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Stories of Sustainable Development

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Rural Beekeeper and Zanzibar Grandmother Celebrated for Success
Beekeeper, Grandmother, Trailblazer. With Mother’s Day around the corner, we’re reflecting on the incredible women we strive to provide with tools for success. Uliza Sheha Haji, mother of 6 and grandmother of 2, wasn’t given...
Rural Livelihoods
Pacific Islands: Bringing Renewables, Gender Justice and Livelihoods to 14 Countries
Our History in the Pacific Islands Barefoot College International identified the Pacific Islands as an area to work across in 2012. Since our first visit to the region, we have trained 77 Barefoot Women Solar...
Solar
Women's Day 2021: This Rural Grandmother Solar Electrified 100 Guatemalan Village Homes
Marta Venavente’s Story on International Women’s Day Marta installs a solar panel for a village home This Women’s Day, and for the rest of 2021, Barefoot College International is celebrating the rural women who become...
Press & Events
December 3, 2023
Wall Street Journal | The Solar Mamas Bringing Light to Remote Senegal
November 27, 2023
COP28 | WOMEN BRINGING LIGHT TO THEIR VILLAGES – AND CREATING BETTER LIVELIHOODS FOR ALL
April 21, 2023
NPR | How do you stay optimistic in spite of it all? 6 hopeful souls share their secrets
February 23, 2023
Chalmers | The Women Who Tear Down Power Structures
December 5, 2022
Yahoo | From Illiterate to Solar Engineers: These Peasant Women Will Bring Light to Their Villages

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