Care for, accompany and support disadvantaged women and children

Bustling with activities

Ms. Dinh Thi Hoang, in Dong Nhan hamlet, Dong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh) has a particularly difficult situation. Both husband and wife are in poor health. Their land for production is only one sao of rice field. Their life all year round depends on "doing whatever is hired", such as spraying pesticides, weeding, harvesting crops and when no one hires them, catching snails to sell to feed 4 mouths. Therefore, Ms. Hoang's family has never had any savings.

Understanding that situation, for many years in a row,Women's UnionYen Thanh district and Dong Thanh commune have coordinated with many organizations and individuals to support the family, from building toilets, bathrooms, walls around the house to supporting cows and chickens for livelihood. Currently, her family continues to receive support to build "Warm home"with a total value of more than 100 million VND. Ms. Dinh Thi Hoang confided: "With the support of the Party Committee, the government, and the Women's Union, my family life is increasingly stable."

Also supported to build a "Shelter of Love" in 2021 are the family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Bon, in Dang Luu hamlet, Nam Thanh commune; Ms. Nguyen Thi Linh, in hamlet 4, Bac Thanh commune; Ms. Phan Thi Hue, in hamlet 3, Dai Thanh commune, all in difficult circumstances...

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoa - President of the Women's Union of Yen Thanh district shared: Women in poor households are all in particularly difficult and disadvantaged circumstances, and it is very difficult to rise up without companionship, sharing, and support through specific and practical actions. Therefore, within 5 years, the Women's Union at all levels in Yen Thanh district has focused on calling for and mobilizing resources to support the construction of nearly 100 "Shelters of Love" and the repair of nearly 150 houses. Along with that, the movement "Accompanying disadvantaged women" is organized with the spirit of "Not leaving any woman behind". Thereby, many models have been deployed at the grassroots level, such as "Raising economical plastic pigs"; "Charity rice jars"; "Turning waste into breeding animals"... In the past 5 years, thousands of disadvantaged and disadvantaged women in the district have been supported with chickens, ducks, breeding pigs; health insurance cards and thousands of gifts...

For the Women's Union of Thanh Chuong district, the "Zero-dong stall" model has been creatively organized. From the pilot in Dong Van commune, it has now been developed in 13 communes and towns and from the initial purpose of collecting household items, including used clothes from families that no longer use them, to give to those in need, mainly poor and vulnerable women and children in each locality; until Thanh Chuong district applied anti-epidemic measures in the spirit of Directive 16 of the Government, the "Zero-dong stalls" became the address for giving and receiving necessities: rice, fish sauce, cooking oil, MSG, vegetables, tubers...; antiseptic water, masks, soap... for disadvantaged women.

The association also organizes many activities for poor and disadvantaged women and children such as giving 32 "Shelters of Love"; implementing the movement "Each association helps 1 household escape poverty"; awarding scholarships at the beginning of the school year to poor students and students in difficult circumstances.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - Vice President of Thanh Chuong District Women's Union

Thanh Chuong women support breeding pigs, creating livelihoods for the poor.

It can be said that accompanying and supporting poor and disadvantaged women and children is one of the key and priority activities of women's unions at all levels in the province in recent times. For example, the Women's Union of Do Luong district focuses on supporting livelihood models with livestock such as chickens, pigs, goats, cows, savings books; supporting insurance cards; supporting scholarships, giving bicycles, tables, chairs, books, clothes for children to study from the source "Turning scrap into useful jobs" and mobilizing contributions from members, contributions from generous people, and children far from home.

Or the Women's Union of Nghi Loc district with the model of "adopting children" for orphans and children in special circumstances. In addition to the District Association adopting 2 children as "adopted children", currently all communes and towns are taking care of 1-3 children. The Women's Union of Quynh Luu district, in addition to building "Warm homes of love" and supporting livelihoods, also supports single-person women's families, women in difficult circumstances to do seasonal farming, ensuring a source of income from production for the family...

Accompanying and supporting poor and disadvantaged women and children has been one of the key and priority activities of women's unions at all levels in the province in recent times.

Contribute to social security goals

Ms. Le Thi Huong Giang - Vice PresidentNghe An Provincial Women's UnionShare: The people who work in the organization of the association at all levels are the ones who are closest to and understand the hardships and disadvantages of poor women and those in difficult circumstances better than anyone else. Especially when they are poor, women often have low self-esteem. This is both an obstacle for poor women to rise up and stabilize their lives; and an obstacle to the goal of social security and equality in human development in general.

One of the important functions of women's unions at all levels is to care for and protect the legitimate rights and interests of women.

Ms. Le Thi Huong Giang shared

The Provincial Women's Union provided cows and created livelihoods for the Dan Lai ethnic group (Con Cuong).

With the desire to create more motivation, determination, and help disadvantaged women and children confidently rise up in life; at the same time, demonstrating the role of the women's union in poverty reduction, social security and new rural construction, in recent times, women's unions from the province to the grassroots have actively and creatively implemented many movements and activities "Accompanying disadvantaged women and children". And the way that organizations at all levels do is to review and divide into groups to help and support appropriately for each subject. From making "Shelters of Love"; supporting trees and livestock for livelihood; supporting medical treatment money, supporting household items, supporting monthly food, supporting working days, production...

In the past 5 years, more than 18,000 poor and disadvantaged women and children have been supported; including support for building and repairing 837 "Shelters of Love", worth nearly 17 billion VND. Responding to the program "Millions of gifts to share love" launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, up to now, after 2 months, the whole province has given 8,436 gifts to poor and disadvantaged women and children, worth more than 3.2 billion VND...

The movement "Turning scrap into useful jobs" has been widely developed at all levels of women's associations to create more resources to support poor and disadvantaged women and children.

Accompanying and supporting poor and disadvantaged women and children continues to be identified as one of the key tasks of Nghe An Women's Union at all levels in the 2021 - 2026 term. Because there are currently many social issues that directly affect women's health, employment and income, including the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, contributing to motivating women to rise up, contributing to ensuring social security throughout the province.