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 gave me $2.5 million, I can train 100 grandmothers, solar electrify 100 villages - 10,000 houses… — Bunker Roy Copy Share Image
We have shown that solar-electrified villages can be technically and financially self-sufficient. — 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
