Managing an Online Enterprise from an Indian Village

Since 2003, in partnership with the US-based, Friends of Tilonia, Inc., the Barefoot College has operated this online enterprise for the sale and marketing of the Tilonia® product line of handcrafted, artisan- produced home textiles, womenʼs accessories and gifts.

More than 400 artisans, most of them women, earn supplemental income through sewing, needlework, embroidery, tie-dying, block printing and weaving. Designs and production methods draw on Indian craft traditions that are centuries old – but create modern opportunities for these rural women.

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Tilonia Home Spring 2012 Collection
Our new decorative pillows are available for wholesale pre-order. Contact us at shop@tilonia.com for more details.

The Barefoot College

Tilonia, a small village in Rajasthan, India is the home of the Barefoot College. Since 1972, the College has worked to improve the lives of the rural poor by addressing basic needs for water, electricity, housing, health, education and income.

Today, the College is training poor, rural women from Africa, Asia and Latin America as solar engineers. See the Barefoot College >