In 1965, I went to what was called the worst Bihar famine in India, and I saw starvation, death, people dying of hunger, for the first time. It changed my life. I came back home, told my mother, 'I'd like to live and work in a village.' Mother went into a coma.
The Barefoot College is supposed to be a sparking off process. People are adopting it and owning it, which is really the story behind the college.
Listen to the people on the ground. They have all the solutions in the world.