Charity
Veteran calls for help to treat old injuries
  • | dtinews.vn | October 26, 2018 09:08 PM
A veteran in Nghe An Province is in need of financial support due to illnesses and poverty.

   

Thai Van Ke and his wife


Thai Van Ke joined the army in 1968 and fought in Quang Tri Province but he was injured and made prisoner a year later. Ke said he was tortured for two years before being imprisoned on Con Dao Island in late 1972.

The prisoners were released in 1973 after the Paris Peace Accords. After returning home, he got married and has five daughters. Ke and his wife did odd jobs but it was enough to support the family.

Unfortunately, in 1983, his 6-year-old daughter drowned and his wife died in the same year after falling ill. He re-married and has three more children but then his oldest daughter died last year in a traffic accident. Both Ke's and his wife's health deteriorated greatly.

Ke was given the title of The Hero of the People's Armed Forces in 2012 but support from the government is not enough to treat the injuries he has suffered, which are still causing him pain. Ke has to use a wheelchair to move around.

Since they can't escape poverty, they have to depend on herbal medicines instead of going to hospital. "We already sold our buffalo to go to hospital in Hanoi but the money ran out," said Nguyen Thi Lan, Ke's wife.

Ke said he couldn't sleep for months and has to use morphine sometimes to ease the pain.

If you can help them please donate through:

1. Code 3112: Thai Van Ke from Quang Long Village, Quang Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, Nghe An Province.

Tel: 032.760.0208

2. Dantri/DTiNews's Compassionate Hearts Charity Fund

No. 2/48 Giang Vo Str., Dong Da Dist., Hanoi
Tel: 04. 3. 7366.491/ Fax: 04. 3. 7366.490
Email:quynhanai@dantri.com.vn

* Vietnam Dong Account information at Vietcombank:

Account holder: Bao Khuyen hoc & Dan tri
Account number: 045 100 194 4487
With Bank: THE BANK FOR FOREIGN TRADE OF VIETNAM – Thanh Cong Branch

* US Dollar Account information at Vietcombank:

Account holder: Bao Khuyen hoc & Dan tri
Account number: 045 137 195 6482
SWIFT Code: BFTVVNVX
With Bank: THE BANK FOR FOREIGN TRADE OF VIETNAM

* Vietnam Dong Account information at Vietinbank:

Account holder: Bao Khuyen hoc & Dan tri
Account number: 11 700 00 10 420
With Bank: Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade – Hoan Kiem Branch

* US Dollar Account information at MB Bank:

Account holder: Bao Khuyen hoc & Dan tri
Account number: 0721100357002
SWIFT Code: MSCBVNVX
With Bank: MILITARY COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK - MCSB ( No.3, Lieu Giai str., Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam)

3. Dantri/DTiNews' representative offices

Ha Tinh representative office: 46 Nguyen Cong Tru, Tan Giang Ward, Ha Tinh City. Tel: 039.3857.112
Da Nang representative office: 25 Nguyen TriPhuong, Thanh Khe Dist., Da Nang City. Tel: 0511.3653.725
Ho Chi MinhCity representative office: 39L Street 11, Ward 3, Binh Thanh Dist, Hochiminh City. Tel: 08. 66786. 885

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