As part of Apple’s top-ranking executive’s trip to India, VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa P. Jackson this week visited “solar mamas” and a rural school where students are taught there lessons using iPads.
Powerful: Visiting amazing solar mamas in Rajastan and visiting a school using iPads to teach.. @BarefootCollege pic.twitter.com/3yJjIP8nsx
— Lisa P. Jackson (@lisapjackson) May 19, 2016
The “solar mamas” term refers to the Barefoot College, the creation of social activist Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, which trains women in rural areas to assemble and manufacture solar lamps. In addition, it connects rural communities to solar, water, education, professions and advocates to help communities and individuals take control of their lives and their communities.
While at Apple, Jackson has been charged with maintaining the company’s agenda of leaving “the world better than we found it.”
She is one of several top Apple executives — also including Tim Cook and Jeff Williams — who are currently on a packed tour of India, during which they are meeting with top government officials, business owners, and most recently announced the opening of a new office in Indian tech hub Hyderabad that will focus on improving Apple Maps.
Source: Yahoo
