China News Service, Zunyi, Guizhou, April 26 (Shi Xiaojie, Yuan Chao) On the evening of April 25, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation and the National Bureau of Rural Rejuvenation jointly convened a working conference to consolidate and expand the achievements of disabled persons in poverty alleviation in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.
As one of the key groups in the fight against poverty, China's impoverished disabled persons have made historic achievements in their fight against poverty.
By the end of 2020, China has achieved the goal of “no need to worry about food or clothing, compulsory education, basic medical care, and housing security” for impoverished disabled persons and their families.
Yang Dengchun works in the workshop.
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Statistics show that during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, more than 7 million registered poor disabled persons were lifted out of poverty as scheduled, with an average reduction of more than 1 million per year.
"Some people with disabilities are not stable enough to get rid of poverty, and marginalized people with disabilities still have the risk of poverty. Consolidating and expanding the achievements of disabled people in poverty alleviation is an inevitable requirement for strict adherence to the bottom line of no large-scale return to poverty." Zhou Changkui, secretary of the party group and chairman of the China Disabled Persons Federation, told reporters , It is necessary to promptly include persons with disabilities who are prone to return to poverty and lead to poverty in the monitoring scope and assistance mechanism to prevent poverty from returning to poverty, establish a follow-up visit mechanism for persons with disabilities, and achieve "early detection, early intervention, and early assistance" for persons with disabilities to return to poverty and lead to poverty. Increase employment assistance for disabled persons who have been lifted out of poverty, and continue to promote industrial assistance to disabled families.
At the same time, we will solve the difficult needs of special families such as severely disabled, one family with multiple disabilities, and the elderly to support the disabled, and do a good job in rehabilitation services for the rural disabled, barrier-free renovation of severely disabled families, and nursing care services for the severely disabled.
meeting venue.
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On the day of the event, the delegates also observed the employment placement of disabled households in the relocation sites for poverty alleviation in Xishui County and Tongzi County, Zunyi City, assisted employment centers for disabled persons, and caring workshops. The tourism poverty alleviation point arranges the employment of the disabled and other related situations.
In the Junhua Poverty Alleviation Industrial Park in Xishui County, 55-year-old Yang Dengchun is busy tying shoe laces in the shoe workshop.
Yang Dengchun said that an accident made him paraplegic many years ago. He did not expect to find a suitable job at the "door of the house" now. With a monthly income of more than 3,000 yuan, he hopes that self-reliant self can establish a foundation for his family and other disabled friends. A role model.
Yang Dengchun’s story is a microcosm of the many disabled people in Guizhou Province who are self-reliant and overcome poverty. In recent years, all the 488,000 impoverished disabled people who have been registered and registered in Guizhou Province have been lifted out of poverty as scheduled, tearing off the label of absolute poverty.
Among the 30,355 persons with disabilities in Guizhou Province, 30,309 of the "two types of people" have been eliminated, with an elimination rate of 99.85%.
Wang Shijie, Vice Governor of Guizhou Province, said at the meeting that Guizhou Province will implement in-depth actions to revitalize the industry for the disabled, targeted rehabilitation services for the disabled, education promotion for the disabled, and comprehensive poverty alleviation actions for the disabled to build, consolidate and expand the poverty alleviation of the disabled. Tackling the results of the service system.
A corner of Junhua Poverty Alleviation Industrial Park in Xishui County.
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At the meeting site, Guizhou, Jilin, Hubei, Yunnan, Shanghai and other places exchanged experiences on the main methods of consolidating and expanding the achievements of the disabled in poverty alleviation.
Zhou Changkui said that to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation for the disabled, the Disabled Persons’ Federation organizations at all levels must earnestly fulfill their responsibilities of “representation, service, and management”, accelerate the construction of rural grassroots organizations for the disabled, and earnestly change their work style to enter the families of the disabled. Understand the actual conditions and needs of families with disabilities, give full play to the role of big data platforms, and provide accurate services for the disabled. Disabled persons’ federations at all levels, poverty alleviation, civil affairs and other departments must cooperate closely and form a joint force to promote various assistance for the disabled The policy is effectively implemented.
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