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As part of our continuing election coverage, we ask about some of the on-the-ground work literacy advocates and democracy trainers are doing to encourage civic participation in Afghanistan. Mohammad Nasib is the director of the Welfare Association for Development of Afghanistan (WADAN). He talks about his work training Maliks (local Afghan power brokers) in the concepts and practices of human rights and democracy. Toc Dunlap is the Executive Director of Creating Hope International. She explains the urgency of teaching literacy as a building block for democracy.