Solar Engineer Grandmothers: Barefoot College Featured on CNN
February 2, 2011 by Eddie ScherA segment aired on CNN and online features Barefoot College and their efforts to train women how build maintain, and install solar panels. The project is based in India, but includes women from all over the world. See more about Barefoot College here and watch CNN’s Earth’s Frontiers coverage here.
CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS:
- Barefoot College in India trains women to be solar engineers
- Women from across the globe train for six months to then educate their home villages
- Women chosen to be trained as men seen to be “restless”, says college founder