First grade girl carries her friend to class

Kon Tum Knowing that her neighbor A Dinh, who is paralyzed in the legs, wants to go to school, Y Juyen, 7 years old, carries him on her back or pushes him in a wheelchair to school every day.

A Dinh's legs were paralyzed due to the after-effects of a high fever when he was over a year old. His father disappeared and his mother had to go to Binh Duong to work as a factory worker, leaving the boy at his grandparents' house. But because of poverty and being a near-poor household, A Dinh's grandparents had to work for hire everywhere. As a result, the boy spent his childhood at home and did not attend kindergarten.

This school year, thanks to the encouragement of teachers and local authorities, A Dinh was allowed to go to school by his grandparents. But taking A Dinh to and from school was very difficult because he had two classes a day from Monday to Thursday, and one class on Friday.

As a neighbor, when he heard that his friend wanted to go to school and was in the same first grade at Le Loi Primary and Secondary School, Kon Tum City, Y Juyen volunteered to carry his friend to school.

The distance from home to school is only about one kilometer, but because she has to carry her friend and two backpacks of books, Y Juyen walks quite slowly, taking 30 minutes to get there.

"I often have to rest several times to regain my strength," Y Juyen shared. She said that the first few days were not yet familiar, so her shoulders and legs were sore and tired, and she was late for school. The following days, she left earlier, usually arriving at her friend's house at 6am.

In recent days, Le Loi school called on a benefactor to donate a wheelchair to A Dinh, so Y Juyen switched to pushing her friend with this wheelchair. Both of them got to class faster and with less effort.

Y Juen carries her classmate A Dinh to school. Photo: Kieu Loan

Ms. Nguyen Thi Luong, Vice Principal of Le Loi Primary and Secondary School, said that Y Juen is small and thin but has a great spirit of sharing with her friends. Because A Dinh is shy and reluctant to interact with his classmates, his mobility and personal hygiene at school depend on the help of his neighbor.

"This is a shining example of friendship, willpower..., for students in the school to follow," Ms. Luong commented. In addition to the wheelchair, she said the school also called on benefactors to support A Dinh and A Juyen with 12 million VND a year so that they can have better conditions to study.

Kieu Loan

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