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The Sky's the Limit for the Women of Barefoot College
Welcome to India's Barefoot College, founded by Bunker Roy to provide rural women living in poverty with an education that empowers them to make their communities self-reliant and sustainable. Follow the story of Rafea — a 30-year-old Jordanian mother of four — who is traveling outside of her village for the first time to attend Barefoot's solar engineering program.
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