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Solar Power for the World
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Solar Power for the World

by Wolfgang Palz
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
800 pages
22h 43m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Solar Power for the World
Chapter 31
Illiterate Rural Grandmothers
Solar-Electrifying Their Own Villages
Bunker Roy
Barefoot College, Rajasthan, India
31.1 Ground-Breaking Innovation in the Field of
Technology
The Barefoot College was established over 38 years ago in the
deserts of Rajasthan in India. The objective was to use a powerful
combination of the “technology of the people” with traditional
knowledge and skills to improve the quality of life of the very poor,
the impoverished, the economically and socially marginalised and
the physically challenged living on less than $1 /day. The goal was to
empower the poor with technology skills and knowledge to enable
them to stand on ...
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ISBN: 9789814411875