The Editorial Board of An Giang Province Newspaper and Radio - Television presented gifts to Nguyen Thi Thuy Duy and her siblings. Photo: DIEU HANG
The lives of those who struggle to make a living early in life
No one gets to choose where they are born. The children who are helped by the “Opening the Way to Life” program understand what it means to be deprived and to lose. At an age when they should be going to school and living in the loving arms of their parents, many have to struggle to make a living, shouldering worries beyond their years.
Two brothers, Bui Van Lanh (14 years old) and Bui Van Kien (12 years old), residing in Tay Yen commune, lost their mother when they were young. Their father remarried and left them to their grandmother to raise. Their grandmother earned a living by collecting scrap metal, but now she is old and sick and can no longer work. Lanh has a congenital heart disease and is in poor health, so her studies were interrupted. Kien takes advantage of his spare time to work to earn some extra money to buy medicine for his grandmother.
Around the same age as Lanh and Kien, Nguyen Thi Thuy Duy (13 years old), living in Kien Luong commune, soon became the support for her elderly grandparents and two younger siblings. Four years ago, her father left and her mother remarried. Duy and her two younger siblings, Nguyen Thi Thuy An (12 years old) and Danh Vu Khang (4 years old), rented a house with their grandparents and worked for a living. Every day at 1 a.m., when everyone was still asleep, Duy followed his grandmother to the brick kiln to work. Her grandfather was sick and could no longer work, so the family of five depended on Duy and her grandmother's work. Duy confided: "My biggest dream is to have a house to live in and my younger siblings to go to school, that's all."
At 13 years old, Tran Van Chanh, a resident of Vinh Thong ward, is only in 3rd grade. His mother left when he was just one year old, and his father has been sick for many years without money for treatment. Chanh's life is a series of days taking his blind aunt everywhere to sell lottery tickets. His joy is when he goes to school, studies, and plays with his teachers and friends. After school, Chanh does not forget his duty of taking his aunt to sell lottery tickets, because that job is the main source of income for the family.
“Opening the way to life” - leading the way to the future
How to help orphans and children with special difficulties so that they have the conditions to rise up in life? How to make every child go to school and write a brighter future? With that wish, the humanitarian TV program "Opening the way to life" was born as a bridge connecting kind hearts to children.
According to Deputy Editor-in-Chief in charge of Newspaper and Radio - Television of An Giang Province Le Van Chuyen, the program targets orphans and poor, studious children from 8 to 16 years old, with the form of learning assistance, vocational training, and future orientation for them. Practical actions today will sow seeds that will sprout into good things tomorrow.
With the spirit of giving is forever, many philanthropists from near and far have accompanied the program. In the first broadcasts, many philanthropists came to the place to give gifts to encourage the children. Local authorities actively coordinated with the program to propose many solutions to help the children stabilize their lives and continue going to school. After 3 broadcasts, the program mobilized and supported more than 260 million VND. That is the result of the efforts of the organizing committee including: An Giang Provincial Newspaper and Radio - Television, Nhat Advertising Joint Stock Company, sponsor of Hoa Sen Kindergarten system and many volunteer groups, kind hearts inside and outside the province.
“Opening the Way to Life” is not just a television program but a connecting bridge - where hearts that share come together for the same goal that every child has the opportunity to change their fate with their own determination and knowledge. In that journey, each story is a testament to the power of kindness. When a hand is extended, a life is supported. When a heart is open, faith is lit. “Opening the Way to Life” will continue to sow the seeds of love, leading the way to the future thanks to the joint efforts of the community and kind hearts near and far.
The beneficiaries of the "Opening the Way to Life" program are orphans or children in especially difficult circumstances from 8 to 16 years old, residing in An Giang province who need support to continue their education or vocational training. The file includes: Application stating the situation, clearly stating the contact phone number, confirmed and stamped by the commune or ward; attach photos of the children and their families. Address to send documents: An Giang Provincial Newspaper and Radio - Television, No. 39 Dong Da Street, Rach Gia Ward, An Giang Province; Program Organizing and Coordination Committee, No. 9/15 Vo Truong Toan Street, Gia Dinh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. Hotline: 0903.786.997. |
Source: https://baoangiang.com.vn/khi-yeu-thuong-mo-loi-vao-doi--a467357.html
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