITEC/SCAAP countries, indigenous grassroots organizations have helped to identify villages, mobilize and sensitize the communities to make major decisions, identify the women trainees, prepare their passports and medical certificates, and get the neccessary government approvals to send them to India. For the enormous efforts and financial output of our local partners, we are truly grateful. In Sierra Leone, the Barefoot Women Solar Engineers Association has been established along with a regional training center in Kontaline developed with the support of the president of Sierra Leone. The government has committed $1 million to solar electrifying rural communities in Sierra Leone. 150 women will be trained to solar electrify their own communities. Click to view Wel Women Solar Engineers of Africa Global Recognition of the Barefoot Approach Blue Planet Prize Winners Announced Asahi Glass Foundation, July 27, 2011 The Blue Planet Prize, sponsored by Asahi Glass Foundation, is awarded to A CNN Blue Planet Prize Winner: Barefoot College Solar Cookers Solar Engineers The Cutting Edge, April 4, 2011 For many living in the harsh and desolate deserts of south Jordan, life without electricity is the norm. Continue Women's Solar Power Expertise Brightens Rural Senegal Trust Law, March 18, 2011 Experiencing a severe energy shortage for years, the national power company (SENELEC) of this West African nation has sought to conserve energy through daily outages that last virtually all day...< I>ConUnue 'Barefoot' Grandmothers Electrify Rural Communities CNN, January 27, 2011 'Riming grandmothers into solar engineers is one of Sanjit "Bunker" Roy's favorite Jobs. Continue You Can Help Provide Solar Power EFTA00429933 Your contribution of $100 or more will help provide solar power to rural IIr communities in Africa. Rural Workshop You can make a contribution online to help support the sustainable development programs of the Barefoot College. The College helps to improve the quality of life of the poorest of the poor by addressing basic needs for water, power, health, education and employment. Friends of Monks Inc. a US-based 501(c) 3 charitable organization, will provide 100% of your contribution to support the sustainable development programs of Barefoot College. Please contact Friends of Mania at if you would like to become a programme sponsor or make a major gift. Barefoot College Tilonia, Rajasthan, India jDfoettarefootrolleors.Org ANX,122ILIkaataaggtQM This email was sent to by info@barefootcolleg arg Update Profile/Email Address Instant removal with SafeUnsubsaibe'" Privacy Policy. Barefoot College I Tilonia I via Madanganj, District Ajmer I Rajasthan 1305816 I India EFTA00429934