The donation granted to Bui Van Phuc's family

Bui Van Phuc, seven years old, does not know who his father is and his mother died when he was only four years old. Because of his illness, many strangers were scared when they first saw him and other children mocked him. He still does not have any teeth and his skin has an ashy colour.

Phuc is now living with Ha Thi Hai, Phuc's aunt. According to Hai, all of Phuc's food had to be pureed and he could only eat very little. Phuc's health is not good and he becomes sick very easily.

Despite being seven years old,  He still does not have any teeth and his skin has an ashy colour

"He doesn't have skin pores so he has chapped skin in the winter and sunburn and frequent allergies in the summer. He needs to carefully look after his personal hygiene," Hai said. "We can't bring him to the hospital yet because our family and siblings are poor too."

Le Thi Duyen, head of Bac Giang Red Cross, thanked the newspaper for being a platform to promote the problems facing the boy’s family. She hoped that the newspaper readers would help more disadvantaged people in the province.