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Yichang: "Supporting aspirations first" cares for families in need

People's livelihood is a major matter, and families in need are the core targets of people's livelihood care. How to care for families in need? Yichang City, Hubei Province has implemented the "Zhi Neng" stimulating care project for children from needy families, allowing the sunshine of people's livelihood to shine on needy families. Up to now, following the model of "aspirational stimulation - skills training - paired assistance", more than 3,000 children from needy families in the city have received care during the activities and successfully achieved employment or started a business. A large number of poor families have therefore Get rid of poverty and become rich. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Yichang City will further expand the scope of activities, expand the objects of care, and strive to build a long-term mechanism for caring for the livelihood of needy families.

Let children from needy families feel warm

"At the beginning, we adopted traditional methods to carry out skills training for children from needy families, but ended up being rejected." said Yichang Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee Member and Deputy Mayor Hu Jiafa recalled that when the first training class was held, community cadres did a lot of work. More than 1,000 people signed up, but more than half left after two days of training.

"What I hate most in my life are books. I don't want to study." When interviewing these students, someone gave a surprising answer.

Traditional teaching methods are no longer suitable for this special group, and new methods must be found. The first step is to solve the problem of their unwillingness to study and endure hardship.

A survey by the Yichang City Public Security Department showed that among juvenile offenders, 85.2% had a junior high school education or below, 68.1% had family difficulties, and 89% were unemployed. The living conditions of children from needy families and the social problems they cause have attracted great attention from the government.

"Those who are not strong in ambition will not be wise." If there is no ideal pursuit in life, one will shrink back when encountering difficulties. So they decided to put their aspirations first and start their training with motivation, teaching them how to be a good person first and then how to do things. Yichang City combines ideological education, inspirational education and skills training in the "Zhi Neng" stimulation training and care activities to reduce unemployment, eliminate poverty and prevent crime from the source.

After hearing the report, the then mayor (currently Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee) Guo Youming immediately stated that he must do a good job in this most important livelihood project related to the people in need. The Yichang City Finance Department has allocated 1 million yuan every year to help more than 3,000 children from disadvantaged families establish their ambitions, enhance their skills, and achieve employment for six consecutive years since 2005.

"Who has the courage to come to the podium?" Wang Houjun, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Organization, made the students the protagonists of the "Zhineng" lecture hall. "Be brave and take the first step!" With his constant encouragement, student Chen Geng was the first to step onto the podium.

"I am very excited to sit face to face with the city leaders. The leaders' encouragement makes me very confident." Chen Geng said.

With the care of the society and the careful education of training institutions, a large number of unemployed and idle young people have cheered up their spirits and restored their self-confidence. Some of them take the initiative to donate blood, some participate in community patrols, and some go home to wash their parents' feet, repaying their parents and society in various ways.

Li Linjun lives in Luluo Road Community, Xiling District, Yichang City. His father passed away, his mother is blind, his brother was sentenced for robbery, and he himself has never been to school and is idle all day long. He was once classified as a "marginal group" .

After the care and help given to Li Linjun by the police and community cadres, he has changed a lot. The police station applied for an urban household registration for him and found him a job as a cleaner in the community. Since then, his attitude and philosophy about life have changed. People around him said that Lin Jun now often does good deeds for the community and helps others.

Up to now, Yichang City has held 6 large-scale care trainings, launching 22 training majors such as electricians, welding, cooking, etc., with more than 2,000 party members and cadres participating, and more than 3,000 children from needy families in urban areas. Under the sunshine of caring for people's livelihood, more than 95% are employed.

According to Yichang Mayor Li Lecheng, during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the "Zhi Neng" stimulation and care objects will be expanded from 7 categories to 10 categories, and three new categories will be added: college graduates, orphans and community correction personnel. For this group, the age has been relaxed from 35 to 40 years old. In 2011, Yichang City will add 2,000 new caring trainees. In the future, the "Zhi Neng" caring activities will be expanded to every county and city in the city to achieve full coverage. At the same time, all localities will conduct an inventory of their jurisdictions one by one, adopting the form of one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-one, so that every child from a family in need can feel the warmth of the Party.

“I hope this activity can continue for a long time”

“This activity seems to be a small thing, but it is a big thing for our disadvantaged groups. For me personally, it It was the 'Zunyi Conference' in my life that changed my life." Student Ma Jianjun said with emotion, hoping that this activity can continue for a long time.

Ren Wei, deputy secretary of the Yichang Municipal Youth League Committee, said that this is a livelihood project that has won the hearts of the people and is an important carrier for building a harmonious Yichang. It is recommended to carry out enrollment publicity through wider channels, so that as many children from poor families, people who have difficulty finding jobs, people who are not skilled or specialized, and people who are eager to change their destiny can understand the meaning and content of this activity and have the opportunity. Attend free training.

"For children from families in need, the first priority is not money, but face." Zhang Xun, a retired cadre who lives in Xiling District, said that there is a kind of love in the world that has a powerful shocking power. It is "respect and greetings" from strangers. In caring activities, party members and cadres should avoid using a arrogant and condescending attitude and tone to "help" them. Instead, they should treat children from needy families as their own relatives, care for them, greet them, and provide targeted encouragement. Send them a text message or call them during the holidays. Although it is just a few simple words and sentences of greetings, their hearts will be deeply moved, and some may even be unable to sleep. "Zhi Neng" stimulates training and care activities, which are no different from ordinary work. It is a systematic and complex project that must be based on reality, based on the reality of a person and a family, and full respect for the personality of the care objects. (