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Researcher: Mr. Raju Ahmed
The development of a model village through participatory
action research (PAR) is designed to induce active participation
of the villagers and to stimulate in them mutual trust,
love, sense of cooperation, and collective effort to
solve their problems and achieve their goals. The basic
objective of this research is to animate the spirit
of self-reliance among people and to awaken in them
the inherent self-power and self-potential, which are
to be directed towards achieving material and cultural
self-reliance. The hypothesis is that people's realization
of their ability, rather than external assistance, could
be more effective in removing poverty and solving other
problems. The researcher will conduct a series of workshops
with different age groups of villagers where the participants
will analyze their problems, hopes, aspirations, and
needs to develop a strategy for building a self-reliant
village. The villagers will make their own plans for
fulfilling their aspirations through collective economic,
social and cultural effort, leading to the development
of a culturally and economically poverty-free model
village.
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