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(f) Introduction of gardening and crafts in primary schools for boys.
(4) Social welfare activities, including baby-care, home economics and home-management, organizing women’s welfare centres and rural recreations.
(5) A craft centre for training the village youth and village carpenters in making furniture, etc.
(6) A training centre for the following categories of workers for future community project blocks :
(a) Village level workers. The first group of 25 workers, after completing their training, is now working in Mohammad Agha Community Project block with the Near East Foundation. Another group of 30 workers is now under training.
(b) Community leaders (auxiliary workers for social education and adult literacy activities). First group shall be available in 1957.
Most of these activities are new to the rural areas and several of them were introduced in the country for the first time. They are gradually being accepted by the people, who are now enthusiastically co-operating with the government officials in developing them. The area under the demonstration was, therefore, extended to thirty villages in September, 1955, covering the administrative division of Bagrami in Kabul Province. However, the demonstrative project block now includes another administrative division of Charasia, increasing the total number of villages to about 60.
In March, 1956, the Government prepared a five-year programme for economic development in which community development activities were given high priority, second only to agricultural development. This policy has been approved by the National Assembly.
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