Identifying that supporting and enhancing women's economic empowerment is an important solution to promote potential and improve life, in recent years, the Women's Union at all levels in the province has focused on and synchronously implemented support solutions, creating conditions to help members and women develop family economy, improve quality of life, affirm the role and position of women in the family and in all areas of social life.
Leaders of the Provincial Women's Union visited the model of Hoang Hoa Phu Lam Grapefruit Cooperative, Phu Lam commune, Doan Hung district.
A variety of support solutions
In order to help members and women effectively develop economic models and get rich legitimately, the Provincial Women's Union has actively directed all levels of the Union to innovate the content and methods of operation, focusing on the grassroots level, effectively implementing Project 939 "Supporting women to start a business" with many specific and practical solutions, contributing to promoting emulation movements such as: Helping members access programs, preferential policies, capital sources to support start-ups and businesses; supporting members with plants and seedlings... At the same time, regularly reviewing and classifying poor households, grasping the aspirations and needs of members, especially poor women who are household heads, to promptly take appropriate and effective measures to help and support; organizing training courses and vocational training on start-ups, economic development, application of science and technology in production... for members and women.
From the beginning of 2024 to now, the Association at all levels has organized 2 courses, 29 training classes to raise awareness about business startups, transfer of technical advances in agriculture, e-commerce, training to develop business models... attracting more than 2,200 members, women, business owners, cooperatives, business households, and associated groups/teams in the province to participate; organized 3 training courses on "The role of women in participating in cooperative management associated with the implementation of Project 01" for nearly 400 officials, members, and women in Viet Tri city, Lam Thao and Phu Ninh districts; 1 training course to improve capacity to support collective economy and cooperatives for 110 trainees who are part-time Association officials at the commune level and leaders and members of cooperatives and cooperatives managed by women...
In particular, in 2024, the Association supported the establishment of 3 new Cooperatives: "Binh Phu Garment and Packaging", "Gia Thanh Seedless Persimmon", "Tan Duc Glutinous Soy Sauce"; 13 cooperatives, 17 economic development linkage groups, bringing the total to 16 cooperatives, 73 cooperatives, 258 women's groups/teams linking economic development, 161 household economic development models. At the same time, support 7 livelihood models for members and poor women; connect with organizations and philanthropists, support livelihood models for 29 members and women in difficult circumstances in Ha Hoa, Doan Hung, Phu Ninh, Thanh Son, Tan Son, Yen Lap, Cam Khe districts affected by storm No. 3 and storm circulation with a total value of over 230 million VND.
Carrying out the grassroots science and technology task of "Building a biosafety broiler chicken farming model for women members in Thang Son commune, Thanh Son district" in 2024, the Provincial Women's Union supported 1,000 breeding chickens and animal feed for 3 households participating in the "Biosafety chicken farming" model with a total value of 15 million VND.
Comrade Phan Hong Nhung - Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union said: With the companionship and support in many forms from the Women's Union at all levels in the province, it has created conditions for members and women to promote their potential, strengths, and creative thinking, change their thinking and working methods in production and business. From there, they have risen to economic independence, contributing to effectively implementing the task of socio-economic development of the locality.
Thanks to access to preferential loans, Ms. Chu Thi Ha, Zone 8, Dong Xuan Commune, Thanh Ba District, has developed a livestock model, providing a stable income.
Build many typical models
Coming to Dong Xuan commune, Thanh Ba district, we had the opportunity to visit the tea growing and livestock raising model of Ms. Chu Thi Ha's family to see the significance of the specific work that the Women's Union has created conditions for and supported her family in economic development. It is known that Ms. Ha's family's economy previously only relied on a few fields, so life was still difficult. In 2019, with the desire to escape poverty, knowing that the Women's Union had many forms of helping members develop the economy, she boldly registered for a loan and was supported by the Union with a loan of 50 million VND from the preferential loan capital of the Social Policy Bank (SBP) of the district managed by the Women's Union of the commune to expand the family's tea growing area.
Talking to us, Ms. Ha said: “When we first planted tea trees, my family planted a small amount on a trial basis. After a while, seeing that the tea trees were growing well, my family boldly borrowed capital to expand the tea growing area. Up to now, my family's tea growing area is more than 3,600m2 . In addition, the family also develops the economy from raising fish and chickens, earning over 100 million VND each year. Thanks to that, the family's life has changed significantly, and the economy is becoming more and more stable.”
The Women's Union of Van Lung Commune, Phu Tho Town is also considered one of the Union's bases that has implemented many typical economic solutions and models to support and help female members, especially poor and single members, to build economic models, bringing high efficiency. Among them, the "Revolving loan for breeding" model was established by the Women's Union of the commune in 2013 with the form of helping members and women who have difficulty with capital and need to borrow breeding chickens to develop the economy in livestock farming. Initially, when it was first established, only a few households registered to borrow, after a while, women and members realized that this model was very effective, no need to invest capital at first, just need to register the number of breeding chickens to raise, within 6 months when selling chickens, members must return the initial amount of registered breeding chickens, without interest, so many members registered to participate. From 2020 to present, the Association has lent over 10,000 chickens, with each household borrowing an average of 50 - 500 chickens.
Hoang Thi Na's family in An Ninh Ha area is one of the households that has risen to develop and stabilize the family economy from the "Revolving Breeding Loan" model. She shared: "When the Women's Union established the "Revolving Breeding Loan" model, I boldly borrowed chickens to raise. During the time of raising chickens, I participated in training courses on livestock and poultry raising and care techniques organized by the Union, so I accumulated a lot of experience. After that, I decided to invest in barns, borrowing 300 - 500 chickens at a time to expand and develop the scale further. Up to now, my family has registered for loans 8 times and paid the capital on time."
Up to now, the Association at all levels has effectively managed entrusted loan sources with a total outstanding loan balance of over VND 1,900 billion for over 47,000 members and women; coordinated vocational training for 1,942 female workers, after training, over 1,400 people were introduced and self-employed. Thanks to that, in 2023, the Association at all levels helped 2,030 households reduce poverty, of which 878 households escaped poverty.
Thanks to the support from the Women's Union at all levels in all aspects, from capital, knowledge to plants and seeds, many members and women in the province have boldly developed household economy, participated in groups, cooperatives, cooperative groups... to develop production, create jobs, stable income, thereby promoting the role of women in economic development and building family life.
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