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A solar-training programme does not require literacy
Bunker Roy’s initiative, founded in India in 1972, became known as Barefoot College. Its programmes teach rural women to install and repair solar lamps and water pumps without requiring literacy. Trainees return to maintain systems in their communities.
Practical learning can begin through a different doorway.
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