Highlights: From 1972 to 2007, the Barefoot approach has reached three million men, women and children living below poverty line through 20 community based organisations all over India.
Drinking water: 3140 hand pumps installed: 1042 hand pump mistries trained repairing hand pumps in 764 villages in seven states. Reaching nearly one million people.
Alternative energy: Solar lighting to 9347 houses, 274 night schools, distributed 4736 solar lanterns. 289 Barefoot Solar Engineers trained. One 30 KVA micro-hydel plant established in Ladakh providing lighting to 150 families. One Reverse Osmosis (de-salination) plant powered by 3 KWp solar power plant.
Barefoot architecture: Barefoot Architects have constructed 200 houses for the homeless in 76 villages benefiting 3000 families in Rajasthan. Fabricated 178 geodesic domes of scrap metal with ferrocement roofs in 56 villages for 4000 rural artisans in six states.
Education: 714 Night Schools in 673 villages for 235,000 dropouts (170,000 girls) attending school for the first time in eight states
health: Barefoot College is working through a network of 605 traditional midwives: 231 Bare foot doctors, 14 barefoot lab technicians.
Drinking water: 3140 hand pumps installed: 1042 hand pump mistries trained repairing hand pumps in 764 villages in seven states. Reaching nearly one million people.
Alternative energy: Solar lighting to 9347 houses, 274 night schools, distributed 4736 solar lanterns. 289 Barefoot Solar Engineers trained. One 30 KVA micro-hydel plant established in Ladakh providing lighting to 150 families. One Reverse Osmosis (de-salination) plant powered by 3 KWp solar power plant.
Barefoot architecture: Barefoot Architects have constructed 200 houses for the homeless in 76 villages benefiting 3000 families in Rajasthan. Fabricated 178 geodesic domes of scrap metal with ferrocement roofs in 56 villages for 4000 rural artisans in six states.
Education: 714 Night Schools in 673 villages for 235,000 dropouts (170,000 girls) attending school for the first time in eight states
health: Barefoot College is working through a network of 605 traditional midwives: 231 Bare foot doctors, 14 barefoot lab technicians.
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