Warm homes from National Target Program 1719
30km from the center of Ea Kar district, Cu Prong commune nestles at the foot of the majestic Cu Prong mountain, bordering M'Drak district. The whole commune has 12 ethnic groups living together in 9 villages, with 1,168 households, 4,987 people, of which ethnic minorities account for 80%, mainly ethnic groups from the North who migrated to live.
The flat, clean concrete road leading to M'um village has just been invested in and built from the capital of the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period (abbreviated as National Target Program 1719). Sharing with us, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Cu Prong Commune happily said: The State invests in beautiful roads, upgrades irrigation works, builds houses, supports people's livelihoods, opens up new opportunities for people to develop the economy, and improve day by day.
M'um village, Cu Prong commune has 47 households, 209 people, mainly Ede ethnic group. With little arable land and unfavorable natural conditions, the life of M'um villagers is very difficult. The whole village currently has 28 poor households, 9 near-poor households, many households do not have houses, and lack production materials for economic development.
Mr. Y Dem Mlo, head of M'um village, said: M'um village is the farthest area of the commune, deep in the valley, isolated from the commune center. Implementing the National Target Program 1719, in 2023, M'um village has 5 households supported to build houses under Project 1, 11 households supported to breed cows under Sub-project 2, Project 3. Some road sections have been repaired and renovated, helping to change the appearance of the village, making it brighter. That is the practical support of the State, which is the driving force for poor households to rise up, gradually develop the economy, and stabilize their lives.
10 years of marriage is the same amount of years that Ms. H'Ren Nie (35 years old) and her husband have lived with their parents and siblings in an old, cramped, inconvenient stilt house. Ms. H'Ren said: When we got married, my parents also gave me some land to grow cassava and 1 sao of land to grow rice. But the land was poor, the crop yield was low, income was unstable, and it was difficult to cover the family's living expenses, so I never dared to think that I would have a decent house. Now that the State has supported me to build a spacious, solid house like this, my husband and I have been given more motivation to strive to rise up, work with peace of mind, focus on economic development, and raise our children to study properly.
“For me, that is a great happiness, a dream of a home that my husband and I have had for many years. My family is grateful to the State, all levels of government and local authorities for supporting my family with housing,” Ms. H'Ren Nie confided.
Moving into their new home, Mr. Hoang Van Tinh's family in Ha Long village was extremely happy. Mr. Tinh said: "Following my family to settle down here, we had little land to cultivate, mainly growing sugarcane and cassava, which depended on the weather. The yield was good one year and bad the next. It was difficult to make ends meet and raise our children, so we put aside the idea of building a house and didn't dare to think about it. Now that the government has supported us with a house, we can work with peace of mind, focus on economic development, and quickly escape poverty."
Implementing Project 1, National Target Program 1719, in 2023, the commune will build 36 houses for poor ethnic minority households. Up to now, all the houses have been completed and put into use by the people.
Poor commune prospers
Cu Prong is a particularly difficult commune. The main income of the people depends on agriculture, but the land for production is small and cultivation is not favorable, so the people's lives are still difficult. The poverty rate is high, the whole commune is currently 23% poor households, 9.4% near-poor households. Capital from projects under the National Target Program 1719 invested in the commune, creating momentum for Cu Prong to change its appearance and improve the people's lives.
Having just received support for breeding cows under Sub-project 2, Project 3 on supporting production according to the value chain, Ms. Hoang Thi Tuyet's family, village 6a, Cu Prong commune, was supported with a cow and a barn, with a budget of more than 21 million VND. Ms. Tuyet shared: My family only has a few acres of sugarcane land, harvests once a year, prices are unstable so we can't escape poverty. The state supported breeding cows, built barns and the commune agricultural officers guided on care techniques. That was the premise to create momentum for my family to develop livestock farming, gradually escaping poverty.
According to the report, in 2023, the commune provided cows and supported the construction of barns for 50 poor and near-poor ethnic minority households in 5 villages and hamlets in the area with a budget of 1 billion VND; maintained 2 community houses, with a total budget of 650 million VND; 2 traffic works with a budget of nearly 4 billion VND. In addition, the commune implemented propaganda contents on gender equality, people's health care, etc.
In addition to socio-economic development, Cu Prong commune also pays great attention to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups, especially the culture of the Nung ethnic group.
Sharing with us, Vice Chairman of Cu Prong Commune People's Committee Hoang Quoc Viet emphasized: that result is the effort of the entire political system, all levels of sectors from the province to the village. The full and timely implementation of policies has helped the poor reduce difficulties, create conditions to increase income, improve family life. Infrastructure serving production and people's lives has been invested in and gradually improved and enhanced, the transfer and application of science and technology in production has received attention.
Another important thing is that the awareness of a segment of the poor has been gradually raised, they have voluntarily changed their habits and thinking in production, actively studied and applied scientific and technical measures in production.
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