Charity
Old mother helpless against her children's illnesses
  • By Hoang Trung | dtinews.vn | May 04, 2017 03:02 PM
An elderly poor mother in Vinh Long Province is calling for financial support to help treat her two ill daughters.

Pham Thi Nghia, from Phu Nghia Hamlet, is 80 years old but still struggles to support her children.

"I have five children. My third child died in 1985 in Cambodia. My husband died later so I raised four children on my own. Both my son and a daughter of mine got married and work far from home so I'm living with my two daughters," Nghia said.

In 2014, one of her daughters, Dang Thi Mai Huong, 55, was diagnosed with a lung tumour. Unable to afford the VND70m (USD3,000) surgery at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City, they returned home. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour recently and is almost bed-bound. Without proper medicine, Huong often has seizures and bites her tongue.

  

Nghia takes care of her daughter despite broken arm

Over a year ago, another daughter of Nghia, Dang Thi Ngoc Lanh, 46, was discovered to have kidney, colon illnesses and vestibular disorders. As her health deteriorates, she had to left her job and stay home.

Nghia also recently fell and broke her arm so it's more difficult for her to do housework and take care of her daughters. "Several years ago, I broke my legs and since I'm old, my bones take a long time to heal. Now my arm is broken too but I still have to take care of them because there's no one else," she said.

Duong Thi Kim Thoa, head of the Red Cross Organisation in Tan Phu Commune said they had been able to raise VND1m (USD44) for them. She said, "Their family doesn't have any rice field so they need the community help more than ever."

Because Nghia's son died in fighting in Cambodia, the local authorities have been helping them and gave VND20m (USD880) to repair their house. Whenever there's a charity group in town, they are also given priority to receive gifts, rice and other food.

If you can help them, please donate through:

1. Code 2528: Dang Thi Ngoc Lanh from Phu Nghia Hamlet, Tan Phu Commune, Tam Binh District, Vinh Long Province.

Tel: 01655.302.521

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