A spiritual support for the villagers
In Mjui village, Ea Trang commune, M'Drak district (Dak Lak province), many stories about the kindness, responsibility and dedication of prestigious people in the community are still being spread.
The most prominent of them is the elder of Y Ut Bya village, who has been giving strength to many families to overcome difficulties and rise up in life.
Ms. H'Ben, a resident in the village, emotionally recounted: "My family used to have four young children, only relying on one rice crop, life was lacking in both front and back. There was a time when I planned to let my child stay home from school to help my parents. But thanks to the timely encouragement and help of the Y Ut Bya village elderly, everything gradually changed.
According to Ms. H'Ben, Mr. Y Ut Bya not only came to the house to encourage and motivate but also worked with the young man in the village to repair the dilapidated roof.
In particular, Mr. Y Ut Bya also introduced a job to Ms. H'Ben's husband who works in construction to have a stable income. Thanks to that, Ms. H'Ben stays at home growing rice, sugarcane, beans and raising livestock to improve her family's economy.
"Y Ut Bya village people are like the second father of the village. anyone in need is willing to help, regardless of status or status," Ms. H'Ben shared gratefully.
According to Ms. H'Cua Mlo - President of the Women's Union of Ea Trang commune shared: ''During the complicated period of the COVID-19 epidemic, when people were confused and worried, it was the village elders and village chiefs who were always steadfast, promptly reassuring their spirits, sharing correct information, helping people feel secure.
Not stopping there, prestigious people like the village elders of Y Ut Bya also play a core role in the work of promoting the law in the locality. Including forest protection, ensuring traffic safety, building great national unity to raise awareness of gender equality.
In particular, the old Y Ut Bya has actively encouraged people to abandon the backward customs of getting married, a problem that has caused many families to fall into debt and poverty for a long time.
Mr. sti Nie, a young man in the village, shared: "Previously, weddings often required a very high wedding fee, many buffaloes and cows, sometimes up to hundreds of millions of VND. This has caused many young people who are not economically qualified to suffer debt, affecting their long-term happiness".
Faced with this situation, the old man Y Ut Bya went to each resident's house to analyze and give sincere advice. He emphasized: "Only when a simple proposal is made, without financial pressure, can a young couple build a stable life, and their children have the conditions to study and grow up".
Tightening the spirit of solidarity
The silent actions of Mr. Y Ut Bya and other village elders and village chiefs in M'Drak district have contributed to helping people in the hunger eradication area reduce poverty and stabilize their lives.
These activities also spread the spirit of solidarity, mutual love, raised public awareness, preserved cultural identity, disseminated the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's laws and policies to the people.
In recent years, they have also contributed significantly to the locality's effective implementation of the national target program for socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas for the period 2021 - 2025.
Mr. Y Chen Mlo - Head of the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Department of M'Drak district emphasized: "Along with the effective implementation of the great national unity bloc, the district always pays attention to prestigious people in the villages and hamlets".
"They are the core force, the extended arm of the government to disseminate legal education to people in the region. Thereby, contributing to ensuring security and order, developing ethnic minority and mountainous areas. Therefore, the district always pays attention and custodicoping policies on prestigious people in the locality" - Mr. Y Chen Mlo - Head of M'Drak District.
