Agricultural
and Dairy Development
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Planting and harvesting techniques
- Selling and distribution
- Organic farming and natural pest-control methods
- Irrigation and water-conservation techniques
- Pickling, canning and preserving agricultural products
- Ownership of a cow or buffalo for each family
- Dairy production techniques
Environmental
Protection
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Managing natural resources
- Pollution prevention and remedial measures
- Controlling excessive tree-cutting and resin-harvesting
- Erosion and landslide control
- Reforestation
- Fire prevention and control
- Garbage disposal and recycling
Drug and Alcohol Rehab
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Education about dangers of alcohol, marijuana and drug abuse
- Detoxification programs
- Fire ceremonies and pledges of sobriety
Health Care
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Nutrition
- First aid
- Hygiene and disease prevention
- T.B. and respiratory diseases prevention and treatment
- AIDS prevention
- Mobile dispensaries and awareness vans
- Medical camps (eye camps, dental camps, polio vaccinations,
etc.)
Childcare,
Family Planning and Women's Needs
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Birth control
- Pregnancy care
- Home delivery and midwifery
- Gynecology
- Childcare advice
- Infant nutrition
Vocational
Training
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Sewing
- Knitting
- Spinning
- Weaving
- Clothes making
- Toy making
- Craft making
- Pottery
- Cooking
- Food preservation and packaging
- Jewelry
- Computer
Preservation
of Religious Arts and Crafts
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Dancing
- Singing
- Storytelling
- Painting
- Stone sculpting
- Wood carving
- Craft making
- Drawing
- Rituals
Social
Welfare and Self-Reliance
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Encouragement and training of the local community to take
care of their own orphans, widows, handicapped people, and
poor girls for their marriage
- Set up of agricultural co-operatives
- Group buying of foodstuffs and equipment
- Communal gardens
- Empowerment of women to take leadership role in social change
through spiritual transformation
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