Story of Orphan Siblings from Vietnam
Brother:
Name: Dinh Xuan Nghien
Age: 13 y/o Grade 9
Sister:
Name: Dinh Thi Thuy Tinh
Age: 9 y/o Grade 4
Do you still remember Dana raised an emergency relief fund for a massive flood in rural Vietnam end of last year?
They were not orphans until that terrible flood. They lived with their parents before the flood. Their original family was very poor and barely had enough food to survive, but they never complained and kept working hard to find a way to feed themselves. On the day of the flood, it was raining heavily, their mother went out to look for food but unfortunately she fell into a well accidentally and her body was found by the other villagers. Their father was devastated and extremely sad. He ended his life 15 days after his wife passed away.
Since then, these poor siblings were looked after by the Patriarch* and his family. However, the Patriach’s family is not well doing and face financial difficulties as well. Currently, the siblings go to boarding school during weekdays, which is located 8 km away from their home. They go back to the Patriach’s house on the weekends and help in the crop farm. They rely on luck to get a free ride to school and it takes them a long time to walk back home. Due to transportation issues, sometimes they are forced to skip their classes.
Due to the loss of the support of their parents, they have no money to buy breakfast, groceries, clothes, shoes, stationeries etc.
Therefore, we from Dana Charity Group decided to buy them two bicycles after making sure they are confident and safe enough to ride to school. (Please look at the big smiles on their faces when they received the bikes.) We also donated 50kg white rice and new sandals to the Patriach.
Besides this, we decided to send the siblings money for their monthly expenses and will continue to support their living fees until they finish their educational years.
We thank every one who generously supported the children’s dreams. We wish the best future for Nghien and Tinh.
* Patriach is a term used in Vietnam and traditionally conferred to the oldest person in the village as a sign of respect.
