Rural India

My belief is
0. don't give some money and leave them on their own. Hand hold them work with them crate confidence they can solve their own problems all the need is expertise help and some finance .
1. create/mobilie community ( let them work for 8 works, 365 days)
2. financing
- get help ( urbans who are hailed from these rural ) will help financially if community motivation is demonstrated .
- government aid (existing ) can be used with community as one voice.
3. experts (retired) will help in hand holding the projects.

- they need 8 hour work for 365 days
- it doesn't have to be paid work, they can work on community home building project.
- when there is no work days, they pool resources in building/upgrading their homes.
- labor/construction cost may be 20% of the total house cost. If trained they can do as community group for them selves. It is not just construction, they can do making wooden doors, welding gates etc..
- create efficiencies: couple of villages for making/specializing wooden doors, iron windows . You should get it at 50% of commercial price ( shop price in town)
- they need engineering researched plans/models suited for rural india. for sure retired top tier engineering architects will help with this by hand holding. Need to research existing low cost house models first.

schooling:
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- Create schools , get fund for it, required is small . Have parents support it.
- improve existing schools ( send paid teachers for art, math , play ) , let the existing school be there.