Nghe An mobilizes over 203 billion VND to help poor communes in the West

(Baonghean.vn) – In the period 2012 - 2017, agencies, units, businesses and philanthropists supported and helped poor communes in Western Nghe An with an amount of over 203 billion VND.

That was the information given at the conference "Evaluating 5 years of implementing the work of helping poor communes in the Western Nghe An region, period 2012 - 2017" organized by the People's Committee of Nghe An province on the morning of November 13.

Attending the conference were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee to support poor communes in Western Nghe An; representatives of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and related departments and branches.

Comrade Le Minh Thong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: Striving to contribute to reducing the average poverty rate of poor communes in the Western region by 5-6% each year. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

The work of mobilizing and helping poor communes in the West over the past 5 years has always received the attention and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee, and the cooperation of all levels, sectors, agencies, businesses, and philanthropists.

From 2012 to 2017, the total resources mobilized to help poor communes in Western Nghe An reached 203 billion VND. Thanks to that, the infrastructure system was invested, built, and upgraded by the communes; contributing to ensuring the needs of education, health care, and healthcare for the people.

The units have supported communes in building, maintaining and developing economic development models; supported vocational training and created jobs for over 29,000 people; helped improve the lives of people in poor communes in the West; the poverty rate of 110 poor communes in the West decreased to 5.25% (2016).

Support programs for poor communes also contribute to ensuring and stabilizing border security and promoting the effective implementation of the national goal of sustainable poverty reduction.

Nghe An Newspaper donates breeding cows to support people in poor commune of Xieng My, Tuong Duong. Photo: Document

In addition to the achievements, at the conference, delegates also pointed out the limitations and difficulties in helping poor communes in the Western Nghe An region in the past 5 years. Specifically, some implementation targets were lower than the needs such as: Support, help in building and repairing temporary, dilapidated houses, giving savings books to lonely elderly people in poor households...

Some districts and communes that have received assistance and support have not proactively contacted or coordinated with the units receiving assistance to propose local needs. Some communes still have the mindset of relying on and waiting for agencies and units.

Viettel Nghe An cooperated with the Provincial People's Committee to implement the program "Giving 2,000 tons of cement" to people in 15 mountainous and border communes. Photo: Document

In order for the work of helping poor communes in the West to continue to be effectively implemented in the following years, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Minh Thong emphasized the key solutions in the coming time: Continue to promote propaganda, enhance the responsibility of local departments, branches, and units assigned to help poor communes; at the same time, raise the awareness of Party committees and authorities of poor communes, and poor people to strive to escape poverty.

Increase assistance and support to communes to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses, give savings books; support production capital; support infrastructure construction; serve production and people's lives. Help, support, and guide poor communes to apply science and technology to production and economic development; continue to develop and build models; support vocational training and create jobs for workers.

Strive to contribute to reducing the average poverty rate of poor communes in the West by 5-6% each year.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee highly appreciated and commended the efforts and achievements in the programs to support and help poor communes in the West. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party CommitteeAffirming that poverty reduction and assistance to poor communes in Western Nghe An is the task of the entire political system, all levels, sectors, departments, branches, enterprises and the whole society.

Therefore, when helping poor communes, agencies, units, businesses and individuals need to base on the situation, reality, circumstances and ability to receive specific support of the recipients, and at the same time closely coordinate with the local authorities to improve the effectiveness of the assistance. Poor communes and poor households, when receiving attention and assistance, need to consider finding fundamental solutions to escape poverty.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of the province, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee called on all levels, sectors, businesses, individuals, and social classes to continue to join hands and hearts to better implement the movement to help poor communes in the Western region of the province.

Awarding certificates of merit to 18 collectives with achievements in helping poor communes in Western Nghe An. Photo: Dinh Nguyet

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 18 collectives that had achievements in helping poor communes in Western Nghe An in the period 2012 - 2017.

Dinh Nguyet