Strengthening the support for the social enterprises to develop the innovative and sustainable rural areas

2/25/2019 - 3:06:56 PM

(HBO) - Social enterprises (social enterprises) in the locality are a special group of the social organizations (in the form of non-profit organizations, businesses, households, cooperatives, production groups or private enterprises) to serve unmet needs, to create jobs and sustainable income for the easily vulnerable people, the ethnic minorities, the poor, women and so on. In our province, the Project to Support the Social Enterprises for the creative and sustainable rural development (SERD Project) has been implemented by CSIP Center in cooperation with the Provincial Farmers' Association in three districts with high rate of the poor households. They include Tan Lac, Lac son and Yen Thuy districts. The project has been making positive contributions to the socio-economic development in the province.

The chicken cooperative in Dam village, Yen Nghiep commune (Lac Son) needs the income for the production and business to increase income and create jobs for local laborers.

The group of people who are interested in raising indigenous chicken in Dam village, Yen Nghiep commune (Lac Son) was established in late 2016. The group have gathered and attracted eight members. The members mainly support each other in terms of technical knowledge, investment capital for the production managed by themselves.

The Cooperative Group growing red pomeloes in Tan Huong Village One, Thanh Hoi Commune (Tan Lac) was established in 2016 with 14 members. The main activities of the group are to help each other to share experiences in taking care of the citrus fruit and supporting the market price information. In the group, there are 28 direct production workers (middle aged or older) who are hired by the local members and paid daily (150,000 VND a person a day).

Similarly, the group of people who are interested in raising chicken in the hills in Mu hamlet, Yen Nghiep commune (Lac Son) is led by Mr. Bui Van Thiet with 5 households. The Agriculture and Forestry Cooperative of Bao Hieu commune (Yen Thuy), managed and oparated by Mr. Bui Quy Hoi, has also received the intervention of the project. At this time, in the three intervention districts (Tan Lac, Yen Thuy and Lac Son), the project has implemented the intensive support for 16 production and business units in the fields of agriculture, service and tourism. . These are social enterprises operating in the form of small and medium or micro enterprises, individual business households, cooperatives, business groups with the low income, in the remote areas.

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