At this stage the deal only covers some 8, 000 working children in 30 villages, but having already gained experience in the sports goods sector, the ILO says that it is taking a step by step approach and hopes to extend the project in the future.

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In 2010 the borough council decided to draw up its own local plans which it said involved working with towns and villages in Rushcliffe to agree how many homes should be planned for the next 15 years.

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We have three years of full scale programming experience under our belts, and we are currently working in 10, 000 rural villages.

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The university itself will help to develop the region, working with some 60 surrounding villages to improve livelihoods in agriculture and tourism, according to Nand Kishore Singh, a member of parliament from Bihar and a member of Nalanda's governing body.

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They could provide working communications equipment to Darfur's villages so that in the event of an attack word could get to peacekeepers quickly.

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It is digging tube wells in six provinces, running sanitation projects and medical missions, and working on lighting up 100 villages using solar energy.

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