TILONIA 2019 Visit to the Barefoot College General Exposure Visit Agenda

The Barefoot College, Tilonia 305816 Madaganj, Dirstrict , . Google maps link

How and When to Reach Us Contact Person: Visit Coordinator: The Barefoot College is located in the , between vibrant villages and yellowy mustard fields, int the central part of the rocky Mr. Brijesh Gupta +91 and dry desert of Rajsthan. 8209869426 [email protected] There are multiple and at times adventurous ways to reach us. g. FLIGHT: where spice jet operates a flight from Delhi everyday at 3.20 pm, there we can arrange a pick up for you at the Stella Morielli +9179 cost of around 800 ₹ 76387514 TRAIN: the closest train station will be Kishangarh where Shatabdi from Delhi arrives daily as well as many other trains. GOVT. BUS: to Kishangarh or to Patan turn on the Ajmer Highway. If you wish to fly or arrive through Jaipur instead, a pick up will cost around 3500 ₹ ***Please note that opening times for visitors 10am to 5 pm excluding Sundays and National Holidays. Awareness

If you are staying overnight we would really appreciate your Empowerment consideration for our opening times. Environmental Stewardship 1 The Footprints of the Mahatma

“The future of India lies in its villages”. This is the fundamental tenet of the Barefoot Approach to sustainable rural communities, thus we propose our guests and visitors to experience living “barefoot” with humility and detachment from our daily and sometimes superfluous material needs. Be the change you want to see in the world while staying with us.

Accomodations.

Our Guest dorm is located in a very special place, just in front of the place where His Holiness the Dalaï Lama planted a seed ten years ago from which a tree is growing. Our rooms are simple, but clean, our facilities are shared. You will appreciate to see that despite the simplicity of the conditions, our water is warm (especially in the afternoon) thanks to our Solar Water Heaters. The Drinking Water is perfectly safe, filtered by our solar operated R/O plant.

Dining Hall Timings

Our breakfast is served from 8 to 9 am; Lunch is served from 1 to 2 pm and dinner between 7 to 7.45 pm if you stay overnight. Everyone on campus will be happy to engage and welcome visitors who are curious to learn our way of life, and you can judge for yourself by all the smiles that will cross your way. Nevertheless we’ll deeply appreciate your empathy and spirit of adaptation towards our work and life style.

2 The Barefoot Solutions towards Sustainable Rural Communities.

**Please note that general visitors are invited to enter our training centres and production hubs but we also appreciate sensitivity towards our working spaces.

NEW CAMPUS OLD CAMPUS Kabad se Jugad - TreasuresFromWaste Solar Cooker Women’s cooperative Women’s Health - PadLab Metal and Wood Workshops Medical centre and Barefoot Dentist ShikshaniKetan Day School Waste management station Solar Training Centre and Workshop Nursery and Regenerative Agriculture R&D Dept/Fablab Community Radio and Puppetry Enriche Workshop Tilonia Bazaar (Rural Handicraft shop) B . Barefoot Production Hub and Store Rural Industries and Weaving Hub

***Our Tilonia Bazaar is open from 9 -1pm to 2-5 pm our craft store that encourages sustainable rural handicraft production and fair trade of traditional Rajasthani artefacts from textiles garments, accessories, homeware and a selection of our recycled products;

****Please watch some of the following documentaries before visiting us: Rafea Solar Mama; No problem; Bunker Roy TED TALK; Meagan Fallone Ted 1; MF Ted 2

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