Raising awareness of ethnic minority people

village elder — Village elder Cil Ha Kròng (left) is often close to the people to propagate and guide them to do good business .

In recent years, with the attention of the Party and the State, the government of Dam Rong 2 commune has focused on innovating the content and form of propaganda to bring policies to each village and each household. Mr. Cil Ha Krong (57 years old), village elder of Lieng Hung village shared: “Previously, people did not fully understand the support policies, many people were still hesitant to access capital or participate in production models. Now, with propaganda and on-site guidance, people have boldly borrowed capital, converted crops and livestock and gradually escaped poverty.”

Comrade Nguyen Van Chinh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Dam Rong 2 commune determined: "Propaganda does not stop at "telling people", but must "do it with people to understand" - taking effectiveness, changes in people's awareness and actions as a measure". Also according to the leader of the People's Committee of Dam Rong 2 commune, with a large area, sparsely populated in sub-areas, diverse languages and customs, if propaganda is only conducted through conferences or documents, the effectiveness will be limited. Therefore, the locality has promoted propaganda through familiar forms such as grassroots loudspeakers, dramatization, integrating propaganda into community activities, village meetings, and party cell activities. In addition, the commune also organizes training classes, guides on techniques for planting, raising animals, protecting forests, preventing and combating social evils, and combining propaganda on policies and laws. In particular, prestigious people in the community are invited to participate as propagandists - an effective "bridge" between the government and the people.

Along with that, the Commune Police force coordinated with the Fatherland Front, Women's Union, and Youth Union to promote legal propaganda, mobilize people to maintain security and order, prevent illegal migration, and not listen to bad people's enticements.

A bright spot in the propaganda work in Dam Rong 2 commune is the promotion of the role of prestigious people, village elders, and religious dignitaries. These factors are not only knowledgeable about local customs and languages, but also trusted and followed by the people. Through them, many policies and guidelines are communicated in an easy-to-understand and convincing way, contributing to changing awareness in the community.

Also according to village elder Cil Ha Kròng: “Thanks to regular propaganda, people's awareness has been gradually raised. Many households have boldly changed their production models, applied scientific and technological advances to agriculture , maintained environmental sanitation, and actively participated in the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life". In order for propaganda work to truly go into depth, Dam Rong 2 is continuing to improve the grassroots propaganda team; strengthen skills training, update knowledge on law, agriculture, and security for village and union officials. At the same time, the commune focuses on responding to information, listening to people's thoughts, aspirations, and difficulties to promptly answer and resolve problems.

According to Vice Chairman of Dam Rong 2 Commune People's Committee Nguyen Van Chinh, the goal in the coming time is to build propaganda work into an important driving force in local development, helping people proactively access information, raise awareness of law compliance, and together build a united, peaceful and developed society.

To strengthen the dissemination of legal education in Dam Rong 2 commune, the locality continues to implement many synchronous solutions such as building propaganda channels suitable for local culture, coordinating with social organizations, village elders, and prestigious people to focus on laws and policies directly related to the lives of ethnic minority people. At the same time, combining diverse forms of propaganda such as integrating into village meetings, community activities, organizing mobile talks or using appropriate media...

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