Nghe An: Many projects and tasks to welcome the 13th National Women's Congress

Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, President of the Provincial Women's Union presented gifts to support female workers in difficult circumstances. Photo: Mai Hoa

“Bright spot in border area” model

Hanh Dich (Que Phong) is a particularly difficult border commune. Implementing the province's policy of helping and supporting poor communes and the program "Accompanying women in the border areas" launched by the Vietnam Women's Union in coordination with the Border Guard Command, in recent times, the Nghe An Provincial Women's Union has had many activities to support and help Hanh Dich.

To continue supporting members, women and children to ensure sustainability, and at the same time respond to the special emulation campaign launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union to welcome the 13th National Women's Congress (taking place on March 9-11, 2022), in 2021, the Provincial Women's Union chose Hanh Dich commune as the starting point for a special emulation campaign in the whole province with the desire to spread many practical activities from this locality to all levels of the Union; at the same time, the "Bright Spot of the Border Area" model was chosen as the project and work of the Provincial Women's Union with a social security package of 100 million VND for the locality.

Supporting livelihood models for members, poor and disadvantaged women is one of the projects and tasks that the association at all levels is implementing during this peak emulation period. Photo: Mai Hoa

Specifically, supporting 10 phones for students under the program "Wave and computer for children"; investing in the construction of hand washing sinks and toilets for Hanh Dich Kindergarten. Cooperating with the Women's Union of Que Phong district to support 20 livelihood models; giving 02 breeding cows and supporting 50 households to build garbage pits at home.

In addition, the Association also organizes many propaganda activities to improve knowledge, mobilize members and women; build the model of "3 barns, 3 holes" (buffalo, pig, chicken barn; garbage, manure, pepper pit); plant Bauhinia flower routes...

Also in Que Phong district, the Provincial Women's Union implemented a model of building a strong Union base in ethnic minority areas in Tri Le commune. Ms. Sam Thi Thanh - President of the Que Phong District Women's Union affirmed: The specific and practical support from the province in recent times has truly become a support and motivation for the Unions at all levels in the district to operate; at the same time, helping women to be independent and confident in life.

The entire Que Phong district has 15 projects and more than 100 meaningful and practical tasks to welcome the 13th National Women's Congress. Including building livelihood models for women in difficult circumstances; building flag roads, green tree roads, general environmental cleaning; participating in the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic...

The Provincial Women's Union supports computers for students under the "Computers for Children" program in Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district. Photo: Mai Hoa

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha - Chief of Office, Provincial Women's Union said: In addition to the province's activities in the two communes of Hanh Dich and Tri Le, the program "Accompanying women in the border areas" has recently attracted the participation of all levels of the Union and members, women in the whole province with many movements and activities aimed at women in the border areas.

Notable movements include “Turning scrap into breeding stock to support people in border areas”; “Border medicine cabinet”; “Old textbooks”; building livelihood models for disadvantaged women; volunteer activities to give gifts and support school supplies for students in border areas… with a total cost of more than 1 billion VND.

These activities have helped many villages in remote, isolated, and border areas change their appearance. More importantly, they have contributed to changing the mindset and awareness of the people and women's union members to create better family lives and more beautiful villages; gradually contributing to pushing back the mentality of waiting and relying on others in a segment of the population.

Nghe An women join hands to protect the environment and build new rural areas with many practical contents. Photo: Mai Hoa

According to Ms. Ha, along with building the model "Bright spot in the border area", in this special emulation period, the Provincial Women's Union also deployed the project "Nghe An Women join hands to protect the environment" with a budget of 360 million VND in 02 districts Quynh Luu and Yen Thanh with a series of communication activities "Say no to waste"; giving 250 trees to communes and 180 waste sorting bins to members.

Organize environmental sanitation campaigns, contributing to raising awareness and sense of responsibility for women and the community in building a cleaner, healthier and more beautiful living environment.

Activities to support seasonal working days for members, women who are sick, ill or are taking medical measures to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Photo: Mai Hoa

Spreading many projects and tasks

Based on the plan to launch a special emulation campaign and initiate 02 projects/tasks of the Provincial Women's Union, the Unions at all levels have closely followed the political tasks of the locality and the Union's work to register practical, meaningful and widespread projects and tasks.

The Women's Union of Quy Hop district launched the movement "Quy Hop Women for poor women and children; for a green, clean, and beautiful environment". Accordingly, 100% of the Union's branches and sub-unions focused on supporting trees and seedlings and building 79 livelihood models for disadvantaged women; building 08 "Shelters of Love". Implementing 39 projects and activities for a green, clean, and beautiful environment, implementing the program "Millions of gifts to share love" in a special emulation period, resulting in 890 gifts worth nearly 350 million VND to support disadvantaged women and children.

During a special emulation campaign, Nghe An women built and repaired 188 "Shelters of Love" for women members in difficult circumstances. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Women's Union of Anh Son district directed 21/21 Union bases to build flower beds at 155 cultural houses in hamlets and villages and 21 flower and green tree routes in communes and towns.

The Women's Union of Quynh Luu district responded to the program "Millions of gifts to share love", the whole district awarded 7,781 gifts worth nearly 4 billion VND; supported 29 livelihood models worth 103 million VND and supported the construction of 50 new charity homes.

The Women's Union of Thanh Chuong district set the target of "40 projects/tasks that overcome difficulties, are creative and practical" which has sparked many activities and widespread movements at the grassroots level, such as "Green savings, turning waste into useful activities"; "Thanh Chuong women join hands to protect green areas"; building flower roads, new rural flower routes, advanced new rural areas...

Promote the movement "Turning waste into useful things" at many levels of the association. Photo: Mai Hoa

Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, President of the Provincial Women's Union said: Responding to the special emulation campaign to welcome the 13th National Women's Congress launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, all levels of the Union, members and women in the whole province have responded positively, creating a vibrant, widespread and in-depth emulation movement.

The whole province built 1,268 meaningful and practical works/projects, of which 2 works/projects were at the provincial level; 35 works/projects at the district, city and town levels; and 1,231 works/projects at the grassroots level.

The President of the Provincial Women's Union also affirmed that the activities, projects and tasks in the special emulation period have contributed to promoting the implementation of the Union's tasks.

In particular, through the emulation period, the Women's Union at all levels has drawn many lessons in selecting practical and effective contents and activities in the coming time, contributing to realizing the goals and targets of the Resolution of the 16th Nghe An Provincial Women's Congress and the Resolution of the 13th National Women's Congress.

As a result of the special emulation period, the whole province supported 270 livelihood models; built and repaired 188 "Shelters of Love"; presented 122 bicycles to students; 12,851 gifts; 3,861 health insurance cards, 22,765 breeding animals, 5,791 kg of rice to members and disadvantaged women, with a total value of over 10 billion VND. The association at all levels also built 861 green works, flower-blooming roads; 56 street lighting works; 05 mural roads; 55 national flag roads. Mobilized members and women to donate 1,981 m of fence and 765 m2 of land; contributed 955 million VND in cash and more than 26,000 working days to the new rural construction program in localities...

Thanh Chuong district women support members and women in the harvest season. Photo: Mai Hoa