In the countryside of An Dinh village (Phu Xuyen commune, Hanoi city), the life of Mr. Phi Van Uong's family (born in 1982) is full of hardships.
Born with mental illness, Mr. Uong could not work stably like others. His main job was farming on a seasonal basis, with meager income, sometimes not, most of the time just staying at home.
The burden of making a living is almost entirely on the shoulders of his wife, Mrs. Ha Thi Hinh (born in 1982). Mrs. Hinh herself also suffers from many diseases such as bone and joint pain, prolonged headaches. On healthy days, she goes to work as a hired laborer from early morning to late at night, doing whatever they hire, from plucking duck feathers, farming, heavy work, she also tries to accept it to have more money to cover living expenses. On average, Mrs. Hinh's income is only about 1 million VND per month; when sick, that number is even lower.
The difficult life is even more burdensome for Mr. and Mrs. Uong when the family has two young children of school age. The eldest child Phi Ha An An (15 years old) and the youngest child Phi Ha An Chi (11 years old) are both obedient and understanding. Knowing the difficult family circumstances, the two children often help their parents with housework with the desire to partly help their parents with the burden.
Currently, the social allowance that the family is receiving is 750,000 VND/month, only enough to pay a small portion of rice and minimum living expenses. Every time someone is sick in the house, that amount of money quickly runs out. “Some months, there is no money left in the house, just waiting for that day to see if anyone hires me to work,” Ms. Hinh sadly said.
Not only that, in the family there is also an elderly mother, Ms. Tran Thi Ngan (71 years old) - Mr. Uong's mother. Old and weak, but Ms. Ngan still tries to work as a hired laborer to have more money for medicine for the whole family. Her current job is folding clothes for hire, earning more than 1 million VND per month. “My child was born mentally ill. Since he was young, I had to do all kinds of jobs to raise him. Now I am old and weak, I just hope to be able to support the family as long as possible,” Ms. Ngan said choked up.
Relatives and neighbors living nearby but all have their own difficult circumstances, only occasionally visiting and encouraging spirit, and cannot provide much economic support for Mr. Uong's family. All expenses and daily life of the family are therefore still mainly relied on the weak labor of his wife and elderly mother...
Amidst all the difficulties, what Mr. and Mrs. Uong always try to keep is the school path for the two children. “No matter how hard it is, my husband and I don't want our child to drop out of school halfway,” Ms. Hinh shared.
Talking to Lao Dong reporters, Mr. Pham Van Lich - Head of An Dinh village, Phu Xuyen commune, Hanoi City said that Mr. Phi Van Uong's family is one of the particularly difficult cases in the locality, the whole village understands. According to Mr. Pham Van Lich, the family's income mainly relies on the precarious hired work of Mr. Uong's wife and mother, while living expenses and medicine are incurred regularly.
Although they have received social allowances, the level of support is still low, not enough to cover living expenses. The locality always cares and encourages within its capabilities, but for families to overcome long-term difficulties, the community's joint efforts are needed," Mr. Lich said.
Please send any help to LD26012 to the Golden Heart Charity Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Account number (STK) 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi; Contact number: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank Hanoi Branch; Contact number: 12410001122556 - at BIDV Hoan Kiem Branch.
Or contact directly Mr. Phi Van Tuong, Mr. Uong's cousin - via phone number: 0916.123.588.
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