Today is the seventh "Poverty Alleviation Day" in Chinaand the 28th "InternationalDay for theEradicationof Poverty".Since 2014, October 17thhas been becoming thePoverty Alleviation Day every year.
Since August 2015, KUSThas begun to undertake the designated poverty alleviation work in Puwa,Tuchang and Ciying villages in Yangchang Town, Xuanwei City. With KUST and the local government’s joint efforts, 2010 poor people of 664 families in Puwa,Tuchang and Ciying villages have been lifted out of poverty. At the same time, Xuanwei Cityhas passed the national assessment conducted by the third-party in April2020andhasachievedpoverty alleviation.
Fighting against poverty,KUSTare in action
Utilizingthe advantages and resources in information, skills and specialties,KUST helped poor villagersfind income-increasing projects bytrainingthem practical skills.
A partial interior view of the work site in PuwaVillage
KUST donated computers to Ciying Village
KUST carried out educationalsupport activities inTuchang Village
Since receiving the poverty alleviation task,KUST attached great importance and set up a specialPovertyAlleviationOffice in June 2016. During the process ofthe poverty alleviation,KUSTholds the poverty alleviation promotion meeting every year.Heads ofKUST, along with leaders of each division, go to the poverty alleviationareas and villages to inspect and guide the work many times a year.
ZHANG Yingjie, Chairman of University Council(second from left inthefront row), investigated onthe vegetablebase
ZHANG Yingjie, Chairman of University Council, visited thelow-incomefamily
WANG Xueqin (third from right), Presidentof KUST,investigated the vegetable base in Yangchang Town.
PresidentWANG Xueqin visited thelow-incomefamily.
By strengthening industry,improvingeducation and environment,YangchangTown strives for a relatively comfortable life.
Since the end of 2015,KUST has helped three villages, Puwa,Tuchang,and Ciying, to build pollution-free vegetable bases, and formed ancooperative agricultural planting modelamong KUST, Co-opUnion, and poor villagers.Yangchang Townhassuccessfully applied for 10 million high-efficiency water-saving irrigation projects, which providedgeneroussupport fordevelopingtheagricultural industry in Yangchang Town. At the same time, the school canteen vegetable procurement and staff welfare were combined with the sale of agricultural and sideline products produced by poor households, which actively helped poor households expand sales channels. About 6.8666 million yuan was invested in purchasing agricultural productsfrom vegetable bases and agricultural and sideline productsfrom poor households. Three hundred fifteen poor peoplemake2.8936 million yuan by working, 249 families tomake 823,900 yuan through land transfer, and 230 families to increase their income by 950,000 yuan by purchasing agricultural and sideline products,whichinitially achievesthegoal ofKUST industry support program.
The resident team discussed poverty alleviation with villagers' representatives.
Demonstration baseofspecial supply vegetables for povertyalleviation
Member of KUST working group in the village went to the fields to helpfarmersharvest corn.
KUST purchased agricultural and sideline products fromthepoor
The vegetable base staffwaspreparing vegetables for KUST canteens.
KUST has strengthened educationsupport and enhancedthe abilityto getrid of poverty.The affiliated middle school and primary school of KUST has established a long-term counterpart assistance relationship with Yangchang Town Junior High School, Chaoyang Complete Primary School andTuchang Complete Primary School. KUST hasactively carried out activities such as training primary and secondary school teachersand donations toraise the local education level and improve the teaching environment. KUSTfaculties give full play to their advantages in education and poverty alleviation. They actively carry out activities such as lectures on health knowledge popularization,training on green house vegetable planting and walnut planting technology, and training for rural primary officials in Yangchang Town.
"Sending warmth in winter and helping the poor" activity site
Walnut planting technical training in Yangchang Town
KUST organized lectures on health knowledge
A resident team memberwas publicizing
the knowledge of epidemic prevention and control to the villagers.
KUST pays attention to the improvement of the living environment and helps to build a beautiful home.KUSTdonated 1 million yuan to Yangchang Town, Xuanwei City, to support the village to improve the living environment and other poverty alleviation efforts. Through the implementation of this project, the overall living environment of Puwa, Tuchang and Ciying,supported byKUST, has beendramatically improved.Thevillages’environment and the spirit of the poor have been significantly improved.
Improvement of human settlement environment
Beautiful countryside construction
The year 2020 marks the achievement of moderate prosperity throughout the society, and it is also the fifth year for KUST to help Yangchang Town in Xuanwei City. KUST Focused on the overall thinking of "fighting against poverty,improving people's livelihood, and building aharmonious society", and closely following the word "precision". It activelyrelied on the advantages of school disciplines, talents, scientific research, resources, etc., and solidly promoted the designated poverty alleviation work. With the help of KUST,threevillages: Puwa,Tuchangand Ciying in Yangchang Town, have all been lifted out of poverty this year. The countryside has taken on a new look and the villagers’lifequality has been greatly improved.
Translated by: LU Xiaoling, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures
Edited by: CHEN Chunli, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures (English)
Source: Poverty Relief Office
Issued by: Division of Overseas Cooperation (English) Edited by: KUST News Center (Chinese)
