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forty-six - percent, malaria and rinderpest have been
eliminated, and literacy sharply increased. As a result,
a whole new outlook on life has been provided for a sizable
number of people.
The second type of project is illustrated by the
remarkable new Indian refugee cities f Faridabad and
Nilokheri. Here on barren land and through the organized
efforts of the people themselves thousands of new homes
have been built in less than three years, new health
services have been set up, schools established, new jobs
created, and two going communities developed that provide
new opportunities for all of their citizens.
The Indo-American Fund is now organizing fifty rural
urban development areas based on this experience. Each of
these areas will cover over 300 villages and between
250,000 to 300,000 people. They will be scattered through-
out India.
In each a centrally located village will be developed
into a "headquarters" town. There industries will be
established, a hospital built, and agricultural extension
and health services pushed rapidly into the surrounding
countryside. Tube wells will be dug where necessary,
existing irrigation works improved, roads built, and better
seeds and improved tools will be provided. The present
program will enable us to cover 15,000,000 people and
15,000 villages, and based on established experience we
can look forward to sharp improvements in food production,
health records and literacy.
With the help of the Ford Foundation thousands of new
village leaders can be trained in the next two years for
the expansion of this program. The Indian Government has
promised to share the costs to the limit of its resources.
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