Nghi Loc women strongly spread the patriotic emulation movement

Replicate many good models

Realizing that waste can be used to turn into useful things for life, contributing to environmental protection, in 2021, the Standing Committee of the Women's Union of Nghi Thach commune advised the People's Committee of the commune to support the implementation of the pilot model "Turning organic waste into bio-fertilizer". Realizing that this is a new model, suitable for rural areas, the District Women's Union coordinated with the Commune Women's Union to actively promote, survey, and select 10 households in Hamlet 1, Nghi Thach commune to be the pilot. The Commune Women's Union mobilized resources to support funding for purchasing bins, probiotics, and organized training to guide households on the model implementation process.

Women's Unions in Nghi Loc district have many practical activities to support flood victims in Ky Son district. Photo: HPN

Although the model has only been implemented for a short time, it has received positive responses from households. Ms. Dang Thi Thai, Women's Union of Hamlet 1, Nghi Thai Commune shared: "Previously, every time we generated household waste, we buried it; trees in the garden such as jackfruit, grapefruit, oranges... were damaged by pests and fell down, which was both wasteful and polluted the environment. Implementing this model, the composting process is quite simple, just need to build a garbage tank divided into 2 compartments with a lid to prevent flies and mosquitoes from laying eggs. After the household waste is classified, organic waste such as leftover food, vegetables, spoiled fruits... is put into the pit, composted and mixed with microorganisms to turn into biological fertilizer".

The model has effectively supported the classification of waste at source, minimizing the total amount of waste released into the environment, making full use of organic waste sources, limiting the overload of centralized waste collection and treatment sites, helping to reduce costs in the collection, transportation and treatment of waste in the area, and at the same time creating a source of organic fertilizer to support agricultural production.

From this model, the Standing Committee of the Nghi Loc District Women's Union continues to propagate and mobilize replication in units in the district. Since the beginning of 2022, the whole district has had 10 units launching the model with the participation of nearly 500 households. Typical units are: Nghi Thai, Nghi Hung, Nghi Lam, Nghi Kieu, Nghi Van, Nghi My... The Standing Committee of the Women's Union of communes coordinated to organize training courses to provide knowledge, techniques for collecting and classifying waste and the process of treating organic waste with microorganisms for households; organized the model launching ceremony, and at the same time advised the Commune People's Committee and mobilized socialization to support resources to buy containers and microorganisms to initially support households participating in the model.

Nghi Loc District Women's Union supports livelihood models for members in difficult circumstances. Photo: HPN

Besides that model, the Women's Union of Nghi Loc district has supported and effectively implemented many projects and tasks that have a high impact in the community, contributing to the effective implementation of the movement to build "5 no, 3 clean" families, build advanced new rural areas, model new rural areas...

Strongly develop the association movement

In recent years, the Women's Union at all levels of Nghi Loc district has focused on innovating the content and methods of launching, organizing and implementing patriotic emulation movements with rich and practical content, close to the core tasks of the Union.

The District and grassroots Women's Unions have launched emulation movements and campaigns launched by the superior and local Women's Unions such as: "Building Nghe An women of the new era" and the campaign "Building families of 5 no's, 3 clean's"; "Warm Tet with love"; "Nghi Loc women proactively participate in environmental protection, contributing to building new and improved rural areas"... The launching and organization of emulation movements and campaigns in the Nghi Loc District Women's Union at all levels is associated with promoting "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style", attracting a large number of female cadres and members to participate with many practical and effective actions.

The Women's Union of Phuc Tho commune supports livelihood models for members in difficult circumstances. Photo: HPN

Many good models and practices have achieved many practical results, creating a wide spread in all levels of the Association. Specifically, the movement "Nghi Loc Women proactively participate in environmental protection, contributing to the construction of advanced new rural areas"; maintaining "Green Sunday" activities; building many practical models on plastic waste prevention activities; 15/29 communes have directed the pilot model "Turning organic waste into biofertilizer".

In 2022, the Association supported the construction of 2 charity houses with a support amount of 40 million VND/house; at the same time, coordinated with the Nghi Loc Branch Charity Fund to support the construction of 1 shelter with an amount of 40 million VND for poor members. In particular, towards poor women and children, cadres and women's union members in the district gave more than 600 gifts with a total amount of nearly 300 million VND to poor members, children in difficult circumstances and policy families on holidays and New Year's Day during the year.

100% of households registered by the Association have been assisted in the form of connection, loan support for economic development, poverty reduction, no third child, no domestic violence... 58 households have been helped by the Association to escape poverty, escape near poverty, contributing to reducing the poverty rate in the district to 3.74% (according to new criteria). Implementing the program "Godmother - connecting love", up to now, the District Women's Union and its facilities have mobilized to sponsor 58 orphans in especially difficult circumstances, with a support level of 300,000 VND/month/child, for 3-5 years; 4 children are supported with 1 million VND/child per month until they turn 18 years old.

Launching the model "Turning organic waste into biofertilizer". Photo: HPN

In addition to supporting activities, helping members and poor children to improve their lives, the Women's Union at all levels in the district has focused on promoting the emulation movement of labor and creativity, effectively contributing to local economic development programs such as crop conversion, renovating mixed gardens to grow crops of high economic value; clean production and livestock raising towards high quality standards.

“In the coming time, the Association will continue to propagate, mobilize and deploy campaigns and emulation movements, especially the emulation movement “Building Nghe An women of the new era”, the movement “5 no, 3 clean”; Continue to implement the program “Godmother - Connecting love”; Mobilize and support women to be creative, start a business, develop the economy, protect the environment... We will focus on innovating in the form of emulation and rewards, in terms of content and targets so that they are specific, clear and suitable to local conditions, thereby contributing to building the Association and movements increasingly strong”

Ngo Thi Thanh Xuan - President of Nghi Loc District Women's Union