Nghe An women work hard on charity work during Independence Day

Women in Thanh Chuong district participate in harvesting rice for members in difficult circumstances, building makeshift quarantine areas and organizing mobile propaganda teams. Photo: Contributor

Many meaningful things to do on Independence Day

This year's National Day, September 2, during the complicated Covid-19 pandemic, there were no tourism or entertainment activities like previous years, but families all gathered at home - "wherever you are, stay there".

As for women in many localities in the province, instead of taking holidays and gathering with their families, they are still busy with many loving and sharing tasks.

At the Trang Tho hamlet association, Xuan Tuong commune (Thanh Chuong), more than 20 women went to the fields early in the morning to harvest rice for Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bay's family. Mrs. Bay is nearly 70 years old this year, her husband, Mr. Nguyen Phung Lan, had an accident and has been hospitalized for more than 2 months; 3 children, one living far away, the other taking care of him. The 3 sao of rice was ripe in the field but there was no labor to do it. Mrs. Bay's situation was understood by the women in the hamlet and they volunteered to harvest, pull back and thresh the rice to help the family.

Nghe An women join community Covid Teams to propagate and monitor people quarantined at home. Photo: Contributor

In Thanh Chuong district, in Thanh Thinh commune, 20 women joined forces with veterans and farmers to build a field quarantine area consisting of 3 compartments and 6 rooms to replace the centralized quarantine area at the school.

Ms. Tran Thi Thuy - Head of Phong Thinh Association, one of the association officials actively participating in Covid-19 prevention and control activities in the locality in recent times, confided: "The current difficulties are common difficulties and when everyone contributes, all tasks and difficulties can be solved. Especially, participating in activities on Independence Day, for each sister, this year's Independence Day is even more meaningful."

According to Ms. Ha Thi Xuan - President of the Women's Union of Thanh Thinh commune, in recent times, in addition to establishing a mobile propaganda team to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic, the commune's women's unions have also organized many activities in this fight, such as mobilizing people and women members to contribute necessities and organize meals for people in centralized quarantine; support harvest season for people in quarantine...

Women in Quynh Luu district are actively harvesting vegetables, tubers, and fruits; cooking meals for quarantine centers and giving gifts to members and disadvantaged children. Photo: Contributor

Also today, in Tan Hai and Hoc Van hamlets, Quynh Bang commune (Quynh Luu district), 24 women also actively harvested the green onions for families in the hamlet.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai - President of the Women's Union of Quynh Bang commune said: Supporting and helping members harvest vegetables, tubers and fruits is a traditional activity of local women. Due to the nature of growing vegetables, tubers and fruits, currently, mainly by live labor, from planting to harvesting, while the young people mainly go to work far away, so each household mainly has only 2 middle-aged workers or over 60 years old.

And now, applying epidemic prevention and control measures according to Directive 16 in the commune makes it even more difficult to harvest, transport and consume, so along with harvesting, the commune Women's Union also takes responsibility for transporting and connecting agricultural products for farmers through various channels.

Women of Quynh Bang commune, Quynh Luu district participate in the checkpoint. Photo: Contributor

According to the Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Quynh Bang Commune, in addition to harvesting and connecting to consume agricultural products, on September 2, the women also took on the task of cooking 65 meals to support people in centralized quarantine and the forces working at checkpoints, and at the same time processed drinks and snacks to serve the forces on duty at the checkpoints.

Not only in Quynh Bang commune, according to Ms. Tran Thi Ha - President of the Women's Union of Quynh Luu district, although it is a holiday, women in many localities still continue to maintain many jobs to support the anti-epidemic force as in the past few days. In addition to Quynh Bang, women in Quynh Tam and Quynh Dien communes also participate in harvesting and connecting to consume products for people.

Many localities such as Quynh Giang, Quynh Hau, Quynh Bang communes, Cau Giat town... maintain the "warm rice - trust" activity with thousands of meals that women call for support and organize to cook. Some localities such as Quynh Thach, Quynh Giang, Quynh Tho, Quynh Hong... organize gift giving to member families in difficult circumstances and households affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

Women of Cua Lo town deliver rice to support families and support agricultural product consumption for farmers. Photo: Contributor

In the coastal town of Cua Lo, women were also busy with many activities during the September 2nd holiday. For example, in Nghi Huong ward, women actively collected and connected to consume vegetables, livestock, and poultry products produced by farmers.

In Nghi Hai ward, women connected to bring necessities from outside the ward to serve the people. In Nghi Thuy ward, women organized to divide and deliver rice support from benefactors to households in the ward...

In parallel with the above activities, according to Ms. Phung Thi Hanh - President of the Women's Union of Cua Lo town, today, the unions at all levels in the town have also connected and received some support sources from some benefactors and organized the cooking of over 1,000 meals to serve concentrated quarantine areas and forces on duty at checkpoints.

Women in Vinh city give gifts to support the force on duty at the checkpoint. Photo: Contributor

Women with many activities to prevent and fight Covid-19

Talking about the role of women in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - President of the Provincial Women's Union said: In the past time, together with other forces, the Women's Union at all levels has actively promoted propaganda on disease prevention and control, especially promoting the social network system of zalo and facebook of the union at all levels; through the Union's website; including establishing mobile propaganda teams at the grassroots level; participating in community Covid teams "going to every alley, knocking on every door, checking every subject" to propagate, mobilize, and monitor people to implement epidemic prevention measures...

At the same time, the Association and its members actively participated in many activities to support the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. They were a strong rear force for the frontline against the epidemic by calling for support sources and organizing the cooking of more than 167,098 meals for checkpoints, medical staff, doctors, and quarantined people in districts, cities, and towns.

Women's unions at all levels are stepping up support activities for members and children in difficult circumstances. Photo: Mai Hoa

Women's Unions at all levels have also called for, mobilized, and supported money, supplies, and necessities with a total value of over 11.5 billion VND, including over 4 billion VND in cash; 100,904 boxes of masks; 32,165 bottles of sanitizer; 6,790 anti-droplet visors and necessities in quarantine areas and locked-down areas; and supported 1,230 gifts for disadvantaged families...

Women's Unions at all levels mobilized women to harvest and connect with farmers to sell products, especially those in quarantine, with more than 30,000 tons of agricultural products; supported the harvest of 300 hectares of agricultural products for quarantined families. Women also took on shopping for people in the locked-down area with more than 100,000 orders...

The President of the Provincial Women's Union also said that, along with continuing to implement the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, responding to the movement "Millions of gifts to share love" launched by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union, in the coming time, the Union organizations at all levels in the province will also continue to call for and mobilize resources to support disadvantaged families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to overcome difficulties during the epidemic and soon stabilize their lives after the epidemic.