This film about two illiterate women who are ordinary but did extraordinary work for their villages. Two women came to India (Tilonia-Rajasthan), learned about solar energy, and went back to Tombouctou(Mali-Afri ca) with confidence and solar electrified their whole village thus becoming the women heroes not only in their village but also in Mali country.
Two rural illiterat women from The Gambia came to rural rajasthan to train as Barefoot solar engineers and have now solar electrif Two rural illiterat women from The Gambia came to rural rajasthan to train as Barefoot solar engineers and have now solar electrified their all the 74 houses in their villages in The Gambia
reverse osmosis power plant basicly run by electricity and its convert brakish water in to drinkable sweet water.Barefoot College,research that this RO plant also run by Solar energy..and now its running.this is first RO plant run by Solar energy in a small village of Rajasthan(near the Sambhar salt lake)
An excerpt from the DVD Women of Tilonia. A number of village women are interviewed about the role of the newly elected village head - an illiterate, uneducated woman.
A short portion of the DVD, Women of Tilonia. Dhapu Bai explains how her training as a midwife at the Barefoot College as given her the ability to impart vital health information to village women.
kamla a woman from rural area of Rajasthan who have a dtermination to prove that women are also able to do tecnical work in solar or other technology work...she did it with grace and dignity..
this 5 min film about those women who have not basic educationa but they have dignity,challenge in socity to prove that they can do impossibal in possibal..they learn about solar electrification,in tilonia Rajasthan India,and went back there country.and solar electrified there village.
A short piece from the DVD, Women of Tilonia. Sita talks about her 6 month training program at the Barefoot College where she learned to be a solar mechanic and how this helped her to overcome the caste system.
A small piece from the DVD Women of Tilonia. Devki, a 17-year old Rajasthani woman is interviewed about her activism in opening night schools for children and speaking out against child marriages.
An excerpt from the DVD Women of Tilonia. Pushpa Devi talks about her job in the handicrafts sector of the Barefoot College, how she overcame her own insecurities and her new feelings towards education.
A portion of the DVD, Women of Tilonia. A women solar cooker mechanic at the Barefoot College in Rajasthan, India discussed her new found courage in finding employment at the college to support her children and overcome social restrictions.
An excerpt from the DVD Women of Tilonia, in which a male puppeteer is questioned about his role in working with women's groups and the struggle for women to attain leadership in Indian society.
women from rural area of Hydrabad were working diffrent type of work to run there family,but they were not satisfied with there work like stone cutter,washing clothe or house servent.they want to do other exicting job,and finaly they get apportunity to
learn about solar technology and become solar engineer of hydrabad...
A piece from the DVD, Women of Tilonia. Jana Bai explains how her role as a night school teacher has given young girls and boys, who tend to their families' cattle during the day, the opportunity to gain an education.
An excerpt from the DVD Women of Tilonia. A young women tells of her experience in night schools, her role as prime minister in the Children's parliament and her struggle with her family to continue her education.
An excerpt from the DVD, Women of Tilonia. Sungi, a school teacher, talks about how the Barefoot College has changed the way women and men can interact in the community and given her the strength to speak out.
An excerpt from the DVD, Women of Tilonia. Bila talks about the various opportunities given to her by the Barefoot College from work in handicrafts, and computers to teaching in a day school. The College's efforts have helped change the social barriers that keep many village women homebound.
