Barefoot College Impact Report

Direct employment creation• Since 1984 direct employment for 20,000-plus people. • Between 2001-2009, 2,000-plus artisans (blacksmiths, carpenters, weavers and women making handicrafts) from 50 neighbouring villages earned $100,000 (Rs.51 lakh) as wages. • Sales revenue (2000-09): $600,000 (Rs.3 crore) • 289 barefoot solar engineers electrified 12,000 homes in 600 villages in eight states. Primary & vocational education • 714 night schools in 673 villages for 235,000 children including 170,000 girls in five states. • 3,140 barefoot teachers in five states. • 130 rural children-members of Childrens Parliament. • Physically challenged trained entrepreneurs include artisans (67), teachers (78), technicians (17) and 650 traditional communicators. Womens empowerment • 3,095 rural womens groups with 62,500 members in 1,834 villages in eight states. • 76 women solar engineers, 39 handpump mechanics, 665 traditional midwives, 20 barefoot vets. Child & maternal health • Network of 605 traditional midwives; 231 barefoot doctors; 14 barefoot pathology lab technicians; 2,500 tests. • Reaching basic health services to 170,000 people in 165 villages. Environmental sustainability • 599 villages in 14 states generating 550 Kwp solar electricity per day. • 289 including 76 women barefoot solar engineers trained. • 274 night schools distributed 4,736 solar lanterns saving thousands of litres of kerosene from being used for lighting. Drinking water and sanitation • Nearly 1 million people supplied potable water through rooftop rainwater harvesting, installation of handpumps and piped water supply. • 1,486 schools constructed by 1,200 barefoot architects collecting 94 million litres of rainwater for 500,000 children in 16 states. • 100 million litres of rainwater recharging groundwater through 93 open dug wells in 37 villages. • Trained 1,050 barefoot village hand pump mechanics in 1,000 villages. • 10,000 BC trained mechanics maintaining 75,000 handpumps in Rajasthan. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp