Spreading the spirit of "For the poor" - Joining hands to build happiness for the people

Promoting the spirit of solidarity and humanity, the Movement "For the poor - No one left behind" in Lao Cai is becoming an important driving force in socio-economic development, contributing to improving people's lives and cultivating happiness.

Implementing the emulation movement "For the poor - No one is left behind" in the period of 2021 - 2025, Lao Cai province has mobilized the strength of the entire political system and society, implementing many practical and effective activities. Many new spacious houses, many sustainable livelihood models and the spirit of self-reliance of the people have affirmed the mark of the movement with profound humanistic meaning, contributing to cultivating happiness for the people.

Implementing Decision No. 666/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on the Plan to organize the implementation of the emulation movement "For the poor - No one is left behind" for the period 2021 - 2025, Party committees at all levels, authorities, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in the province have synchronously implemented many solutions towards the goal of sustainable poverty reduction and ensuring social security. The emulation movement "For the poor - No one is left behind" has been widely launched, becoming a regular task of the entire political system, contributing to strengthening the great national unity bloc, caring for the lives and supporting livelihoods of the poor.

The Center for Community Development Support (SUDECOM) supports breeding animals for disadvantaged households in Yen Binh commune.

Promoting the core role in implementation, the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has focused on innovating the way of working, ensuring the movement is implemented synchronously, practically and suitable to the conditions of each locality. The province builds annual plans, linking the mobilization of the "For the Poor" Fund with national target programs on sustainable poverty reduction, new rural construction and development of ethnic minority areas. The Fatherland Front at all levels promotes the central role in connecting social resources, closely coordinating with the government, businesses and mass organizations to organize direct support activities, giving priority to particularly difficult areas, poor and near-poor households.

Many localities have proactively integrated resources, combined support from the State, businesses and communities, and encouraged people to participate and supervise to use support resources for the right purposes and effectively. With flexible, close-to-the-people, grassroots approaches, the emulation movement "For the poor - No one is left behind" has gone into depth, arousing the spirit of self-reliance and the will to escape poverty in each household.

Households in difficult circumstances in Yen Bai ward received funding to build "Houses of Love".

Specific programs, such as housing support, health insurance cards, vocational training, job creation, free medical examination and treatment, livelihood support for poor and near-poor households, etc. have significantly improved people's lives. On average, the multidimensional poverty rate in the province decreases by about 4% per year, currently at 5.71%; 100% of poor households and social protection beneficiaries are issued health insurance cards; the health insurance coverage rate reaches 96%, higher than the national average.

Along with the State's support policy, the "For the Poor" Fund launched by the Fatherland Front at all levels has become an important resource, creating a widespread impact in the community. In the period 2021-2025, the "For the Poor" Fund and social security programs have mobilized nearly 500 billion VND, supporting thousands of poor and near-poor households to renovate and repair houses, grant scholarships, support livelihoods, medical examination and treatment, and give gifts on holidays and Tet.

The movement "Eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses" is a clear demonstration of the spirit of solidarity for the poor. The whole province has supported the construction of 12,915 houses, completing 100% of the plan, finishing 6 months ahead of the plan assigned by the Central Government. Thanks to that, the socio-economic situation in the highlands and ethnic minority areas has made much progress, gradually narrowing the development gap. Lao Cai is also the first province in the country to build and implement the happiness index, achieving impressive results of 68.3%, clearly reflecting the effectiveness of policies to care for people's lives.

The movement "Eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses" has spread widely throughout the province (In photo: Poor households in Mu Cang Chai commune receive support to eliminate dilapidated houses).

In Mu Cang Chai commune, the "For the Poor" Movement has become a regular activity, spreading strongly in the community. In the period of 2021 - 2025, the locality has supported the elimination of dilapidated houses for 448 poor and near-poor households with a total budget of over 15.5 billion VND; more than 3,000 students were cared for and raised at boarding schools and kindergartens with a budget of over 66 billion VND. Along with that, officials, civil servants, businesses, philanthropists and people actively supported the "For the Poor" Fund, visited and gave gifts to policy beneficiaries and poor households with a total budget of over 860 million VND. Thanks to that cooperation, the poverty rate of the commune has decreased by an average of 8% per year, currently at 21.5%.

Mr. Pham Viet Cuong - Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Mu Cang Chai commune, shared: "Through the "For the Poor" Fund, many households in the area have solid houses, developed livestock, grown medicinal plants, and poor students can go to school. More importantly, the movement has aroused the will to be self-reliant, eliminating the mentality of waiting and relying on others in a part of the people".

The story of Mr. Ho A Tua in Trong Tong village is a proof. Mr. Tua emotionally said: “My family received 60 million VND in support to build a new house, my wife and I are very happy. The whole family told each other to try to make a living, not to disappoint the care of the Party and the State.”

Not only stopping at housing support, the movement also focuses on creating sustainable livelihoods. The snail farming model of Mr. Than Van Bac in Cay Si village, Viet Hong commune is a typical example. In 2022, his family received 20 million VND in support from the Fatherland Front at all levels and the family borrowed an additional 40 million VND to rent more than 3 sao of rice fields to raise snails. Thanks to his diligence and learning, in the first year he earned 140 million VND from selling eggs, snail seeds and snail meat. With accumulated capital, he continued to rent 2 more sao of rice fields, expanding the scale, earning nearly 200 million VND/year. Up to now, Mr. Bac's family has risen out of poverty, becoming a well-off household in the village.

The snail farming model helps Mr. Bac's family escape poverty.

Mr. Bac shared: "My family is a poor household. Thanks to the support from the Fatherland Front at all levels in buying snail seeds and receiving technical training, I have effectively applied it to develop snail farming fields, bringing in a stable income and helping my family escape poverty."

From Mr. Bac's model, we can clearly see the methodical way the Viet Hong Commune Fatherland Front works to reduce poverty. Every year, the Commune Fatherland Front proactively reviews, compiles statistics on the current situation, classifies the causes of poverty and the needs of each household to have appropriate support measures. In the past 3 years alone, the commune has supported dozens of small-scale livestock and production models, helping many households escape poverty sustainably.

Thanks to preferential loans, farmers in Nghia Lo ward have invested in developing a model of breeding buffalo, escaping poverty and becoming rich legitimately.

Promoting the achieved results, in the coming time, the Fatherland Front from the province to the grassroots level will continue to innovate mobilization methods, promote the core role in propaganda and mobilize social resources; strengthen inter-sectoral coordination between agencies, units and enterprises in supporting livelihoods for poor and near-poor households; step up social supervision and criticism, ensure that funds and poverty reduction policies are used for the right purposes, fairly and transparently.

From the results achieved, it can be affirmed that the Movement "The whole country joins hands for the poor - No one is left behind" in Lao Cai not only demonstrates the spirit of solidarity and humanity of the whole society but is also a vivid proof of the companionship of the Party, State and People on the journey towards sustainable development and cultivating happiness for everyone. From those persistent efforts, Lao Cai is affirming its position as a typical locality in the Northwest region in implementing the Movement "For the poor", contributing to building a prosperous, humane and happy community.

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