Bold taste. Strong impact. With these simple outcomes, B. Barefoot Coffee is creating enterprise opportunities for the rural poor. While still in a prototype phase, coffee production and sales are underway. Coffee grown in Andhra...
Category: Enriche
The power of purposeful business catches on Being a great business is not just about making money any more. Consumers around the world have demanded more. Stand for something. Make more than money. Make a...
January 3, 2018
By Monalisa Padhee As the searing midday sun beats down on the scorched Rajasthani desert, local women are starting to arrive at Dhani Purohitan village – 30km from bustling Ajmer – for their routine ante-natal...
October 30, 2017
As a part of the Enriche Micro Enterprise Development workshop, the International and Indian solar trainees in Tilonia, Rajasthan showcased their handmade products and marketed these to the local customers. It took 45 days to...
October 4, 2017
Ideas. Nobody has a patent on them. What matters at the end of the day is execution and one can always leave behind his/her imprints through their work. This line of thought helped Bidyapathi Ray,...
June 28, 2017
On the 4th of January, we organized the first ‘Enriche Bazaar’ where Solar Mamas from 8 countries and 3 Indian states set up stalls to take part in an ‘Exhibition cum Sale’ event. The objective was...
January 11, 2017
Norma from the village of Cachimbo in Oaxaca, Mexico finishes the installation of a home solar lighting system for her neighbor. On the 15th of October the world celebrated Rural Women, the majority of whom...
October 15, 2016
Suva, Fiji, August 16 2016— The Government of India and Barefoot College International commenced a historic Pacific Regional Initiative to address climate change, disaster mitigation, gender inequality, children’s education outcomes, women’s health outcomes and the development of...
August 22, 2016
Lucie Argelies first came to Tilonia during a train journey through India designed to train and inspire a generation of social entrepreneurs. The native of France felt in some ways that she was coming home...
April 18, 2016
It is the fourth hour on our train from Kishengar to New Delhi and my contact lenses are drying up, the moon makes an appearance at 4pm in the desert and I am grateful that...
January 5, 2015
