Supporting construction of “Affection Houses” for poor women
On 30th June, 2 Affection Houses worth 40 million VND were inaugurated to Song Thi Mo in Moi village and Mrs. Song Thi Sau in Hong Ngai village. Mrs. Song Thi Sau is 57 years old. Her family is very needy with 13 mouths to feed and 4 generations living together.
4,000 Women’s Union members and staff belonging to ethnic minorities now literate
Bac Yen is a highland and very needy district in Son La province. Nearly 50% of the population here belongs to H’Mong ethnic group.In previous years, illiteracy and re-illiteracy rate of the ethnic women was high, accounting for 40% and 80% of the population in some areas.
Therefore, Bac Yen Women’s Union considered illiteracy eradication for ethnic women as a focal and urgent task and a main target of action by the Women’s
From 2001 until now, illiteracy eradication in Bac Yen has been implemented by all levels, branches and people. In the daytime, ethnic minority women work in the fields and in the evening to go to school. Many of them find teachers to learn from. Typically, WU in Sap Viet village, Ta Khoa commune has 24 women who themselves find Mrs. Lo Thi Khanh – a teacher of a communal primary school to learn the alphabet.
As a result, in 5 years (2001-2005), more than 4,000 ethnic women who are
More than 500 women members trained in agricultural extension
During the first 6 months, Son La Women’s
At the training classes, trainees were given knowledge on cultivation techniques of new high-yield plant varieties; multi-cropping intensive farming; reproductive cattle breeding and goods with high quality.
Besides, the Vietnam Women’s Union coordinated with SNV organization (