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title: How to Bring Self-Help Programs to Your Village
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description: A landscape sheet (code SP-1095) explains in five steps how a hamlet in Ba-Xuyen province can propose, get approved and build a self-help project.
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# How to Bring Self-Help Programs to Your Village

A landscape sheet (code SP-1095) explains in five steps how a hamlet in Ba-Xuyen province can propose, get approved and build a self-help project, beside a map marking schools, clinics and bridges villagers have already completed. A central text headed with the year 1966 says the province has funds for many projects and urges hamlet councils to discuss schools, bridges or maternity clinics. The sheet is mainly instructional; its persuasive element is the map, which shows completed projects only.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Vietnamese) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PHƯƠNG CÁCH THỰC HIỆN CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TỰ TÚC CHO THÔN ẤP ĐỒNG BÀO

Các giai đoạn trong chương trình dự-án tự-túc Tỉnh Ba-Xuyên.

Dự án cần thiết cho dân.
MỖI ẤP TẠI TỈNH BA-XUYÊN ĐỀU CÓ MỘT HOẶC NHIỀU DỰ ÁN NHẰM MỤC ĐÍCH GIA TĂNG LỢI ÍCH KINH-TẾ VÀ XÃ-HỘI CỦA DÂN TRONG ẤP.

Hợp tác giữa dân và chánh quyền.
NHẰM LỢI ÍCH CHUNG, DÂN CHÚNG PHẢI TỰ NGUYỆN ĐÓNG GÓP TÀI NĂNG VÀ NHÂN CÔNG CHO DỰ ÁN. NẾU DÂN CHÚNG SẴN SÀNG ĐÓNG GÓP, CHÁNH QUYỀN SẼ GIÚP TIỀN VÀ VẬT LIỆU.

Nhân dân thảo dự án.
CÁC CẤP LÃNH ĐẠO ẤP, XÃ VỚI SỰ GIÚP ĐỠ KỸ THUẬT CỦA CÁC CHI VÀ TY SỞ CHUYÊN MÔN SẼ SOẠN THẢO DỰ ÁN (DƯỚI HÌNH THỨC GIẢN DỊ). ĐỒNG THỜI ẤP CŨNG PHẢI NHỜ ĐẾN SỰ GIÚP ĐỠ CỦA QUẬN-TRƯỞNG SỞ TẠI TRONG VIỆC SOẠN THẢO DỰ ÁN NÀY.

Yêu cầu chấp thuận.
KHI DỰ ÁN ĐƯỢC THIẾT LẬP XONG, VỊ TRƯỞNG ẤP PHẢI TRÌNH LÊN CẤP QUẬN ĐỂ NƠI ĐÂY SẼ CHUYỂN TIẾP LÊN ỦY-BAN TỈNH.

Chấp thuận và khởi công.
MỘT ỦY-BAN TẠI SÓC-TRĂNG SẼ CỨU XÉT DỰ-ÁN. ỦY-BAN NÀY SẼ CHẤP THUẬN, TU CHÍNH HOẶC BÁC BỎ. KHI DỰ ÁN ĐƯỢC CHẤP THUẬN, VẬT LIỆU VÀ TIỀN SẼ GỞI XUỐNG. DÂN CHÚNG SẼ KHỞI CÔNG XÂY CẤT DỰ-ÁN VÀ SẼ BẢO TỒN TỪ NĂM NÀY QUA NĂM KHÁC.

1966
TRONG NĂM NAY. TỈNH BA-XUYÊN CÓ ĐỦ NGÂN KHOẢN CHO NHIỀU DỰ-ÁN. HÃY THẢO LUẬN VỚI BAN TRỊ-SỰ ẤP, XEM ẤP CÓ THỂ THỰC HIỆN ĐƯỢC NHỮNG DỰ-ÁN LỢI ÍCH NÀO KHÔNG CHẲNG HẠN NHƯ CẦU, TRƯỜNG HỌC, NHÀ BẢO SANH, CÙNG NHIỀU DỰ-ÁN KHÁC.

BẢN ĐỒ NÀY CHỈ CÁC DỰ-ÁN MÀ DÂN CHÚNG TỈNH BA-XUYÊN ĐÃ HOÀN THÀNH TRONG CHƯƠNG TRÌNH TỰ-TÚC.

CHÚ - GIẢI
Trạm Y-Tế, Bảo-Sanh
Chỉ Trường Học
Chỉ cầu

[map labels: QUẬN KẾ SÁCH, QUẬN THUẬN HÒA, QUẬN LONG PHÚ, KHÁNH HƯNG, QUẬN MỸ XUYÊN, QUẬN THẠNH TRỊ; many village and hamlet names, not transcribed]

SP-1095
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
HOW TO CARRY OUT THE SELF-HELP PROGRAM FOR COMPATRIOTS' VILLAGES AND HAMLETS

The stages in the self-help project program of Ba-Xuyen Province.

Projects the people need.
Every hamlet in Ba-Xuyen Province has one or more projects aimed at increasing the economic and social benefit of the people in the hamlet.

Cooperation between people and government.
For the common good, the people must voluntarily contribute their talents and labour to the project. If the people are ready to contribute, the government will help with money and materials.

The people draft the project.
Hamlet and village leaders, with the technical help of the specialist branches and services, will draw up the project (in a simple form). The hamlet must also ask for the help of the local district chief in drafting the project.

Request for approval.
When the project has been drawn up, the hamlet chief must submit it to the district level, which will pass it on to the provincial committee.

Approval and start of work.
A committee in Soc-Trang will examine the project. This committee will approve, amend or reject it. When the project is approved, materials and money will be sent down. The people will start building the project and will maintain it from year to year.

1966
This year, Ba-Xuyen Province has enough funds for many projects. Discuss with the hamlet administrative board whether the hamlet can carry out useful projects such as bridges, schools, maternity clinics and many other projects.

This map shows only the projects that the people of Ba-Xuyen Province have completed under the self-help program.

KEY
Health station, maternity clinic
Indicates school
Indicates bridge

[map labels: Ke Sach District, Thuan Hoa District, Long Phu District, Khanh Hung, My Xuyen District, Thanh Tri District; many village and hamlet names, not translated]

SP-1095
```

Body text read from the image. The map's village and hamlet labels are summarised, not transcribed. 'Chi' and 'ty so' in step 3 are rendered 'branches' and 'services' (government departments).

[← How Does the Rural Construction Program Help People](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/how-rural-construction-helps-darlac-1966/) [How to Carry Out the Self Help Program for the Hamlet People →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/how-to-carry-out-self-help-program-hamlet-people-1966/)

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