Training Programmes |
Barli Development Institute for Rural Women Indore. |
Gram Panchayat (Village Government) members etc. on subjects like gender sensitisation, importance of development of Girl Child, village and rural health and sustainable development subjects as listed below. |
Personality Development |
The curriculum focuses on building sustainable societies, respecting and reinforcing the value of their culture, holistic education, especially virtues. |
Health and Hygiene |
Pre and Post Natal Care |
The trainees are trained in taking care of pregnant women, physiology of conception, symptoms of pregnancy, social practices relating to pregnancy, care for pregnant including immunisation, check ups, importance of rest, becoming a mother, and the responsibility of becoming a mother, and the role of the family |
The Institute teaches the trainees the importance of preserving our environment and helping the process of sustainable development. They regard care for the is titled: "Caring for the Environment" includes organic farming, making organic manure, waste recycling, and harness the utility of herbs as valuable source of home and natural remedies. Value of indigenous knowledge, maintaining a healthy environment and caring for land, water, animals and forest resources are some of its main issues covered in this curriculum. |
Caring for the Environment |
planting, maintaining and protecting trees, learning about the sources of buying seeds, plants, learning about energy conservation, techniques like composting, vermi-culture, recycling water & soil, re-use of biodegradable and other products, i.e. waste management (composting and recycling). All bathroom, washing, kitchen and sewerage water are separated at source, and after treatment are used in agriculture. A selected portion of farm waste is mixed with waste paper to make briquettes to be used as a fuel when it is not possible to cook with solar cookers |
when its first solar cooker was installed. Institute uses solar cookers (Scheffler cookers) for cooking food for 100 inmates for 300 days a year, 3 meals a day. This saves about 12 LPG cylinders each month. |
Solar Cooking and Vegetable Drying |
Above: The first Solar Kitchen In 1998 |
The Institute's solar kitchen as of today |
SK14 solar cookers The trainees are also encouraged to adopt a solar-lifestyle, wherein we train them in use and maintenance of SK 14 solar cookers which are portable and are of smaller size and are very economical. These cookers can cook 3 meals for a family of 5-6 people very easily. The trainees are given hands on training for 3 days at the end of every 6 month course, and they are also given the solar cookers to take them home with them after training. |
Dieter Siefiert with trainees |
Solar drying of vegetables and spices. |
Low cost solar tunnel driers |
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