Implementation of "work for money project" in Samangan province

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Mazar-Sharif: Samardin Shahrokhi, the press officer of the Department of Rural Development and Rehabilitation of Samangan province, said regarding the distribution of cash to the workers of this province: We were able to go to 585 workers with the cooperation of the United Nations Development Program and other institutions. 

He clarified that the work-for-money project continued for 30 days and dear workers were working in the fields of terrace digging for planting pistachio saplings, check dam construction, road surface cleaning, water dam repair and other parts.

Shahrokhi stated that the work-for-money project was launched in the city of Aybak and the districts of Samangan province with a cost of 6 million afghanis and 10,500 afghanis was given to each worker.

At the same time, some of the workers of this project said: distributing money in exchange for work is a very good action and is useful and effective in the direction of job creation and economic growth of people, and we want to continue this process because people really need jobs and work.