Assigning party members to be in charge of households, the way of doing it at Ga Ry Border Guard Station

Gari Border Guards instruct households on how to grow ginseng — Border guards guide people to plant and care for Codonopsis pilosula. Photo: HIEN THUY

Ga Ry Border Guard Station is in charge of two border communes including Ga Ry and Ch'Om with 12 villages, 922 households/3,578 people, mainly Co Tu people, whose economic life still has many difficulties.

Major Pham Duc Truong, Deputy Political Commissar of Ga Ry Border Guard Station, said that the Party Committee of Ga Ry Border Guard Station has implemented the policy of "Assigning Party members to be in charge of households in border areas".

Accordingly, in early 2020, the Party Committee of Ga Ry Border Guard Station coordinated with the Party Committees of Ga Ry Commune and Ch'Om Commune to conduct a survey and agreed to select households to assign party members to be in charge of, including households with especially difficult circumstances, policy families, lonely elderly people, households with complicated political and social relationships, households with kinship relationships between the two sides of the border... Currently, the Party Committee assigned 18 party members to be in charge of 110 households in the two communes.

To effectively implement the model of border party members taking charge of and helping households, Ga Ry Border Guard Station selects officers and soldiers with practical experience and understanding of local customs and practices to help people gradually develop their economy. In Ch'Om commune, there are currently 11 party members taking charge of 66 households.

Captain Luong Van Hoa - Head of Tay Giang Border Control Station (a party member in charge of supporting and helping 7 households), shared: “I regularly go to the area to grasp the situation, thoughts and aspirations of the people. From there, I advise the Party Committee and the station command to coordinate with the local government to help people develop the economy.

I went down to help the family expand the production area, guided them to grow vegetables, rice, beans of all kinds; guided and supported people to build toilets, and at the same time, propagated and encouraged the family to ensure public hygiene. After a period of support, the family members took care of their business, and the family economy became more secure day by day.

Like Mrs. Riah Thi Dan's family (Cha'nóc village, Ch'Ôm commune), which used to be a poor household and the family was not very harmonious. After receiving help from Captain Luong Van Hoa, Mrs. Dan's family life has changed significantly.

Mrs. Dan said: “The soldiers showed us how to switch from farming to growing rice, supported us with land preparation, planting, care, and harvesting, helped us breed pigs, chickens, and ducks, and guided us on farming techniques. Our family overcame difficulties and prospered. Thank you very much, soldiers.”

Mr. Poloong Nang - Secretary of the Ch' Om Commune Party Committee said that since implementing the model of assigning party members to be in charge of and helping households, people's lives have changed significantly, with many households becoming rich.

Through this activity, officers and soldiers become closer to the people, gain their trust, and the relationship between the army and the people is increasingly strengthened. Thanks to that, the work of propagating and mobilizing the masses to strictly implement the policies, guidelines, and laws of the Party and the State is increasingly effective.

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