Volunteer journey of Ms. Luu Thi Hong

Ms. Luu Thi Hong gives new school year gifts to students of Tan Lien Primary School.

Although her job as a company manager in Tan Lien Industrial Park is quite busy, Ms. Luu Thi Hong (born in 1987, in Vinh Bao commune, Hai Phong city) - who her friends often call Hong "tiger" - still arranges time to help people in difficult and unfortunate situations. She is called Hong "tiger" because she is very straightforward and somewhat hot-tempered. Her contributions and help motivate many people to gradually improve their lives, because she always believes: Happiness given is forever.

Started from an accident

In 2014, Ms. Hong had a serious traffic accident. She was taken to the hospital in time by people on the roadside. However, her injuries were too severe, her leg bones were crushed, she had to pick up each piece and put it back together, then put a splint on it before having surgery to insert a nail, causing her to be treated in the hospital for 28 days. At the time of the accident, she had just found a job with a low income, so the burden of medicine and treatment costs depended only on her parents' salary.

The person who caused the accident to her was a freelancer and had a difficult family situation. Knowing that, Ms. Hong refused all compensation and offers to take care of her in the hospital from their family because she thought that if they were to seek compensation, they would have to borrow money. They were already poor, so she did not want them to become even more exhausted, considering it as accumulating merit for her children.

During her days in the hospital, she received the care and enthusiastic help of strangers who took care of patients in the same room, and especially received cups of porridge and charity lunch boxes that volunteer teams distributed for free. Lying on the hospital bed, Ms. Hong told herself that if she survived this disaster, she would try to help people in need in the future to repay the kindness she received from people.

Sow seeds of love

After leaving the hospital, Ms. Hong had to wear crutches for another 4 months before returning to work and starting to help orphans and the elderly, the lonely, and the sick in the area. She used her business expenses and bonuses to buy food and pay for school and boarding fees for some orphaned students and those from poor families. The students she helped had to be well-behaved, good at studying, and have the will to improve.

At first, she occasionally shared her volunteer activities on her personal Facebook page as a way to keep them as souvenirs. Moved by Hong's heart for those in need, in addition to relatives, neighbors, friends, colleagues and even many overseas Vietnamese proactively connected to join hands with her to expand the target and scope of help. Gradually, she was trusted by anonymous benefactors to send money as well as goods to give to those in need on their behalf. Hong became the connecting point, helping those who wanted to share find the right place and the right people in need.

Not only providing temporary help, Ms. Hong and other philanthropists choose to accompany the orphans for a long time. Boarding meals and gifts of necessities are given regularly every month to 48 orphans and disadvantaged students in Tien Lang, Vinh Bao, helping to reduce the burden of making a living and giving them more confidence to go to school, nurturing their dreams and aspirations to rise up in life.

In addition, Ms. Hong "Tiger" also takes care of pregnant women in need, takes care of the health of both mother and child, calls for the construction of charity houses for the elderly and the lonely, and cooperates with the SOS An Lao charity group to support people in areas affected by natural disasters or organizes the "Following children to school" gift giving in remote mountainous border villages.

Ms. Luu Thi Hong takes care of pregnant women in need until they give birth to healthy children.

From an accident, Ms. Luu Hong has turned her pain into a motivation to live a more meaningful life. Each volunteer trip is not only a trip to share material things, but also a way for Ms. Hong "tiger" to give more strength to live for those less fortunate.

Ms. Hong's silent and regular contributions over the past 10 years have been recognized with many certificates of merit from the Hai Phong Red Cross Society as well as the Vietnam Volunteer Community. That is also a source of encouragement for her to continue her journey of spreading love, reaching out to places and people in need of help.

Ms. Hong was honored by the Vietnam Volunteer Community.

Living in the ordinary life as a busy wife, mother and manager, Ms. Hong still quietly sows good seeds with all her kind heart. That journey is not noisy, not flashy, but full of humanity and inspires many others to join hands in spreading love.

MY HANH

Source: https://baohaiphong.vn/hanh-trinh-thien-nguyen-cua-chi-luu-thi-hong-521633.html