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  • Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer, Rajasthan, was Rajasthan's first woman Barefoot Solar Engineer. She had become a Barefoot Solar Engineer 17 years ago and has been practicing since. Now, besides being a solar engineer, she empowers other women and teaches at the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer, Rajasthan, was Rajasthan's first woman Barefoot Solar Engineer. She had become a Barefoot Solar Engineer 17 years ago and has been practicing since. Now, besides being a solar engineer, she empowers other women and teaches at the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Kamla Devi, aged 38, from Shironj, Ajmer, Rajasthan, was Rajasthan's first woman Barefoot Solar Engineer. She had become a Barefoot Solar Engineer 17 years ago and has been practicing since. Now, besides being a solar engineer, she empowers other women and teaches at the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on the rooftop with her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of her home, while dressed in a sari, to do some maintenance work on her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (left), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi (right), aged 63, harvests Bengal Gram from her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together with hired labour. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi, aged 63, speaks about the benefits of solar power while in her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi, aged 63, poses for a portrait in her field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving her life by allowing her to protect herself from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields, cook in the night, and protect her cattle when they return from grazing after sunset. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Manna Sharma (left), aged 25, from Rampura, Ajmer, Rajasthan, has been a Barefoot student since 2007, first learning about radio engineering and now studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She brings her son to school so that she can take care of him and study at the same time. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on the rooftop with her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of her home, while dressed in a sari, to do some maintenance work on her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Riju Kawanr, aged 35, from Chandulaw village in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 4 months and will be leave after completing 6 months to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Choti Devi's (unseen) hired labourer looks on and agrees with Choti on the benefits of solar power as they harvests Bengal Gram from the field in Balaji ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagaur District, Rajasthan, together. Barefoot solar engineer Santosh Devi, who graduated from a  solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had provided Choti Devi with solar power and lanterns improving their working conditions by allowing them to protect themselves from poisonous monsoon insects and work late in the fields. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi's family work on their 1 hectare of agriculture land next to the house. Santosh graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A boy carries a solar lantern to the kitchen as Santosh Devi (unseen), aged 19, works in her workshop. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • (L-R) International students of the Barefoot Solar Engineering class, Kingzing Chodon (aged 30) from Lour, Bhutan; Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa; and Matildah Chikwata (aged 43) from Chibaya, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, pose for a group portrait in class. They are all students in a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian staff collects exercise books from the international students in the solar engineering class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Barefoot college preferably hires local villagers to be trained up to be staff of the college. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Some Indian staff join in on the international students' solar engineering class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Barefoot college preferably hires local villagers to be trained up to be staff of the college. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Details of a pile of circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India brings her son to school so that she can take care of him and study at the same time. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student solders and assembles circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Details of a drawer in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian students solder and assemble circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student solders and assembles circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Barefoot solar engineering student Matildah Chikwata (center), aged 43, from Chibaya, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, studies in the solar engineering class. She has been studying the 6 month solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since 2 weeks ago. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Barefoot solar engineering student Kingzing Chodon (center), aged 30, from Lour, Bhutan, studies in the solar engineering class. She has been studying since April 9th, 2010 in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India and plans to leave for Bhutan in 9 months. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Barefoot solar engineering student Kingzing Chodon (center), aged 30, from Lour, Bhutan, studies in the solar engineering class. She has been studying since April 9th, 2010 in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India and plans to leave for Bhutan in 9 months. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Barefoot solar engineering student Matildah Chikwata (4th from left), aged 43, from Chibaya, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, sits next to a South African classmate, as they attend the solar engineering class. They have been studying the 6 month solar course in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since 2 weeks ago. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Details of a stack of labeling stickers in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A South African student who has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, stands in front of a pile of circuit boards in the classroom. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa, has been studying a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since two weeks ago. She misses home dearly and wears a star badge on her clothes everyday, a symbol of her church. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A solar dish on the roof of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 1st April 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Villagers go about their daily affairs near the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 1st April 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Nomad Santra Banjara, aged 25, poses for a portrait with a borrowed solar lantern next to her camel in the nomadic village, Banjara Ki Dhani. Ancestrally known as rich salt merchants, until commercially packaged salt was available in the market, they now work as daily wage labourers in nearby agricultural fields. Three years ago, when the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had come to sell solar panels and lanterns to them at INR 1000 per set, Santra's family were skeptics of the solar technology. Since then, they have been borrowing a solar set from the village school. Today, they have ordered a set from the Barefoot College for themselves. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Views of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student inspects and tests a solar light circuit board in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian students solder and assemble circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • (L-R) International students of the Barefoot Solar Engineering class, Kingzing Chodon (aged 30) from Lour, Bhutan; Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa; and Matildah Chikwata (aged 43) from Chibaya, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, pose for a group portrait in class. They are all students in a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A Bhutanese student flips the Barefoot Solar Manual while in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa, sits in class with other international students. She has been studying a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since two weeks ago. She misses home dearly and wears a star badge on her clothes everyday, a symbol of her church. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa, talks to her African classmates. She has been studying a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since two weeks ago. She misses home dearly and wears a star badge on her clothes everyday, a symbol of her church. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Precious Molobane Mamogale, aged 42, from Fetakgomo, Lompopo, South Africa, has breakfast in her room, shared with the only 2 other South Africans. She has been studying a 6 month course in solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India since two weeks ago. She misses home dearly and wears a star badge on her clothes everyday, a symbol of her church. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Villagers and staff walk around the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 1st April 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Solar panels on the roof of the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 1st April 2011. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Nomads Kanaram Banjara, aged 55, and his wife Manju Banjara, aged 50, pose for a portrait with their solar panel in front of their mud hut in Banjara Ki Dhani. Ancestrally known as rich salt merchants, until commercially packaged salt was available in the market, they now work as daily wage labourers in nearby agricultural fields. Three years ago, the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, had come to sell solar panels and lanterns to them at INR 1000 per set. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student solders and assembles circuit boards in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • An Indian student inspects and tests a solar light circuit board in class in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Technoserve's Assistant Project Manager, Piyush Tiwari, discusses plant diseases with guar farmer Bhanwarlal Sharma, 60, and his son, Arjun Sharma, 28, in their agriculture field in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Technoserve's Assistant Project Manager, Piyush Tiwari, discusses plant diseases with guar farmer Bhanwarlal Sharma, 60, and his son, Arjun Sharma, 28, in their agriculture field in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Traders bid for guar harvests from piles that farmers bring in to be auctioned off in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A guar farmer's child runs after a herd of cows at his farmhouse in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmers Pemaram Jangu, 70 and his wife Jhuma Jangu, 65, sift through their crop after threshing it in their field in Hameira village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Nafeesa, 27, rolls bidis (indian cigarettes) as her the youngest of her 4 children (aged 10, 7, 4, and 1 and a half years), play in her house compound in a slum in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, on 19th June 2012. Nafeesa's health deteriorated from bad birth spacing and over-working. While her husband works far from home, she rolls bidis to make an income and support the family. She single-handedly runs the household and this has taken a toll on her health and financial insufficiencies has affected her children's health. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • A camel cart is manoeuvred through the fields where guar is being grown in a Demo Plot, to collect harvests in Runiya Badabaas village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Technoserve's Field Extension Officer, Surender Singh, collects data and feedback from guar farmer Bhanwarlal Sharma, 60, at his farmhouse in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Technoserve's Assistant Project Manager, Piyush Tiwari, discusses plant diseases with guar farmer Bhanwarlal Sharma, 60, and his son, Arjun Sharma, 28, in their agriculture field in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Bhanwarlal Sharma, 60, poses for a portrait in his agriculture field in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Traders bid for guar harvests from piles that farmers bring in to be auctioned off in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Piyush Tiwari, Assistant Project Manager at Technoserve, provides field training to a group of guar farmers in the Technoserve Guar Demo Plot in Kheeyara village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A group of guar farmers attends a Technoserve field training in the Technoserve Guar Demo Plot in Kheeyara village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Piyush Tiwari, Assistant Project Manager at Technoserve, provides field training to a group of guar farmers in the Technoserve Guar Demo Plot in Kheeyara village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Sunayana Ingle, an associate at Technoserve, provides field training to a group of women who are a part of Technoserve's kitchen garden program, in a kitchen garden in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with guar farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A woman holds a seed during Technoserve's kitchen garden training program, in a kitchen garden in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with guar farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A group of women who are a part of Technoserve's kitchen garden program, gather for a training in a house in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with guar farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Sunayana Ingle, an associate at Technoserve, provides training to a group of women who are a part of Technoserve's kitchen garden program, in a house in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with guar farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A group of guar farmers hold a committee meeting in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A group of women who are a part of Technoserve's kitchen garden program, gather for a training with a Technoserve personnel in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with guar farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • A group of women who are a part of Technoserve's kitchen garden program, pose for a group portrait in a kitchen garden in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Birju Devi, 45, a farmer's wife and participant in Technoserve's kitchen garden program, tends to plants in her kitchen garden in Bamanwali village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 24th, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Kelavati Devi (left), 38, makes tea for her family after a hard day's work in their field in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Manju Sankaram bags the guar beans after threshing the crop in her shared field in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee
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  • Guar farmers Birbal Ram, 38, his wife Kelavati Devi, 38, and their extended family thresh their harvested guar in their shared field in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmers Birbal Ram, 38, his wife Kelavati Devi, 38, and their extended family thresh their harvested guar in their shared field in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmers Birbal Ram, 38, his wife Kelavati Devi, 38, and their extended family thresh their harvested guar in their shared field in Rajera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmers in Bikaner, providing technical support and training, causing increased yield from implementation of good agricultural practices as well as a switch to using better grains better suited to the given climate. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Gogaram Giri, 35, holds a bunch of beans after harvesting them from her kitchen garden in a village near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-profit organisation Technoserve works with farmer's wives in Bikaner, providing technical support and training for edible gardening, to improve the nutritional quality of their food and relieve financial stress on farming communities. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Sugnaram, aged 27, poses for a portrait with a recent harvest of guar in his field in Sarera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Sugnaram plants guar on 5 hectares of his 8 hectare land and has doubled his yield with this harvest after implementing the technical changes he has learnt in Technoserve's training. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Sugnaram, aged 27, poses for a portrait with a recent harvest of guar in his field in Sarera village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Sugnaram plants guar on 5 hectares of his 8 hectare land and has doubled his yield with this harvest after implementing the technical changes he has learnt in Technoserve's training. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Harvested guar plants dry in piles in the sun on farmer Pemaram Jangu's, 70, agriculture field in Hameira village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on October 23, 2016. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Pemaram Jangu, 70, and his wife Jhuma Jangu, 65, harvest their crop in their field in Hameira village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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  • Guar farmer Pemaram Jangu, 70, and his wife Jhuma Jangu, 65, harvest their crop in their field in Hameira village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Non-Profit Organisation Technoserve works with Guar farmers in Bikaner to provide technical farming knowledge to them, improving their crop yield through good agricultural practices. Photograph by Suzanne Lee for Technoserve
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