Nghe An: 8.4 thousand households received support from Women's Union to escape poverty

(Baonghean.vn) – On the morning of December 30, the Provincial Women's Union held a conference to summarize the movement and activities of the Union in 2015 and deploy tasks for 2016.

Over the past year, Women's Unions at all levels have actively exploited programs and projects to support loans for economic development. The total capital currently managed by Women's Unions at all levels in the province is more than 2.7 trillion VND for over 260,000 households to borrow.

Conference overview.

The Women's Unions at all levels continued to effectively maintain 940 models, built more than 112 new economic development models; established 28 new cooperatives and association groups; and maintained 17 women's business clubs in 12 districts and cities. Through activities to support women in sustainable poverty reduction, the Women's Unions at all levels have helped more than 8,400 households escape poverty, including more than 3,000 poor households headed by women.

Ms. Le Thi Tam - President of the Provincial Women's Union affirmed that in the coming time, she will continue to promote the achieved results; step up the implementation of emulation movements in the Women's Union at all levels.

In addition, in 2015, the Women's Union at all levels raised 1.3 billion VND to support over 700 poor women; built and repaired 247 charity houses with a total mobilized source of over 2.6 billion VND; continued to implement the campaign "Building families of 5 no's and 3 clean's" with over 322 thousand households meeting 8 criteria (an increase of 7,200 households compared to the previous year)...

Members of the Women's Union of Hung Phuc Ward (Vinh City) launched a campaign to clean up public areas (Photo: Minh Chi).

In the coming year, the Women's Union at all levels will continue to promote the emulation movements "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's moral example" associated with propaganda and education on the qualities of "Confidence, self-respect, honesty, and responsibility", "Building a family of 5 no's and 3 clean's", "Women helping each other to eliminate hunger and reduce poverty"...

The Provincial Women's Union also awarded certificates of merit to 63 groups and 37 individuals who had outstanding achievements in association work and effectively implemented special topics in 2015.

On this occasion, the Women's Union of Nghe An province was honored to receive the Emulation Flag for Excellent Unit in 2015 from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union. The Central Committee of the Women's Union awarded certificates of merit to 52 groups and 7 individuals. The Provincial Women's Union also awarded certificates of merit to 63 groups and 37 individuals who had outstanding achievements in the work of the union and effectively implemented thematic issues in 2015.

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