The Arab Development Society. thanks to Musa beys persistence. could now get on with the job. Others followed and free enterprise farmers have developed more than 40.000 acres of rich cultivable land. Thousands of refugees have found employment. The Arab Development Society. against odds unbelievableincluding its planned razing by leftish elements in 1955. has continued to move ahead in its efforts to bring hope and economic security to the refugees. An experimental farm provides free information on the best methods of irrigation. farming. dairying. and poultry raising. A vocational training school has been established to give a home and training to orphan and destitute boys. Thousands of refugees have found employment at the Jericho center and more thousands have been trained and employed through the ADS frontier villages project in which whole villages have been guided into economic selfsufficiency through establishing village industries and home crafts. As the significance of Musa bey Alamis work has become recognized. others have come to his aid. The Ford Foundation has provided more than $1 million of aid. The British World Refugee Year gave �50.000. Oil companies have helped. Point 4 and its successor agencies have assisted the vocational training program.
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