Nghe An: 'Skillful mass mobilization' to eliminate the mentality of waiting and relying on others

"Skillful mass mobilization" to eliminate expectations and dependence

Luong Minh Commune is about 12 km from Tuong Duong District Town. Here, 100% of the people are Thai and Kho Mu ethnic minorities. Their biggest limitation is their level of awareness, thinking about economic development and backward lifestyle.

In particular, the mindset of waiting and relying on the State's policies still exists among many cadres, party members and people. This hinders the will and aspiration of the people to rise up, causing the poverty rate in the commune to remain over 55%.

From that reality, from 2023 to now, the People's Mobilization Committee of Tuong Duong District Party Committee has directed Luong Minh commune to focus on implementing the model of "Smart People's Mobilization" to eliminate the mentality of waiting and relying on cadres and people. Comrade Vi Hong Duong - Secretary of the Party Committee of Luong Minh commune said: "Smart People's Mobilization" is to change the way of approaching people. In addition to holding meetings with people, commune and village cadres have increased their visits to the locality, closely following each person to "tell people to understand", at the same time, taking advantage of prestigious people to propagate and persuade people; choosing households with better economic conditions and awareness to do it first so that people can follow their example. And when people understand the good, everything will be much easier.

Along with that, the Party Committee of Luong Minh commune assigned specific responsibilities to each Party Committee member to choose and direct a "smart mass mobilization" model suitable for each assigned area. Thanks to that, many "smart mass mobilization" models have appeared in production such as: raising black pigs with more than 40 households; raising fish in cages with 90 households; growing bon bo trees; raising fish in rice fields; high-yield cassava growing model on swidden fields; raising bamboo rats; some households have been aware of building and are forming family farm models.

What is special about Luong Minh commune is that it is gradually overcoming the mentality of waiting and relying on people. People have been conscious of contributing money and working days to build concrete roads covering the villages, with a total of 13 routes. In the villages, a movement has been built to mobilize people to dig and build 5 routes to the production areas in La village, Dua village, Coi village, Cham Puong village, and Ca Moong village. People in Luong Minh commune have "joined hands and hearts" to contribute to building boarding houses for primary school students in Minh Tien village and building roofs for the primary school and kindergarten with a total of nearly 220 million VND; repairing the domestic water system in Ca Moong village, Xop Chao village; expanding the reclamation of rice fields in Minh Thanh village...

Mr. Cut Van Vinh - Head of Coi village, Luong Minh commune said: The roads in the village are now all made of concrete, when it rains, your feet will no longer be covered with mud. People going to the forest or fields do not have to sleep in tents for 5-7 days before returning home, because the roads are now dug up by the people, instead of walking as before, now motorbikes can go all the way to the fields to go back and forth in a day. People are happy and believe in the policies of the Party and the State. These are suggestions to open up people's thinking to achieve the goals of completing new rural standards.

Along with the "smart mass mobilization" models in Luong Minh commune, in recent times, all levels and sectors in Tuong Duong district have focused on building the "smart mass mobilization" model in all fields. In particular, according to comrade Luong Ba Vin - Head of the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee, Chairman of the Tuong Duong District Fatherland Front Committee: The most focused content is "smart mass mobilization" to create changes in thinking, awareness, and backward habits in production, in daily life and living of the people.

Accordingly, many new economic models have been implemented, such as raising commercial goats; growing commercial mt; zoning, protecting, and replanting bitter bamboo shoots; raising fattened cows; raising black pigs and local chickens.

In the cultural and social fields, focus on "smart mass mobilization" to preserve and promote national cultural identity; eliminate backward customs; prevent and combat early marriage and incestuous marriage.

In the field of security and defense, the focus is on "smart mass mobilization" to maintain and ensure border security; build "drug-free" blocks, villages, communes and towns.

Towards sustainable development goals

In Que Phong district, where more than 90% of the population are ethnic minorities, the "smart mass mobilization" work is carried out according to the motto: Combining propaganda with practical work to demonstrate to everyone that "real people, real work", no matter how difficult it is, if you start working, work persistently, work with determination, you will be able to do it and spread many positive things for the purpose of improving and enhancing the lives of the people themselves.

"By doing so, each year the whole district builds 150 - 170 models of "skillful mass mobilization" in the fields of socio-economics, national defense - security and building the political system", comrade Nguyen Minh Hoat - Deputy Head of the Mass Mobilization Committee of Que Phong District Party Committee shared.

A clear mark in Que Phong district is the taro growing model in Pieng Lang village, Nam Giai commune. From 2 hectares of taro, it has now spread to a number of villages in the area with a total area of ​​more than 5 hectares. Or the model of improving backward living habits associated with renovating mixed gardens in Pieng Lang village has contributed to changing people's awareness and actions.

Previously, in Pieng Lang village, only 13 households had makeshift toilets. Now, 100% of households in the village have built septic tanks with solid bathrooms; dozens of households have renovated their mixed gardens to grow jackfruit, grapefruit, longan, etc. and nutritious vegetable gardens. Also in Pieng Lang village, the model of preserving and developing aquatic resources in streams and creeks has spread to 5/5 villages of Nam Giai commune with a total length of 37 km of streams and creeks.

Comrade Luong Thi Hue - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Nam Giai commune shared: From the direct direction and working with the people of the District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee and a number of agencies, branches and organizations at the district level, a number of effective "smart mass mobilization" models have been created, changing the awareness and actions of the people. In addition, the local Party Committee and government have also changed their methods and ways of directing, propagating, mobilizing and building "smart mass mobilization" models.

Thanks to that, from 2021 to now, Nam Giai commune has effectively directed nearly 30 households to implement "smart mass mobilization" models. Typically, the model of building model gardens associated with hunger eradication and poverty reduction with 17 households implementing; the chicken raising model and forming 16 local chicken farms; 15 households raising black pigs with a scale of dozens of pigs/batch. Through the "Smart Mass Mobilization" model, it has contributed to improving people's lives, creating a huge change in the local socio-economic situation.

Along with focusing on investing in building "smart mass mobilization" models in Nam Giai commune, recently, the Que Phong District Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Committee has also implemented a number of "smart mass mobilization" models through direct propaganda, mobilization, support of funding from the budget, socialization and working with the people.

In economic development, there are models such as: growing mulberry, raising silkworms, weaving in Cam Muon commune (currently, people have created silk products and weaving, with pupae for sale); raising black pigs in Dong Van commune; raising ducks, black pigs in Quang Phong commune (some households supported to implement the model have given breeding animals to support other poor households); raising spotted deer in Nam Giai commune; raising fish in cages on the hydroelectric reservoir; models: planting cinnamon trees, bon bo trees, upland melon, taro, Japonica rice, plowed sticky rice, black pigs, native grass chickens, yellow flower tea, Mong peach trees.

In the construction of technical infrastructure, there is a model: making street lights attached to the flag road in Khun Na village in 2023. Up to now, the model has spread to 6/6 villages in Dong Van commune with flag roads and lighting...

Ethnic minorities account for nearly 15% of the province's population. Their lives are still difficult and deprived, which negatively affects the overall development of the region. This reality poses a challenge for the entire political system from the province to the grassroots level in terms of responsibility, concern, and innovation in mobilization and propaganda work. This includes applying new methods and "smart mass mobilization" models to create positive changes, towards building a better life for the people.

To continue to create change, it requires all levels, sectors, mountainous and ethnic localities to continue to promote the effectiveness of mass mobilization work. Identifying this as an important, regular, continuous task, associated with each specific target and task of each locality, thereby contributing to the effective implementation of the Party and State's goals of hunger eradication, poverty reduction, income improvement, and building a clean and strong political system.