Dam, focusing repair efforts on the water values, gates and canals, but also to finance educational programs to teach the local farmers about water management and crop growing techniques.51 The Polio Eradication Project sought to immunize upwards of 7 million Afghan youth, 350,000 specifically in Kandahar, through an investment of $60 million over three years. Polio is most prevalent in the southern regions of Afghanistan, and through targeting this region, Canada hopes to eliminate any traces of the disease in three years.52 The Education Signature Project invested $12 million over three years to repair 50 Afghan schools and increase the function and mobility of the Afghan Ministry of Education. With additional funding, or any funds leftover, Canada pledged to build new schools.53
Through these primary projects of the Canadian PRT in Kandahar, there have
been four overarching accomplishments of the Canadian mission: increased education opportunities, increased economic opportunity, increased relations with civilians and increased safety and detainment of insurgents. In addition to opening 13 new schools and constructing an additional 20 schools, Canada has increased education opportunities through opening the Kandahar Teacher Training College. This college was established to ensure that all teachers were properly trained for the classroom, having an immediate positive effect on the Afghan children. Canada also increased vocational education, through training and educating over 150,000 Afghans in mine risks and safety as well as an additional 2,000 Afghans in vocational and skills training.54 51 Ibid, p. 282. 52 Ibid, p. 282. 53 Ibid, p. 281-‐283 54 Ibid, p. 286.
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