Training Guide for Peaceful Resolutions
	The Barefoot College

 
Tilonia, a village in the arid State of Rajasthan, India, is home to an active voluntary agency, the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC).

Set up in 1972, this agency works with local teachers, health care workers, solar engineers and hand pump mechanics in a comprehensive development plan with and for the rural poor.

Over the years, it has grown to bring educational services, safe drinking water, health care and employment to the village around. It has set up 150 night school in 89 villages for children who work during the day. To date 15.000 children have passed through these schools, where village culture, history and skills appropriate to the regional context are privileged.

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The ‘Sshhh’ Game - Multiplication tables game Forgetting and making mistakes are often humiliating occasions. In this game; these are turned into occasions for good humoured laughter and for further learning.- More

What’s in a name? Calling out to each other, going to each other, remembering each other’s names quickly and running from there to there!!- More

Will you be my friend? - More

The Humming Together - More

The Puppet theatre Jockim Cha Cha (the uncle-practical joker) is the most popular spokesperson puppet in the theatre created by the Tilonia Communication Team. He introduces the puppet shows, delivers the moral of the story and leads the debates with the audience. As a puppet he does not get involved in delicate or controversial issues.- More