在印度拉贾斯坦邦采矿区, 妇女学习太阳能工程, 以获得独立, Women in India’s Rajasthan mining region learn solar engineering to gain independence and bring electricity to their homes despite hardship.

在印度的拉贾斯坦邦采矿区,像桑托斯·德维这样的妇女正在通过赤脚学院的太阳能工程培训获得独立,学习安装和修理太阳能电池板,为家庭供电。 In India’s Rajasthan mining region, women like Santosh Devi are gaining independence through solar engineering training at Barefoot College, learning to install and repair solar panels to bring electricity to their homes. 许多人的丈夫患有硅酸盐病,这是一种因采矿灰尘造成的致命肺病,使她们无法工作。 Many have husbands suffering from silicosis, a deadly lung disease from mining dust, leaving them unable to work. 尽管贫穷和教育有限,但妇女赚取的收入很少,改善了家庭的生活,并赢得了信心。 Despite poverty and limited education, the women earn small incomes, improve their families’ lives, and gain confidence. 该方案自1972年以来一直在积极开展活动,在全球培训了数千人,在不安全采矿条件和保健不足等更广泛的危机中提供实用技能,增强农村妇女的能力。 The program, active since 1972, has trained thousands globally, offering practical skills to empower rural women amid a broader crisis of unsafe mining conditions and inadequate healthcare.