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- EIN 11-3569536
- info@tilonia.com
- (718) 230-0547
- 134 Lincoln Place No 2 Brookyn NY 11217 USA
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Economic Development, International, International Economic Development, Microfinance
Mission: Tilonia, a small village in the desert regions of Rajasthan, India, is the home of the Barefoot College. For more than 40 years, the College has worked to improve the lives of the rural poor by addressing basic needs for water, electricity, housing, health, education and income.
Results: We've trained the team in Tilonia to operate Tilonia.com. Online orders are processed and fulfilled by Barefoot business managers in Tilonia. The sale of these artisan products create livelihoods for more than 1000 artisans in rural India. Most of the artisans are women who can now afford to provide for their families, send their children to school and improve their quality of life.
Target demographics: The poorest of the poor who live on less than $1 a day in rural India.
Direct beneficiaries per year: More than 1000 artisans sell their work through Tilonia.com and other channels.
Geographic areas served: India
Programs: Artisan enterprise development - developed by friends of tilonia and barefoot college of tilonia, the online store increases our artisan affiliates and the wages earned by the artisans while empowering the artisans to build and manage their own enterprises. More than 800 artisans craft the home textiles, womens accessories and gift items marketed and sold through tilonia. Com. Sprout enterprise network - creates a virtual supply chain linking artisan affiliates directly with design and sales affiliates for product design and distribution. Eight artisan enterprises created employment for nearly 2,000 artisans in rural india and mexico.
rain water harvesting - friends of tilonia provides support for the construction of rainwater harvesting systems at rural schools to provide clean drinking water for rural school children in desert regions of india. More than 1,500 schools and 250,000 children have access to clean drinking water.
solar energy program - friends of tilonia provides grant support for training illiterate and semi-literate women from rural area in asia, africa and latin america to become barefoot solar engineers. The women are trained to assemble, install and maintain solar-powered household lighting systems and solar lanterns. More than 740 women have solar electrified more than 1,100 rural communities in 64 countries.