河南学习实践经验及启示
CAMPBELL SR, GBANJAH JOSEPH
2022级审计硕士留学生
来自利比里亚内部审计协会
河南省的研学之旅，激发了我对这位伟大公务员——焦裕禄行动所得出的期待已久的答案的理解和启示。这种美妙而令人惊叹的经历使战略思维得以实施到我的祖国——西非国家利比里亚。我所学到的经验包括：
（1）无私的领导力
（2）勤奋和可持续的创新
（3）公共部门管理和影响力
（4）减贫以实现有影响力的决策
这次访问和研学之旅是一个美妙的经历和令人惊叹的策划，鼓舞人心，激励人们勇于推动类似的发展，以造福我的祖国——利比里亚。
利比里亚是一个西非国家，是世界上最贫困的国家之一，生活水平低于1美元。这个令人不安的叙述迫使我寻找机会，努力改变这一切，特别是这个国家拥有丰富的自然资源、广阔的森林和土地，足以满足其人民的食物需求。
焦裕禄的事迹及其精神，启发我继续推动减轻贫困、公共部门的治理、问责和透明度的努力。
经验与启示
扶贫经验——兰考县的经验：一部充满感动和震撼的专题片记录了这座城市居民所面临的各种挑战，尽管所有努力都是为了提供更好的生活。风沙、盐碱、内涝是长期困扰兰考的重大难题。焦裕禄的精神、决心和领导智慧鼓舞他们勇敢地采用创新方式，大力解决这些难题。他的坚持不懈和不屈不挠让人民相信他的行动，因为他表现出无私的爱和关怀。他的勇气启发了许多人重振斗志，找到创新的方法来解决这些挑战。修渠、种树、治土的做法表现出他对人民的爱，这种创新解决了多年来困扰兰考人的问题。焦裕禄带领人民种植的泡桐树，后来还形成了一个产业——在乐器产业中创造了收入，如古琴、古筝、吉他和各种艺术和手工艺品在当地和国外销售。它进一步为人们提供其他可持续的生计，改造后的土地被用来种植甘薯、花生等。焦裕禄行动的坚持不懈植根于后代，随着更多的创造力或创新渗透到中国文化和哲学思维中。
通过本次赴河南省兰考的学习之旅，可以得到以下几点重要经验教训：
1. 无私的领导力
焦裕禄为了改变他的人民所面临的普遍挑战，日夜奋斗寻求解决方案，唤醒了我对于一切皆有可能的信念，只要你培养勤奋、仁慈和无私的心灵。
一个人可以重新审视自己，并在自己的人民中培养希望和愿望。我也观察到，我国的主要问题是极度贫困。受到焦裕禄的精神启发，我将持续学习，通过各种定性和定量的研究，确定我国人民所面临的问题，这些人民生活在曾经拥有自由的甜蜜土地——利比里亚，该国于1847年7月26日获得独立。
在今后的学习生涯中，我将通过研究，持续寻找国家脱贫解决方案，并让利比里亚未来的一代知道，在中国有一位伟大的公务员。
正如焦裕禄的故事所表明的那样，他并没有告诉我一切都会很容易！即使他自己没有能够亲身见证他所无私带领人民所抗争取得的成果。所以我的努力也不会很容易，但会建立在焦裕禄所展现的希望和精神的基础之上，这是我过去二十年一直渴望的答案。
总之，领导力来自于无私地为人类做贡献，以及在推动积极或代际变革方面的坚持和毅力的层次（通过缓解贫困恢复人的尊严）。
2. 努力工作和可持续创新
日夜努力工作一直是焦裕禄为兰考人民寻求持续解决方案的助推哲学。我感同身受他的痛苦，当他三次找到解决方案，但依然得不到回应时，当他在火车站目睹大量灾民外出逃荒，这情景令他心碎。但他忍受并以极大的韧性开始了带领兰考人民艰苦奋斗的征程。努力工作和可持续创新是推动变革的驱动力，为创造一个有影响力的世界。
哦！看到如今兰考人民享受着丰富的生计和收入，老年人、青年人和成年人都感到欣慰而流泪。
3.公共部门管理和影响力
作为审计人，我们可以超越自我，培养无私、耐力和毅力的勇气，关注城市现代化和乡村振兴的指标，从中国改革开放以来的实践中反映出来。
公共政策制定者总是说：“结构仍然相同，但变化的是我们统治的方式——治理。”
我学习到反腐防腐是脱贫攻坚的重中之重，使人们对所有事情负责，实现公正，才能让脱贫成为可能。审计在其中大有可为。
4.减贫以实现有影响力的决策
我认为——当人们的生活方式改变为更好时，他们会思考并做出正确的决定。贫困是一种流行病，让人类陷入无法言喻的苦难。今天，我将把中国精准扶贫的宝贵经验带回国，帮助解决我国面临的挑战，首先从“减轻贫困”开始，最终帮助人民获得更好的生活。
总结：
整个研学之旅非常出色——活动时间、住宿、膳食、参观兰考和其他河南景点，如黄河、扶贫乡村和清明上河园等，都是极具文化魅力的展示。
尽管美好的时光非常短暂，但这是一次难以忘怀和有长远影响的经历，激发了我们的内在动力，使我们在挑战面前做得更好。
非常感谢这个伟大而独特的项目的策划者和执行者。它超出了我的预期，并为我提供了为世代变革而热情和不懈工作的韧性。
英文原稿：
The Study Tour of Henan Province has inspired and provided the long-awaited answers I gleaned from the actions of this great public servant Jiao Yulu. Such wonderful and mind-boggling experience has enabled strategic thinking to implement similar drive to my homeland, Liberia – a West African nation. These lessons learnt are (i. Selfless Leadership; (ii. Hard work and Sustainable Innovations (iii. Public Sector Management and influence and finally the primary drive to (iv. Alleviate Poverty for impactful decision making .
In the succeeding pages of this essay, you may delve your thoughts about the meaningful and experienced background, objectives, lessons learned, two simpler recommendations requested and my overall rating or opinion of the study tour.
The visit and study tour were a wonderful experience and mind-boggling strategy for one’s courage to foster similar drive to my homeland, Liberia .
Liberia , a country in West Africa has been ranked one of the poorest countries with the standard of living below 1 USD. This troubling narrative has compelled me to seek opportunities deserving to effect change especially with a country blessed with enormous natural resources and vast forests and lands capable of feeding its people.
The portraying effect of Jiao Yulu’s leadership despite consistent despair or challenges has enlightened my passion to continue the drive for poverty alleviation and public sector’s governance, accountability, and transparency.
Poverty Alleviation – Lankao City’s Experience :
A teary and resounding movie was filmed echoing the challenges the inhabitants faced in the city despite all efforts to provide better livelihoods amongst them . The sandstorms, floods and erosion were mountain challenges encountered by these great people for decades.
Jiao Yulu’s spirit , determination and great wisdom of leadership foster innovative ways to combat these challenges fearlessly and at great lengths . His persistence and resilience led residents to believe in his actions as he demonstrated selfless love and care for all .
This attribute of his courage inspired many to relive the odds and find innovative ways to curb these challenges .
The digging of the canals for irrigation , the planting of paulownia trees at the critical path modelled his love for his people . This innovation provided the solutions for a decade problem that engulfed these people .
The Paulownia Tree has also created revenue generation in the music industry that musical instruments such as flute, violin, guitars and all sorts of arts and crafts have been sold both locally and abroad .
It furthers provide other sustainable livelihoods for the people that the grounds are being used to plant sweet potatoes, peanuts and so forth that inhabitants of the land to cultivate .
The perseverance of Jiao Yulu’s action are embedded in the latter generations as more creativity or innovation continues to permeate the Chinese culture and philosophical thinking .
With the aforementioned , the peoples of this land have turned the once-ageing problems into captivating opportunities just as many faced around the world today.
Cardinal lessons are gleaned from this study tour to Lankao City , Henan Province :
1. Selfless Leadership :
Jiao Yulu’s desire to change the pervasive challenges of his people maintaining sleepless nights to find solutions has awakened me that everything in this world is possible once you nurture the heart of diligence, kindness and selflessness .
One can reexamine oneself and foster hopes and aspirations amongst his peoples I too, have observed that my people major problem is stark poverty . As learnt from the spirit of Yulu , I would study persistently and identify the problems facing my people from the once sweet land of liberty , Liberia who gained its independence centuries ago, the year 1847, July 26.
All my Term Papers from these several courses will aim at identifying the problems through research of all forms qualitatively and quantitatively so as to find sustained solutions that my generation, yet unborn will know that there lies a great public servant.
As Jiao Yulu , his story never told me that it will be easy !! Even he did not live to reap what he selfless led the people to combat . So my perseverance will not be easy but will be anchored on the hopes, the spirit that Jiao Yulu demonstrated – an answer that I have longed look for the last two decades.
In summary, leadership is about selfless contributions to humanity and the level of persistence and perseverance in driving positive or generational change ( Restoring human dignity by alleviating poverty).
2. Hard Work and Sustainable Innovation
Working hard day and night has been Jiao Yulu’s enabling philosophy to arrive at the deeper meanings for sustained solutions for the people of Henan Province. I felt his pains when in three successive times , he found solutions but yet those times were unanswered that he witnessed a great deal of residents migrating from the province of Henan. This broke his heart, but he withstood and began the fortitude with great resilience . Hard work and sustainable innovation are drivers for change yielding to an impactful world.
Ooh !! how are shared the tears of joy to see the people of Henan Province enjoying a great deal of livelihood and earnings – the aged , the youth and adult . On the other hand , I lingered in my thoughts back home for a change and an answer to my people .
Beyond words , I kept searching the books and mustered the courage to find the answers as I catalogue the problems in each sectors of my country- what would Jiao Yulu do???;
How will he approach these sectors to bring generational change such as alleviating poverty from the people and effectively managing the public purse.
3. Public Sector Management and Influence;
As auditors, we can go beyond and step into the world of courage cultivating selflessness, endurance, and persistence. Focusing our attention to Urban Modernization’s indices and Rural Vitalization Reawakening mirroring from China’s Road to recovery at every critical path in the nation’s rebuilding process from the late 1970’s .
Government by public policy makers always say “ the structure remains the same but what is changing is the ‘how’ we govern – governance”.
My quest for change is adopt an approach “ Reinventing Government” using for a model of what impacts my people and the generation to come . This path of reducing drastically corruption and making people accountable , equitable justice for all and above alleviating poverty .
4. Alleviate Poverty
My driving goal – a take away – when people’s livelihood is change for better , they think and make the right decisions . Poverty is an endemic disease that makes human race engulfed in untold sufferings cause by the wickedness of men in all spheres or the leadership failing to find plausible solutions . Today , I mount the courage to be an instrument of change and help solve my country’s challenges by firstly approaching the action to “ Alleviate Poverty” using the indicators that culminate to deriving this ultimate goal.
Overall Rating and Opinion
The entire study tour was excellent- the timing of events , accommodation, feeding , tours to Lankao city and other Henan locations such as the Yellow River, the ancestral visitation temple and sights together with great cultural displays.
Despite the great time , it is a memorable and impactful experience quenching our inner drives to do better despite the challenges.
With the resources of budget and time , the project was excellent . A big thank you to the planners and implementors of this great and unique project. It outmatched my expectations and provided me the tenacity to zealous and work tirelessly for generational change .
