Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have any confidence in themselves. They always think a white man will solve their problems from outside for them. — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
Listen to the people on the ground. They have all the solutions in the world. — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
I went to a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and it almost killed me. I was all set to be a diplomat,… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
Wherever I've been, and I've been to over 20, maybe 25, countries in Africa, I've noticed how their backbone is broken. They don't have… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
Jeff Sachs has the Millennium Villages. He spends $2.5 million in one village. It's an absolutely ridiculous model, because I've said that if you… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community. — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
What's the best way of communicating in the world today? Television? No. Telegraph? No. Telephone? No. Tell a woman. — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
I had a very elitist, snobbish, expensive education in India, and that almost destroyed me. — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
We went to Ladakh ... and we asked this woman, 'What was the benefit you had from solar electricity?' And she thought for a… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
Strengthen the rural areas and you will find less people migrating to urban areas. You give them opportunity, self respect & self confidence, they… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
