Lang Chanh Women's Union supports members in economic development

Lang Chanh Women's Union currently has 10 branches, 78 branches, and 6,749 members participating in activities. Along with building a strong organization, the Standing Committee of the District Women's Union has had many solutions to help members develop the economy, eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and build prosperous and happy families.

Lang Chanh Women's Union supports members in economic development The Hoa Binh chicken farming model of Ms. Ha Thi Hao's family in Oi quarter, Lang Chanh town brings high economic efficiency.

Like many farming families, when they first moved out, the life of Ms. Ha Thi Hao, a Thai ethnic in Oi quarter, Lang Chanh town, faced many difficulties. After many years of hard work but the family's economy did not improve significantly, in 2021 her family decided to build a goat farm. However, due to lack of experience, the family's investment in goat farming failed. Through the association, she was able to borrow capital and receive training on scientific and technical advances in livestock farming. Along with that, she learned more experience through books and newspapers, then decided to invest in building a Hoa Binh chicken farm combined with breeding pigs and commercial pigs. Because the farm was built on a large scale, the animals were cared for according to technical procedures, so the farm developed well. The farm always maintains 5,000 chickens, 10 sows, and 30 pigs. After deducting expenses, her family earns nearly 100 million VND in profit each year.

Chairwoman of the Lang Chanh District Women's Union Le Thi Kieu said: In order to support women's members in economic development, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and building a prosperous and happy family, the union has recently promoted propaganda and mobilized members to actively change the structure of crops and livestock; coordinated with specialized departments and offices to open training courses to transfer scientific and technical advances in cultivation and animal husbandry. In addition, the union directed all levels of the union to conduct surveys of poor and near-poor households, thereby mobilizing members to register to escape poverty. The union also coordinated with the Agricultural Bank and the District Social Policy Bank to support 3,321 members to borrow capital for economic development, with an amount of over 293 billion VND; coordinated with the Microfinance Organization to approve loans for 2,160 members with an amount of 23.6 billion VND. Maintain and effectively operate 69 savings groups with nearly 987 million VND for 191 members to borrow in rotation, develop livestock, grow crops, repair toilets, clean water... In particular, in 2023, the association coordinated to establish a model of "Commercial pig farming cooperative" for 20 members' families in Yen Khuong commune, bringing the total number of cooperative economic models in the district to 5 models.

The practical and effective work of the Lang Chanh District Women's Union has contributed to improving the material and spiritual life of women in the district.

Article and photos: Thien Nhan

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