The effectiveness of the Club "Women living a good life and good religion"

The house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Sang’s family is located in front of the gate of Trang Canh parish church, with a small kiosk used to sell groceries. Borrowing 3 million VND with low interest rate from the fund of the “Women living a good life, beautiful religion” club, Mrs. Sang imported more diverse items. Thanks to that, the number of customers increased day by day, the income also increased, and now she has repaid the loan.

Ms. Sang said: "Joining the Club, not only do I get loans to do business, I also gain more social knowledge and information about life, thereby better implementing the policies of the Party and the State."

With a low-interest loan from the “Women living a good life and a good religion” club in Xuan Canh hamlet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Sang expanded her grocery store. Photo: Cong Kien

Also borrowing capital from the club, Ms. Vuong Thi Phuong had more money to buy seafood to sell at local markets. The capital was effective, Ms. Phuong continuously rotated, increased the quantity of goods and expanded her business to other markets. Income from that also increased significantly, allowing her to invest in her children's education.

“Since joining the “Women living a good life and a good religion” club, I have learned many things, including really simple things that I have not paid attention to for a long time, such as many issues of gender equality, domestic violence and the duties of citizens towards society…” - Ms. Phuong shared.

Established in April 2017, after nearly 2 years of operation, the “Women living a good life and a good religion” club is truly a “common home” for the women of Xuan Canh hamlet. Because through each regular or ad hoc meeting, members gain more knowledge and skills about life, creating a united and joyful atmosphere to increase work efficiency.

Currently, the club has more than 40 members of different ages, everyone here has the same desire to learn business experience, help each other develop the economy and improve understanding of society.

Regular meeting of the "Women living a good life and good religion" club in Xuan Canh hamlet. Photo: Cong Kien

Vice President of the Club - Ms. Nguyen Thi Thien said, Xuan Canh is a Catholic hamlet with 140 households, the main source of income is exploiting, catching and trading seafood products. Thanks to hard work and solidarity in business, life is increasingly stable and developing, currently there are only 3 poor households due to old age, loneliness, and lack of conditions for economic development. The participation of the women in the Club activities is recognized and encouraged by their families and the Pastoral Council of the parish.

The “Women living a good life, good religion” club is a gathering place for women, operating under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Women’s Association of the hamlet. The club’s mission is to propagate the Party’s guidelines and policies, the State’s laws, and the local tasks to create a change in awareness and the role of the association, especially to raise understanding of society, to live “a good life, good religion, respect God and love the country”. From there, have a healthy lifestyle, promote the good qualities and ethics of Vietnamese women in the new period.

The main activities of the Club are organizing seminars, talks, cultural - artistic - sports exchanges, picking democratic flowers, learning about social knowledge, visiting and learning from other units, encouraging and sharing with each other when facing difficulties and hardships.

Awarding prizes to members with high achievements in the Democratic Flower Picking competition of the “Women living a good life and a good religion” club in Xuan Canh hamlet. Photo: Cong Kien

The club organizes regular activities every 3 months, with quite rich content including disseminating information, key tasks of the association and local work, propagating policies and guidelines, encouraging women to promote their inherent qualities to develop the economy, build happy families, and contribute to building the homeland. At the same time, exchanging experiences in production, business and application of science and technology; introducing high-income family economic models and contributing funds to help each other develop the economy and share difficulties.

Fishermen in Nghi Xuan commune (Nghi Loc) are about to go to sea. Photo: Cong Kien

Ms. Le Thi Huong - President of Nghi Xuan Commune Women's Union said: "The club "Women living a good life and following their religion" in Xuan Canh hamlet was established not long ago but has been effective in its activities. Members are enthusiastically participating, the number is increasing day by day, the awareness of women is raised and importantly, it contributes to promoting the movements of the hamlet. In the near future, we will replicate this model to all hamlets with religious members."