In Kenya, the benefactor was asked to pay for the previous school year.

(Dan Tri) - Van Anh, a Vietnamese philanthropist living in France, shared her bad experience adopting a student in Kenya through Hoang Hoa Trung's Nurturing Children project.

Sharing with Dan Tri reporter, Van Anh (30 years old) said that she adopted a student in the African country of Kenya in March 2023 at the call of founder Hoang Hoa Trung. She decided to stop adopting in November 2024 after discovering suspicious factors of lack of transparency.

Previously, Van Anh also adopted three students in Dien Bien .

Unlike raising her younger sibling in Vietnam, the only information Van Anh received about her adopted sibling in Kenya was just a few lines of name and occupation of her parents.

Information that Van Anh received about her adopted sister in Kenya (Screenshot).

“I wondered why there were no photos. The Nurturing team said that the children’s parents did not allow them to take photos. At that time, I was studying abroad in France, where privacy is respected, so I understood and accepted it,” Van Anh shared.

The problem arose when Van Anh checked the transaction and saw that she had transferred money twice, three months apart: March and June 2023. The Nuoi Em volunteer explained to her that the March money was for the 2022-2023 school year, while the June money was for the 2023-2024 school year.

Van Anh thinks this is absurd. Because when she adopted the child, she was not informed that she would have to pay for an entire school year.

“No organization can collect charity money for a year that has passed without prior notice like that,” Van Anh was indignant.

However, in March 2024, when Nuoi Em sent a message informing her that the school in Kenya had increased the meal fee due to fluctuations in food prices, the increase was 250,000 VND/student, Van Anh continued to transfer money.

Van Anh transferred the extra food money to Nuoi Em Kenya (Photo: NVCC).

In November 2024, Nuoi Em texted again to ask for food money for the 2024-2025 school year. This time, Van Anh refused.

The suspicion of lack of transparency also happened with Van Anh's Nuoi Em code in Dien Bien.

Accordingly, last October, Van Anh looked up information about her adopted brother on the system but the system was temporarily locked and inaccessible.

In early December, Van Anh checked the information again and discovered that a foster child had been removed from the list since January this year. That means for almost a year the foster child was no longer on the list, and the donor was not informed about this or the surplus money that had been paid before.

Explaining to the benefactor, Nuoi Em blamed “personnel changes” and “system errors”. Van Anh said this reason was unacceptable.

“Why was my foster child removed from the support list in January, but in August he still asked his foster parents for money to continue supporting him?”, Van Anh asked.

She also said that if she did not check the information herself in December, she might never know the remaining amount.

What disappointed Van Anh was the founder's attitude. After 12 hours of debate, Van Anh said she did not see any receptiveness or admission of mistakes from Nuoi Em.

When deciding to speak up, Van Anh affirmed that she only wanted one thing: transparency.

“Vague answers and blaming attitudes cannot replace a clear, public inspection from the authorities.

The amount of money I spend to raise my sister for a year is not much to me, but it is the hard-earned money of each person. What we need is respect, not the attitude of “the market is still crowded when you are not here”. When choosing to do charity, responsibility and transparency are not optional but an obligation,” Van Anh stated.

(*) The donor's name has been changed.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/nhan-nuoi-em-o-kenya-nha-hao-tam-bi-yeu-cau-dong-tien-cho-nam-hoc-cu-20251208214333869.htm