Improve income thanks to project to support women in starting a business

(GLO)- With the implementation of the Project "Supporting women to start businesses in the period 2017-2025 in Gia Lai province", many women have successfully started businesses with good and effective models, contributing to improving their income.

Previously, Ms. Truong Thi Hue (Ninh Hoa village, Ia Boong commune, Chu Prong district) worked as a seamstress but her income was unstable. After many visits to typical economic models organized by the Women's Union at all levels in the district, in 2019, she decided to choose the bird's nest farming model to start a business. In parallel with borrowing capital to invest in building a bird's nest house, she and her husband focused on learning from experience and participating in agricultural product consumption connection programs.

Ms. Hue informed: “Every year, I collect more than 30 kg of bird's nest, sell it for 1.3-1.8 million VND/tael, making a profit of more than 300 million VND. From this source of income, I built another bird's nest house worth 800 million VND and now have more than 1,000 bird's nests. In the coming time, my family will have a more stable income and create jobs for local workers."

Ms. Truong Thi Hue (Ninh Hoa village, Ia Boong commune, Chu Prong district) successfully started a business from the model of raising swiftlets. Photo: HT

With the support of loans from the Women's Union of Yen Do Ward (Pleiku City), Ms. Ngo Thi Hoa (Group 14) has also expanded the scale of her family's traditional cake production. Notably, from 2020 to now, with the support of the Women's Union of Yen Do Ward with a start-up loan of 30-50 million VND/year, Ms. Hoa has invested in more modern machinery. Currently, she has 8 sets of machines including: dough mixer, dough divider, egg beater, baking machine, packaging machine, filling mixer, butter beater. Every day, she supplies the market with 500 cakes of all kinds.

“To make our business successful, my husband and I always pay attention to ensuring food quality and safety. Thanks to the good quality, every day, the amount of cakes produced is consumed. On average, each month, after deducting expenses, I make a profit of 15 million VND,” Ms. Hoa informed.

With the money from selling the chickens, Ms. Thao bought more than 200 fighting chickens to raise and breed. Photo: NH

At Group 12 (Yen Do Ward), Ms. Le Thi Phuong Thao has also succeeded with the commercial chicken farming model. At the end of 2024, the Women's Union of Group 12 supported her family with 100 chicks as capital for raising chickens. During the implementation process, the Union also supported an additional 1 million VND to buy food for the chickens and regularly provided instructions on how to care for and prevent diseases.

“Recently, I sold my chickens for more than 9.3 million VND and bought more than 200 fighting cocks to raise. I hope the model will be effective for my family to have income as well as create a premise to expand the scale of farming in the future,” Ms. Thao excitedly said.

Implementing the Project “Supporting Women to Start a Business in the 2017-2025 Period in Gia Lai Province”, the Women’s Union at all levels in the province has coordinated with relevant sectors to organize 358 training courses to provide knowledge on starting a business and open 637 vocational training classes. At the same time, helping women access loan sources, register trademarks, brands, and protect product brands to improve production and business efficiency.

In addition, the Union at all levels also organized many activities to share experiences and connect entrepreneurs and businesses with local production activities to support product output. As a result, 1,743 women were supported to start businesses and start businesses, including 217 poor and disadvantaged women, 793 ethnic minority women, 275 disabled women and 284 women living in difficult areas, converting agricultural land. In addition, the Union at all levels also coordinated to support the establishment of 59 cooperatives managed by women.

Ms. Vu Thi Bich Ngoc - Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union - informed: "In the coming time, the Women's Union at all levels will continue to closely follow the province's guidelines and policies, taking advantage of opportunities to create a comprehensive ecosystem towards the criteria of green startups, digital economy, and circular economy to support women in starting businesses".

Source: https://baogialai.com.vn/cai-thien-thu-nhap-nho-de-an-ho-tro-phu-nu-khoi-nghiep-post326540.html