Word: shambas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crime, the village-owned dispensary and clinic combat disease, the village-owned furniture shop and tinsmithy combat unemployment. A women's cooperative sells milk and soft drinks, while profits from the village's enterprises fund a school and day-care center. Although each family has a private Shamba (plot) on which to grow its own food, its members are encouraged to work in the communal enterprises. Instead of pay, they receive 'points,' which entitle them to a share of the profits from the village's communal projects. There is no television, but on several evenings...