And they quoted a villager who said, This walk connects us to the world.

And even if fokonolona is able to locate the stolen cattle, those who are then charged with having received them are quickly released.

An Indian villager constructs a makeshift vehicle to transport his livestock and goods by rigging a wooden cart with an irrigation hand pump that serves as an engine.

In a welcome initiative to promote women's participation in political life at the local level, the electoral law provided for a minimum of three women to be elected to each village council.

In addition, the department provides direct administration to a rural facility that provides adult males who are homeless, or are at risk of becoming homeless, with temporary housing and support services to promote daily living skills.

Together with UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), it had also implemented a series of national immunization weeks, while at the grass roots level, it was revitalizing 15,000 village health posts across nine provinces.