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A woman from Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is calling for financial support to save her small son from brain cancer. Nguyen Thi Hai Yen and her son Nguyen Thi Hai Yen and her son are living in a rented room on Tran Van Muoi Street, Hoc Mon District, HCM City. Yen said she and her husband opened a kindergarten group at home in Ba Ria-Vung Tau so their life was quite stable. However, Yen's father suddenly had a stroke so they had to borrow a lot of money to take him to hospital. Then her mother also had a stroke. Yen then closed the kindergarten and went to HCM City to find a better paying job to repay their debts. Yen's husband works as a shipper while she applied to a private kindergarten. Unfortunately, last year, she had a seizure, forcing her to go to hospital. During this time, her 9-year-old son, Pham Thai Truong, fell at school and couldn't get up. Doctors said Truong couldn't move anymore because he had three tumours in his brain. "He kept saying "save me" but I could only … [Read more...] about Little boy battles against brain cancer

A poor couple in Thanh Hoa province is calling for financial support to help treat their two disabled daughters. Hung and Vu struggle to take care of their daughters The family of Nguyen Quang Hung and Le Thi Vu is in Nhat Noi Village, Tho Dan Commune. in 2002, they welcomed their firstborn daughter, Nguyen Thi Hung Yen. At first, Yen was healthy like other children but when she was two years old, she still didn't know how to speak, walk or have knowledge about her surroundings. Doctors said Yen had cerebral palsy since birth. In 2007, their second daughter, Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, was born but she was diagnosed with brain atrophy when she was three years old. "We noticed that Trang was shaking and then she had a seizure so we brought her to the hospital," Vu, Trang's mother, said. "My husband and I lost our fathers, our mothers are too old to work and I have a mentally-ill brother." They have borrowed hundreds of millions of VND to treat their daughters. Trang is bed-bound and … [Read more...] about Parents call for help for disabled daughters

A widower in Thanh Hoa Province is calling for help to treat his 41-year-old son who had mental health problems after an accident. Le Van Hang (right) and his son Le Van Hang is living with his son in Tho Vuc Village, Vinh Ninh Commune. Their meals mostly consist of plain rice and fish sauce. Hang said they did not celebrate Tet and depend on the kindness of neighbours to live. Hang got married and had his first son, Le Van Truong, in 1978. However, after working in the public security sector for two years, he had a traffic accident which gave him brain damage. Despite many years in the military, Hang didn't have any papers after being discharged so he doesn't have any allowance. "Since I was contaminated with Agent Orange, my second son was affected. He got married but his family is also very poor," Hang said. His wife also died years ago so Hang worked as a bricklayer to raise his ill son. Hang said he feared for his son whenever he had a fit and destroyed the furniture and … [Read more...] about Old father struggles to raise mentally-ill son

School teachers at a remote school in Binh Dinh Province are in need of financial support as they struggle with poor teaching and living conditions. A teacher cooks at An Toan Primary School An Toan is one of the poorest communes in An Lao District, Binh Dinh Province. In past years, the teachers at An Toan Primary School, which is 1,000 metres above the sea level, have worked hard to teach ethnic children. Vo Muoi, head of An Toan Primary School, said their infrastructure had improved a lot compared to 15 years ago. The most difficulties are the remote locations, winding and dangerous roads. It's especially dangerous for female teachers. During the rainy season, the roads are blocked and they may also lose electricity and mobile phone signals. "When I first came here, the dirt road made it difficult to use any types of vehicles. If it rained and caused landslide then we couldn't go to school or return home. Now new roads were built but we have to face steep slopes," he said. … [Read more...] about Teachers struggle in mountainous school