LD26012: Struggling to earn every penny for his father with mental illness to send him to class

In the countryside in An Dinh village (Phu Xuyen commune, Hanoi city), the life of Mr. Phi Van Uong's family (born in 1982) is full of hardship.

Born with a mental illness, Mr. Uong could not work stably like others. His main job is growing rice fields for hire seasonally, with a low income, sometimes not, most of the time just hanging around at home.

The burden of making a living is almost all on the shoulders of his wife, Mrs. Ha Thi Hinh (born in 1982). Ms. Hinh herself also suffered from many diseases such as bone and joint pain and prolonged headaches. On healthy days, she works for hire from early morning to late night, whoever hires her to do everything, from picking duck feathers to farming, and doing heavy work tries to take advantage of it to have more money to cover living expenses. On average, Ms. Hinh's income is only about 1 million VND per month; when sick, that number is much lower.

The difficult life has become even more burdensome for Mr. Uong and his wife when the family has two young children of school age. The eldest child Phi Ha An An (15 years old) and the youngest child Phi Ha An Chi (11 years old) are both obedient and understanding. Knowing the family's difficult circumstances, the two children often help their parents with housework in the hope of easing some of the burden on their parents.

Currently, the social allowance that the family is receiving is 750,000 VND/month, only enough to cover a small part of the living expenses and living expenses. Every time someone was sick in the house, that amount of money quickly ran out. "There are months when there is no money left in the house, I just wait until that day to see if someone is hired to work or not," Ms. Hinh said sadly.

Not only that, the family also has an elderly mother, Ms. Tran Thi Ngan (71 years old) - Mr. Uong's mother. Although she is old and weak, Ms. Ngan still tries to work as a hired laborer to have more money for medicine for the whole family. Her current job is folding rented clothes, earning more than 1 million VND per month. "My child was born mentally ill. Since he was young, I had to work every job to raise him. Now I'm old and weak, I just hope I can still support my family someday," Ms. Ngan choked up.

Relatives and neighbors living nearby but all have their own difficult circumstances, only occasionally visiting and encouraging them, and have not been able to provide much economic support to Mr. Uong's family. All expenses and living expenses of the family therefore still mainly depend on the weakened labor of the wife and the elderly mother...

Amidst the chaos of difficulties, what Mr. Uong and his wife always try to keep is the path of learning for the two children. "No matter how much pain, my husband and I don't want our child to drop out of school halfway," Ms. Hinh shared.

Talking to Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Pham Van Lich - Head of An Dinh village, Phu Xuyen commune, Hanoi City said that Mr. Phi Van Uong's family is one of the cases with particularly difficult circumstances in the locality, the whole village understands. According to Mr. Pham Van Lich, the family's income mainly depends on the unstable work of Mr. Uong's wife and mother, while living expenses and medicine are often incurred.

"Although I have received social allowances, the support level is still low, not enough to cover my living expenses. The locality always cares and encourages within its capacity, but to overcome the family's long-term difficulties, the community is needed to join hands," said Mr. Lich.

Please send any help to LD26012's life to the Golden Heart Charity Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Account number (STK) 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi; Contact number: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank Hanoi Branch; Contact number: 12410001122556 - at BIDV Hoan Kiem Branch.

Or contact directly Mr. Phi Van Tuong, Mr. Uong's cousin - via phone number: 0916.123.588.

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