Father seriously ill, son worried about dropping out of school
Crossing through dense trees, shallow fish ponds and trails leading deep into the garden, we arrived at a deserted house in Hung Khanh Trung. The man in his 40s sat motionless, his head deeply hunched due to losing his skull, his eyes watching his two young children.
That man is Nguyen Van Kha (1984), who originally suffered from epilepsy. In 2021, during a illness, he fell, suffered a serious traumatic brain injury, and had to undergo emergency surgery. The family did not have enough money to reinstall the skull, forcing him to send the bone back to the hospital.
Since then, Mr. Kha has lived "headless", with clumsy memory, unable to work. The accident hit the only pillar, causing the poor family to become exhausted. He was gentle, his wife was foolish, and his two children were even more unhappy when their father became seriously ill.
In the cramped corner of the house, two children sit with thin notebooks, scribbled letters. The children are still going to school, but the learning path is precarious every day, and can be unfinished at any time when the meal is not yet known.
The burden rests on the shoulders of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Be Bay (1965), Mr. Kha's mother. Old and weak, she works as a hired laborer everywhere, whoever hires her to clean the garden, weed or do anything, she accepts, only hoping to have money to buy medicine for her children and take care of a simple meal for the children.
Speaking about her son's skull, Mrs. Bay choked up: "Doctors say you have to have money to rebuild it. The amount of money is too large, working as a hired laborer for a lifetime, I don't know when it will be enough." Each month, the money for medicine to maintain Mr. Kha's life is more than 3 million, exceeding the strength of an old woman working as a hired laborer.
Village love quietly holds on to letters for two children
Not only relatives and neighbors around Mr. Kha's house are also heartbroken for the difficult situation. Ms. Tu Thom, living nearby, said that the family was already poor, since Mr. Kha had an accident, hunger and poverty have surrounded him even more.
People all feel sorry for them, seeing the young children going to school wearing old clothes, carrying torn briefcases, they cannot bear it. But they can only help with a meal, a pack of noodles or a few notebooks, but no one is strong enough to support them for a long time," Ms. Thom shared.
According to Mr. Huynh Thanh Au - Chairman of the Red Cross Society of Hung Khanh Trung commune, Mr. Kha's family is classified as a poor household. Over the past time, the commune has prioritized supporting rice, cassava and some necessities for the family to temporarily survive.
However, with Mr. Kha's special health condition and the risk of his two young children having to drop out of school, the current support is like a drop in the ocean, and cannot help the family overcome long-term difficulties.
The family really needs the joint efforts of many philanthropists so that Mr. Kha can have the conditions to have surgery to reinstall his skull, recover his health, and keep the two young children going to school," Mr. Au said.
Leaving the house hidden deep in the garden, the image of the bald father sitting silently next to his two young children made us resentful. The letters on the notebook pages continued, but could be unfinished at any time if the family did not receive sharing.
Please send any help to LD26008 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. Nguyen Van Kha, Cai Tac hamlet, Hung Khanh Trung commune, Vinh Long province. Or via phone number: 0909.877.267
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