Family situation of 99 year old mother, two blind and sick children

(Baonghean.vn) - Mrs. Ho Thi Triem (99 years old) in Hamlet 3, Thanh Van Commune (Thanh Chuong) is living with her two daughters. The eldest sister, Phan Thi Ba, is blind and the younger sister, Phan Thi Bon, has a mental illness. All three of them are unable to work and rely entirely on the State's support system.

Triem and her three children in front of the old dilapidated house

At the end of this year, Mrs. Triem will be 100 years old. She has been seriously ill for a long time and cannot walk. The two sisters have to take turns watching over and taking care of their mother.

Sister Ba is 64 years old this year, although she is more alert, she is blind and can only grope around the house. Sister Bon is nearly 58 years old, and her personality is sometimes wise, sometimes foolish due to a persistent mental illness.

Sister Ba also only heard that: when she was just over a year old, she had eye pain. Because her family was poor, her parents were away at work, and her sisters and I were at home together and could not go to the hospital for treatment, her eyes were damaged. It has been more than 60 years now.

Although Sister Bon was mentally unstable, she was healthier. At the age of 23, she was asked to marry him. After giving birth to two sons, she kept getting sick, so her husband's family kept the children and chased her away. After living with her mother, she got sick again and left home to wander. In 2006, she was invited to go to China to do business. Luckily, at the end of 2010, she found her way home.

Sister Bon (in floral shirt) is nearly 60 years old and has a mental illness, but can still feed and clean her mother, and occasionally help her up to relieve her fatigue...

Although there were only three of them in the house, because Sister Four was mentally unstable and had a stubborn and eccentric personality, she absolutely refused to let Sister Three eat with her. Although Sister Three was blind, she had to cook her own meals. The main food was dried fish that could last for a week and some vegetables that the neighbors brought.

The house is dilapidated and run-down, with no valuables, and electricity provided by the commune. The mother and her three children receive a monthly subsidy of less than 2 million VND, barely surviving day to day.

Even though she is blind, Ba still has to cook for herself every day.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thuy - Secretary of Thanh Van Commune Party Committee said: with the state's subsidy for demolishing dilapidated houses, it is impossible to build a house for Ms. Triem. Her family does not have counterpart money, nor do relatives.

Currently, the commune leaders are discussing calling on and mobilizing people and mass organizations to donate to repair the house for the mother and her three children. At the same time, the commune Women's Union is assigned to send people to regularly monitor, care for and support the family when necessary.

The family of Mr. Triem and his three children is currently in a very difficult situation. We hope to receive support and help from philanthropists and the community to help ease the difficulties of their lives.

Ha Linh