Tien Giang: Women are a positive factor contributing to building new rural areas

(ABO) New rural construction (NTM) has become a vibrant movement in Tien Giang province, receiving positive support from women's union members and people. To achieve such results, it must be affirmed that there is an important contribution from women's union members. Women are both beneficiaries and active contributors to the implementation of the target program and criteria for NTM construction in the locality.

The movement of joining hands to build new rural areas has gone through a period. During that time, the appearance of rural areas in Tien Giang province has changed significantly. Many rural areas have really been "changed into new clothes" with new steps in socio -economic development, the lives of people, especially people in rural areas, have been increasingly improved.

Among those achievements, there are significant contributions from Women's Unions at all levels in the province. With specific and practical actions, the Union has contributed together with the Party Committee, government, and organizations at all levels to accelerate the progress of Tien Giang province to complete the construction of new rural areas by 2024.

Tien Giang Provincial Women's Union planted 500 star apple trees in Tang Hoa commune, Go Cong Dong district.

EFFECTIVELY PROMOTING THE MODEL "5 NO 3 CLEAN"

The Women's Union at all levels in the province has disseminated and popularized policies and guidelines on building new rural areas, 8 criteria in the Campaign "Building a family of 5 no's, 3 clean's" to nearly 1 million officials, members and people of all walks of life through competitions, seminars, thematic talks, via social networks (Zalo, Facebook), grassroots radio systems...; organized nearly 2,000 community communication sessions; opened 138 training courses, fostering professional skills of the Union for 1,750 key grassroots officials on building new rural areas; compiled, designed and printed 20,000 leaflets with the theme "Family house of 5 no's, 3 clean's join hands to build new rural areas"; coordinated with the Radio Station to broadcast 2,172 news/articles on good models, new ways of doing things, and typical advanced examples in building new rural areas.

Every month, according to the assigned schedule, women's union members of Tan Hoa Thanh commune, Tan Phuoc district are present on rural roads to clean, weed and take care of flower roads managed by the Women's Union.

In order for the movement to really go into depth, the Women's Union of the commune has directed its branches to thoroughly educate its members about the purpose and significance of building the model. At meetings, the Union also integrates the contents of the movement into group, team and club activities; at the same time, it is associated with the implementation of emulation movements "Women actively study, work creatively, build happy families", the movement "All people unite to build a cultural life", the Campaign "Studying and following the ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh " as well as contributing to the construction of new rural areas and the implementation of local socio-economic development goals, thereby attracting a large number of women to participate.

Up to now, the whole Association has established and maintained regular activities of women's models "5 no, 3 clean", with hundreds of women participating.

One of the green - clean - beautiful flower routes organized by the Women's Union of Tan Hoa Thanh commune, Tan Phuoc district.

Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Tan Hoa Thanh Commune, Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, said: Every year, the Women's Union of the commune has registered and implemented many projects and tasks to participate in building the new rural area, and has a plan to assign tasks to help households that have not met the 8 criteria of "5 no, 3 clean", "5 yes, 3 clean" in the locality.

In addition, the Association also organizes many practical activities to carry out emulation movements, associated with studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style.

Coming to Tan Thuan Binh commune, Cho Gao district, we can easily recognize the difference compared to before, which is the awareness of keeping the environment and housing clean of local people. Along with implementing the "3 clean" criteria (clean house, clean kitchen, clean road), the women's associations of Tan Thuan Binh commune have competed to implement the "5 no" criteria (no poverty, no violations of the law and social evils, no domestic violence, no third or more children, no malnourished children and dropouts).

Many households and women in Tan Thuan Binh commune, Cho Gao district classify garbage and compost organic fertilizer to grow vegetables and flowers.

Chairwoman of the Women's Union of Tan Thuan Binh commune Dang Thi Thuy Trang confided: Since the implementation of the Campaign "Building a family of 5 no, 3 clean", women have changed their way of thinking and doing from family life to raising children. Families have done a good job of maintaining hygiene from home to alley, focusing on burning waste in the right place; paying attention to treating waste in livestock farming by building a biogas tank model...

These activities not only raise awareness and responsibility of each citizen in protecting the environment, but also contribute to effectively implementing the work of building urban civilization.

In fact, the criteria in the Campaign “Building a family of 5 no’s, 3 clean’s” are very close to the lives of members and women, so they have created a widespread influence. After participating in the “5 no’s, 3 clean” model, families all know how to organize their family life; their children’s education has received more attention.

Every year, the Association at all levels has organized propaganda to implement the National Target Program on New Rural Construction associated with "Building a family of 5 no's and 3 clean's" to 100% of members.

Women's flower route at Sau Lo road, Ba Canh hamlet, Tan Thanh commune, Go Cong Dong district.

In addition, the Associations at all levels in the province participate with other organizations to mobilize people to promote their role as subjects in aspects of new rural construction such as: infrastructure construction, economic development, landscape construction, environmental protection, cultural life construction, community development, social self-management, etc.

Specifically, 18,769 propaganda sessions on clean water and environmental sanitation were organized; 875,764 members participated in mobilizing households to build toilets, collect and classify garbage, and ensure food safety; 30,000 leaflets were distributed to members and residents on how to classify garbage at home; 25 training courses were held to guide 1,580 members on how to compost organic waste, classify and treat household waste; 1,000 compost bins were provided, nearly 2,000 trash cans and garbage classification bags were given; 3,000 shopping bags were given to households to help reduce the use of plastic bags and disposable plastic products.

At the same time, 492 household incinerators and 1,516 sample incinerators were built; nearly 16,000 toilets were built; 575,000 flowers and trees such as Lagerstroemia, Purple Evening Primrose, Pink Trumpet, and White Orchid were planted, contributing to beautifying the rural landscape; typical environmental protection models were built, such as the "green - clean - beautiful" flower route model with 15,633 households participating in planting flowers along 518 routes nearly 300 km long.

In addition, introducing 8,030 members to borrow capital from the Social Policy Bank to build clean water and environmental sanitation projects; mobilizing 103,739 billion VND to build 1,332 rural traffic bridges, build Charity Shelters... and participating in contributing working days, cleaning, collecting waste, planting flowers and trees...

The Provincial Women's Union organized a contest of Good models - good practices to participate in building new rural areas.

UNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION

Participating in the construction of the new rural areas, the Women's Union at all levels of our province always identifies one of the key tasks as finding measures to increase women's income, contributing to economic development, poverty reduction. To achieve the set goals, the Union at all levels has organized many activities to support women in economic development and improve family life.

The Associations at all levels in the province have supported members in accessing credit sources for production and business, contributing to limiting the phenomenon of usury, especially in difficult cases; providing vocational training, job introduction and creation.

Specifically, in the past time, the Association at all levels has supported 41,442 poor member households and 15,045 poor female household heads who are eligible to escape poverty, through typical activities such as: Mobilizing 97,094 members to participate in 5,469 savings groups with a total savings of VND 98,676 billion, helping 65,537 poor members and poor female household heads to borrow capital with low interest rates or no interest.

Kim Ngan Cooperative, Luong Hoa Lac Commune, Cho Gao District creates jobs for hundreds of female workers.

Along with that, 158 women's groups were established to help each other reduce poverty with 3,257 members, 264 revolving capital contribution groups with 5,567 members, supporting 37.822 billion VND for 18,487 poor and disadvantaged members to rise up and develop their family economy; establishing savings groups to buy 618 health insurance for members' families with an amount of nearly 700 million VND; mobilizing 256,193 members to participate in the emulation to practice thrift, helping 16,987 members in difficult circumstances with an amount of 35.6 billion VND; maintaining 2,466 savings groups, clubs following Uncle Ho's example with an amount of more than 28.5 billion VND, helping nearly 22,486 members and poor women in difficult circumstances.

The Association mobilized over 3.5 billion VND to build 85 "Shelters of Love" for poor women's households; coordinated with relevant agencies to open 1,898 training classes to transfer science and technology to over 250,000 members on models such as: Growing safe fruit trees and vegetables, raising freshwater fish, growing rice according to VietGAP standards...; coordinated with departments, branches, and vocational training centers to open 1,678 vocational training classes for 27,765 female workers and introduced stable jobs to 20,953 female workers; supported 13.722 billion VND for 526 members to start a business; supported members to connect to consume 260.5 tons of various agricultural products, 3,000 palm mat products; Support, coordinate, and participate in the establishment of 401 women's production and business association groups attracting over 7,303 members, 13 cooperatives, and 219 women-managed enterprises, contributing to creating jobs for female workers.

The Provincial Women's Union has just coordinated to open 3 beverage mixing classes for women.

If in the past, women in difficult circumstances had to borrow capital from outside or rely on entrusted capital sources to develop the economy, since the women's savings movement, members have established an association fund, helping poor women have another channel to borrow capital.

Promoting their role, women of all classes have continuously actively studied, worked creatively, and made effective contributions in the economic, political, cultural, and social fields, continuing to affirm their role and position in the local new rural construction.

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