DailyGood: 'Barefoot' Grandmothers Electrify Rural Communities

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old. --Rosalyn S. Yalow Good News of the Day: "If you ask any solar engineer in the world, 'Can anyone make, install and maintain solar power in a village?' they say it's technically impossible. And if I say a grandmother is making it who is illiterate, he can't believe it, it's beyond his comprehension," says Sanjit "Bunker" Roy. A social entrepreneur and founder of the Barefoot College, Roy has been championing a bottom-up approach to education and empowering rural poor since 1972. Turning grandmothers into solar engineers is one of his favorite pastimes. [ more ] Submitted by: K. Desar Be The Change: Have you been underestimating an elder? Ask them to share with you what they know, and learn something new. Share A Reflection! tell a friend | archives | unsubscribe a service of CharityFocus 104924 subscribers Rate: