To date, the Barefoot approach has reached poor remote rural villages in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. More than 140 rural mothers and grandmothers who had never before left their villages prior to Tilonia have now gone home and solar electrified 9,118 remote rural houses in 21 African countries, becoming role models for their community in the process. As a result of solar electrifying their communities, these women have also managed to save 30,000 litres of kerosene per month from polluting the atmosphere. Closer to home, the Barefoot College has provided solar lighting solutions to 500 village clusters not only in India but also Bhutan, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan