Maneno, the open blogging platform for Africa, has launched its Open Theme Development System.
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Here is an interesting video from the Barefoot College solar program in which they've trained illiterate women from African villages to be solar engineers for their communities in just 6 months:
Barefoot College makes four key points about their program model:
Using the numbers in the video of 60 women trained and 40 villages solar electrified for $1.4 million, or $35,000 per village, I would say that the Barefoot Engineers have a pretty cost effective program. I would only suggest that training the women in Africa, rather than flying them to India, might even generate a greater cost/benefit scale.
Maneno, the open blogging platform for Africa, has launched its Open Theme Development System.
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