The Farah Province Director of Education, during a shura Feb. 14 with elders of Baluk village and district government representatives underline the necessities to pay attention on the district’s healthcare and education issues.
Atiqullah Farahy, the province’s education director, demanded that the village elders and local government authorities be part of the control of the teachers work.
Farahy said a change is needed in Bala Baluk district where two improvised explosive devices were found inside a school house in one week.
During the shura, Farahy received promises from the Bala Baluk sub-governor, education director, village elders and the local Afghan National Police commander to support this initiative.
“I will do everything in my power to support education by bringing security to schools,” said Maj. Abdul Basir, Bala Baluk’s ANP commander. “The reason we have fighting and war going on is because people are uneducated. Education brings peace.”
The Bala Baluk district education director, Gul Mohammad, said he was grateful for the support and backing from the provincial government in his district. Mohammad said the provincial participation in the shura sends a message that corruption cannot be tolerated at any level if Afghanistan is to have a peaceful future.
“It is very helpful to have the education director here,” Mohammad said. “I hope every provincial line director can come and have shuras like this one that discuss their areas of work.”
Another provincial leader in attendance at the shura to discuss healthcare was Malik Wakili, Farah’s manager of the Coordination Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) Organization, an Afghan non-governmental organization that is responsible for the provision of healthcare in community clinics.
Village elders claimed no medications were available at the local
Wakili said it will be a specific interest on the problem. “Medication needs to be available to the people who need it.”
Wakili highlighted the provincial distribution plan for vaccinations, which includes a systematic distribution in each district. He informed the elders they could find the village vaccination schedule inside the local clinic.
Both the CHA manager and the provincial education director said reaching out to the district level was fruitful and an important part of ensuring good governance.
“These shuras open a dialogue between the district and provincial government,” Farahy said. “My hope is the local leaders will continue talking and working together on these issues after we leave.”
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