The population committee and the leaders of religious groups have good combination in propagation of various methods of contraception. In Map village (Ea Pok town, Cu’Mgar district, Dak Lak province) there are 389 households with 2,215 people. Among them there are 90% ethnic people , 70% of ethnic people are Protestants. Their cultural standards are not the same. Their lives are very difficult.
In the past, mobilizing people to implement family planning was very difficult because they were influenced by customs. Religious believers venerated the leaders of missionary groups, they listened to leader’s advices than their parents.
From the fact , Population and Family Planning Committee of Ea Pok town and some collaborators of Map village have combined with leaders of Protestant groups to propagandize the population policy and the ordinance on the population to local people. They also propagandize reproductive healthcare to local women. Propaganda is introduced in sermons which held regularly 2 times a month at the village. In addition, the population committee of the town has cooperated with leaders of Protestant groups to advise Protestant households on reproductive health care and family planning.
The population committee of Ea Pok town invites leaders of Protestant groups to take part in the training course on population affairs . The aim of the population committee is to improve knowledge of leaders of Protestant groups on family when they return villages they can communicate what they had learn to their villagers most effectively. Mr. Y Roa Kbuor - Deputy Leader of Protestants group of Map village said: in recent years, our villagers know better how to use contraceptive methods, particularly the young couples practice birth control.
Mr. Y’Nguu Eban and Ms. H’Huong Adang in Map village are Protestants. They found that having many children is cause of poverty so they decide to have two children. The elder is in the 10th grade. The younger is in the 6th grade. His family’s life relies on 6 poles of coffee and 1.5 poles of rice. Because he has few children, his family’s economy is stable. Family of Mr. Y’Tin Êban and Mrs. H’Trinh Niê is also a religious family. Their family is difficult so they have one child. H'Trinh said her family is only interested in bringing up her child better. When her family’s economy is better, she will have another child. In fact, many couples do not use the modern contraceptive method because they are afraid of that they make an error. But Map
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