Readers of Dantri/DTiNews have donated over VND161m (USD7,100) to a three-year-old girl in Quang Binh Province whose mother has gone missing while her father abandoned their family long ago. Binh’s family receives the donation Pham Thi Thanh Binh is living with her grandmother in Dac Thang Village. Her grandmother had to borrow money when Binh was admitted to hospital for an emergency operation because of gallbladder necrosis. They only had VND300,000 (USD13) at the time.After her story was published, many people offered support.On January 28, representatives of Dantri/DTiNews visited Binh and transferred VND161,500,000 donation to the family. Quang Binh Province Vice Chairman Le Minh Ngan, Quang Ninh District Chairman Pham Trung Dong and leaders of Gia Ninh Commune also visited the family.Hoang Thi Lan, Binh’s grandmother, cried upon receiving the donation. “I’ve never had such a huge amount of money. I want to thank everyone who helped us. I’m so moved that my granddaughter is loved by so many people. Hopefully, she’ll become a good person and contribute to the community,” she said.Le Minh Ngan also thanked donors and hoped that kind readers would continue to help disadvantaged cases in the area.Binh has been released from Vietnam-Cuba Dong Hoi Friendship Hospital. Binh’s grandmother asked local authorities to help her make a saving account to raise Binh.
DTiNews reporters have helped to transfer a total donation of VND68 million (USD3,200) from DTiNews reporters to an orphan girl who is now living alone in the central province of Ha Tinh. Representatives from local authorities and DTiNews reporters grant VND68 million to Phuong The donation comes after a story about Nguyen Thanh Phuong was published on DTiNews recently. Phuong who lost her parents now has to live alone in a dilapidated tent and earn a living to support herself by doing various jobs in a very difficult situation, but still earns good grades. Now, she carries bricks for a…... [read more]
DTiNews readers have donated VND212m (USD10,000) to an 11-year-old girl in Binh Dinh Province suffering a serious skin disease. Doan Thi Hoa is the third daughter of a poor couple — Doan Van Hai and Tran Thi Vien. Their first child was born without a nose, and her skin was scaly. She died at three months old. DTiNews readers have donated VND212 million for the girl Two years later, they had the second daughter, Doan Thi Anh, who is in good health. The couple decided to have the third baby four years later. But Hoa had the same skin disease…... [read more]
DtiNews readers have donated VND41 million (USD1,952) to an orphaned girl in the central province of Quang Binh who now has to take care of her younger brother with mental health issues. Mai Thi Luc, 13 years old, in Ba Don District’s Quang Loc Commune has become the family pillar after her mother died of brain tumour early this year. Earlier, in 2009, her farther died in a traffic accident. Luc and her younger brother who is facing mental dieases Just 13 days after her mother’s death, her younger brother also died of a traffic accident, leaving her with the…... [read more]
DTiNews has transferred over VND67m (USD3,000) of donations from readers to help a little girl in Danang City who is struggling with leukaemia. Anh's father receives the donation Le Hai Son is a high school physical education teacher while his wife, Duong Thi Nhung, doesn't have stable job. In 2011, Nhung gave birth to their daughter, Le Phuong Anh, but Anh has weak health and often gets sick. Because of poverty, they could only buy cheap medicines and couldn’t afford to take Anh to the doctors. Early this year, Anh was admitted to Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh…... [read more]
DTiNews readers have donated VND108 million (USD5,200) to a six-month-old baby girl in Thanh Hoa Province who is struggling with heart disease and malnutrition. Nguyen Thi Dung, in Hoang Hoa District was diagnosed with valvular disease of the heart and critical malnutrition after just two months after birth. Her limbs have become smaller, while her belly grew bigger. Nguyen Ta Ly, Dung's father said they are planning to bring her to hospital again even though doctors have not said that they can cure Dung. She was also diagnosed with a new disease recently, rubella. Dung's mother said, "When doctors returned…... [read more]
