Overview of Poverty Alleviation of China Disabled Persons' Federation
Original, GPIG, 09-21-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the poverty alleviation and development work for people with disabilities achieved significant results and the production and living conditions of the impoverished disabled was further improved. 2.387 million rural impoverished people with disabilities were supported, of whom 1.206 million people shook off poverty through poverty alleviation and development, and 856,000 people with disabilities received practical skills training. The Interest-subsidized Loans for Rehabilitation supported 79,000 rural people with disabilities, and 64,000 units and 400,000 individuals were designated to provide counterpart support for the poor disabled.
The number of disabled people’s poverty alleviation bases reached 6201, which arranged jobs for 164,000 people with disabilities and supported 246,000 people with disabilities. Completed the renovation of dilapidated houses for 122,000 rural poor households with disabled people and the renovation funds reached 1.15 billion yuan, benefiting 144,000 people with disabilities. Grassroots party organizations launched aid projects for 76845 rural poor people with disabilities. The poverty alleviation project for the disabled – market project in ten thousand villages and one thousand towns provided jobs for 6925 impoverished people with disabilities and helped poverty-stricken people with disabilities open 2372 village-level farm shops.
According to the database of rural poverty-stricken people with disabilities, China Disabled Person’s Federation and LGOP jointly formulated the “Circular on Strengthening Poverty Alleviation Among People with Disabilities in Contiguous Destitute Areas” (Can Lian Fa [2013] No.12), requiring relevant departments to increase financial support for poverty reduction among the disabled, gave priority to the disabled in the implementation of entire village advancement, new rural construction, ex-situ relocation and industrial development in contiguous destitute areas, reduce the burden on expenditure and access conditions for industrial support, include poor people with disabilities into the poverty monitoring system and establish the statistical summary system for poverty alleviation among the disabled in contiguous destitute areas.
China Disabled Person’s Federation coordinated the Ministry of Agriculture to issue the “Circular on Strengthening Poverty Reduction Among the Disabled by Agricultural Sector to Promote the Income Growth of Rural People with Disabilities” (Nong Zheng Fa [2013] No.2) and proposed to increase support for agricultural production technical services for people with disabilities and the establishment of farmers’ cooperatives, strengthen trainings on agricultural production and management for rural people with disabilities, support rural families with disabled members to buy and use agricultural machinery, improve the fuel gas environment for rural families with disabled members and increase subsidies for the disabled.
China Disabled Person’s Federation and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the “Circular on Priority Support for the Renovation of Dilapidated Houses for Rural Poor Families with Disabled Members” (Jian Cun [2013] No.103) and put forward that local governments must make sure that theproportion of the renovated dilapidated houses of poor families with disabled members in the annual task must be higher than the proportion of dilapidated houses of rural poor families with disabled members in the total dilapidated houses. Meanwhile, local governments must give priority to poor families with disabled members in determining objects of the subsidy policy and setting the subsidy standards, give top priority to the poorest families with disabled members living in the most dangerous houses, and reduce the housing construction fees of rural poor families with disabled members.
In 2013, China Disabled Person’s Federation donated one rehabilitation service vehicle, cultural goods, assistive devices and cotton coats worth more than one million yuan for the blind in Nanpi County of Hebei Province. China Assistive Devices and Technology Center donated assistive devices for the disabled worth 100,000 yuan, carried out an investigation into the situation of poverty-stricken people with disabilities and installed auxiliary equipment and artificial limbs for many poor people with disabilities. Relevant leaders, department and subordinates of China Disabled Person’s Federation visited Nanpi Disabled Rehabilitation Center and the Families of disabled people, carried out field research and guided the poverty reduction among the disabled in rural areas.
Original, GPIG, 09-21-2016
According to the annual report of poverty reduction and development, in 2013, the poverty alleviation and development work for people with disabilities achieved significant results and the production and living conditions of the impoverished disabled was further improved. 2.387 million rural impoverished people with disabilities were supported, of whom 1.206 million people shook off poverty through poverty alleviation and development, and 856,000 people with disabilities received practical skills training. The Interest-subsidized Loans for Rehabilitation supported 79,000 rural people with disabilities, and 64,000 units and 400,000 individuals were designated to provide counterpart support for the poor disabled.
The number of disabled people’s poverty alleviation bases reached 6201, which arranged jobs for 164,000 people with disabilities and supported 246,000 people with disabilities. Completed the renovation of dilapidated houses for 122,000 rural poor households with disabled people and the renovation funds reached 1.15 billion yuan, benefiting 144,000 people with disabilities. Grassroots party organizations launched aid projects for 76845 rural poor people with disabilities. The poverty alleviation project for the disabled – market project in ten thousand villages and one thousand towns provided jobs for 6925 impoverished people with disabilities and helped poverty-stricken people with disabilities open 2372 village-level farm shops.
According to the database of rural poverty-stricken people with disabilities, China Disabled Person’s Federation and LGOP jointly formulated the “Circular on Strengthening Poverty Alleviation Among People with Disabilities in Contiguous Destitute Areas” (Can Lian Fa [2013] No.12), requiring relevant departments to increase financial support for poverty reduction among the disabled, gave priority to the disabled in the implementation of entire village advancement, new rural construction, ex-situ relocation and industrial development in contiguous destitute areas, reduce the burden on expenditure and access conditions for industrial support, include poor people with disabilities into the poverty monitoring system and establish the statistical summary system for poverty alleviation among the disabled in contiguous destitute areas.
China Disabled Person’s Federation coordinated the Ministry of Agriculture to issue the “Circular on Strengthening Poverty Reduction Among the Disabled by Agricultural Sector to Promote the Income Growth of Rural People with Disabilities” (Nong Zheng Fa [2013] No.2) and proposed to increase support for agricultural production technical services for people with disabilities and the establishment of farmers’ cooperatives, strengthen trainings on agricultural production and management for rural people with disabilities, support rural families with disabled members to buy and use agricultural machinery, improve the fuel gas environment for rural families with disabled members and increase subsidies for the disabled.
China Disabled Person’s Federation and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development jointly issued the “Circular on Priority Support for the Renovation of Dilapidated Houses for Rural Poor Families with Disabled Members” (Jian Cun [2013] No.103) and put forward that local governments must make sure that theproportion of the renovated dilapidated houses of poor families with disabled members in the annual task must be higher than the proportion of dilapidated houses of rural poor families with disabled members in the total dilapidated houses. Meanwhile, local governments must give priority to poor families with disabled members in determining objects of the subsidy policy and setting the subsidy standards, give top priority to the poorest families with disabled members living in the most dangerous houses, and reduce the housing construction fees of rural poor families with disabled members.
In 2013, China Disabled Person’s Federation donated one rehabilitation service vehicle, cultural goods, assistive devices and cotton coats worth more than one million yuan for the blind in Nanpi County of Hebei Province. China Assistive Devices and Technology Center donated assistive devices for the disabled worth 100,000 yuan, carried out an investigation into the situation of poverty-stricken people with disabilities and installed auxiliary equipment and artificial limbs for many poor people with disabilities. Relevant leaders, department and subordinates of China Disabled Person’s Federation visited Nanpi Disabled Rehabilitation Center and the Families of disabled people, carried out field research and guided the poverty reduction among the disabled in rural areas.
