The story of a compassionate woman

Born and raised in the poor countryside of Nghi Phong commune (Nghi Loc), in 1986, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong married Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ngoc in Nghi Thai commune. Due to the difficult circumstances of both families, when the couple got married, they had no capital.

To develop the economy, Ms. Hong and her husband worked hard to make a living, learning many jobs to make a living. In 2007, with her talent in cooking and always looking for recipes, Ms. Hong began to cook for those who wanted to order a tray. Thanks to her diligence and hard work, in a short time, Ms. Hong's delicious cooking skills were known to many people and customers inside and outside the district. From here, her family gradually overcame difficulties and provided stable jobs for their children.

Currently, Ms. Hong is the owner of a mobile wedding restaurant, creating jobs for dozens of workers. Photo: TH

Currently, Ms. Hong owns a mobile wedding restaurant, generating income for her family and contributing to creating jobs for 20-25 local female workers with an income of 3-5 million VND/month. In addition, she also owns the largest grocery store in the Moc market area, Nghi Thai commune.

Although life is warm and happy, she always has a deep, anxious feeling when thinking about people with difficult circumstances in life. Moreover, as a women's association member, she always actively participates in and supports the association's activities.

Sharing with us about the opportunity to do charity work, Ms. Hong confided that perhaps it was also fate, whenever she met poor people, she felt compassion and wanted to help them. When she saw them happy, she also felt that she was doing something meaningful, so she had to try harder.

A charity activity of the program "Pot of Charity Porridge" by Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (in yellow shirt in the middle) with the District Women's Union at Nghi Loc District General Hospital. Photo: NVCC

In recent years, especially in 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out again, the commune implemented social distancing. Although she was not a union official and had not been vaccinated, when the Commune Women's Union called on her, she volunteered to join the "Women's Volunteer Team for Covid-19 Prevention and Control" established by the Nghi Thai Commune Women's Union.

During that time, she directly participated in the volunteer team, logistics team, and shipper team of the association, directly participating in cooking nearly 2,200 meals and 600 breakfasts for frontline forces and quarantined cases. She herself also directly helped the women's association by being a volunteer shipper, purchasing and providing necessities to households in the commune during the social distancing period. To promptly encourage the frontline forces on the front line against the Covid-19 epidemic, she and her family directly presented meaningful gifts to the Commune Steering Committee, logistics team, medical station, and on-duty forces.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (right) and her teammates participated in the "Nutrition meal" exchange. Photo: TH

In addition to epidemic prevention and control activities, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong also actively supports and carries out volunteer activities organized by the Commune Women's Union. Up to now, she has directly coordinated with the Commune Women's Union to successfully organize 4 "Charitable Porridge Pot" programs at Nghi Loc District General Hospital; including distributing 1,300 free porridge portions to patients and their families, with a total value of over 20 million VND; directly supporting the program "Warm Tet"; "Warm Spring - Tet full of love" launched by the Commune Women's Union, with an amount of 5 million VND. In 2021, she supported the Commune Women's Union to implement the program "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival - Warm Women's Love" and support women with disabilities and children in difficult circumstances in the commune.

In addition to doing well in humanitarian and charity work, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong is also a pioneer in the association's activities. She herself is one of the active members in proposing to launch cultural, artistic, physical education and sports activities; creating a playground for female members to exchange and learn.

Currently, Ms. Hong is a member of the Management Board of the "Women's Folk Dance Club" model and the Captain of the Women's Volleyball Team of the Thai Son Village Women's Association. Thanks to her positivity and responsibility, along with the leadership and direction of the Association's Executive Committee, the Association's movements are organized more regularly, attracting a large number of members to participate, thereby contributing to improving the quality of Association activities.

Ms. Hong and her team participated in the "Nutrition Meal" competition and won first prize. Photo: TH

Not only that, her family always complies with the Party's policies and the State's laws and always achieves the title of Exemplary Cultural Family. With her small contributions, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong has been recognized and commended by the Women's Union at all levels.

In 2018, she was honored by the Nghi Loc District Women's Union as a typical and outstanding woman for the period 2016 - 2018; in 2019, she was honored by the Commune Women's Union as a typical and outstanding woman in implementing the emulation movement "Women actively study and create to build happy families" and the campaign to practice 4 qualities "Confidence, self-respect, loyalty, and responsibility". Notably, she was recently honored by the Vietnam Women's Union with a Certificate of Merit with the title "Outstanding Woman" in 2021.

Ms. Dang Thi Tho - President of the Women's Union of Nghi Thai Commune (Nghi Loc) said: Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong is one of the very enthusiastic and dedicated members. With the organization, she is always a pioneer in all activities; a positive and core factor for the activities of the association in the locality. In daily life, she is a caring person, always knows how to care, encourage, share and help those in less fortunate circumstances. With a sociable and friendly personality, she is always loved by the members. Not only that, she is also one of the typical examples of women in economic development that needs to be replicated for members and women in the commune to learn and follow.