The pitiful situation of a widow and three children in a dilapidated house

That is the story of Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich, in Tien Phong hamlet, Nghi Loc commune (Nghe An). Ms. Bich's family hopes the community will share the heartbreaking story.

Tragic event

Five years ago, the small family was not so poor when Nguyen Thi Bich and Vo Van Nguyen left their hometown to work in the South. Then, disaster struck when Nguyen discovered he had a serious illness, end-stage kidney failure.

Ms. Bich was forced to quit her job to take care of her husband. To save him, all the assets the couple had saved up had to be sold. With no money, no job, and the illness getting worse and worse, in the extreme of suffering, in 2022, Mr. Nguyen committed suicide.

Holding in her hand a piece of paper with the words: “Sorry wife! I couldn’t take care of you and the children, please try to take care of the children for me”, Ms. Bich was like a soulless person, silently mourning her husband, then hugged her three children and returned to her hometown Nghi Loc.

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Ms. Bich choked up and said:“The sadness of losing the children’s father is still unbearable. I still have children, I have to try not to think too much and always tell myself to try to overcome it to take care of the children…”

Temporary home for 4 miserable lives

Leaving home without a home, returning with nothing, Bich and her children were lent a dilapidated house that had been abandoned for many years by relatives to take shelter. It was called a house, but it was not enough to shelter the mother and her children from the sun and rain. It was a damp, cramped place, just enough to put a shabby bed for 4 people to stay in all day.

After the storm No. 5, the house was severely damaged, and the mother and children lived almost without shelter. Perhaps the most valuable asset in this house is the bookshelf that the volunteer community gave to Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich's children.

Every day, Ms. Bich still goes to work at a leather shoe company near her home to support her children. However, recently, her work has been interrupted frequently because the company is facing difficulties. So, she looks for any extra work she can do, from collecting dry branches to sell, to working for local people. The mother and child just live from hand to mouth with Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich's meager income.

Dream of a home

Clothes and books for her children to go to school, the poor woman is supported by her neighbors and community to some extent. However, what the mother and child really need is a place to live, which is beyond her ability.

Although Ms. Bich has a small garden, which is an inheritance from her parents, she cannot build a house. In 2024, Ms. Bich's family was included in the government's support list for removing dilapidated houses, with a level of 50 million VND. However, for her, taking care of her 3 children is a difficult task, where can she get the corresponding financial resources, other than the State's support to build a house?!

Grasping this information, the Nghi Loc Commune Fatherland Front Committee has encouraged Ms. Bich and her children, and is making efforts to call on the community to join hands to support the four of them to be able to build a small house to live in.

However, at present, the mother and her children are living in fear and anxiety, as this year’s rainy and stormy season is forecasted to bring many complications. In the hut, which is hot before the sun and leaky before the rain, Ms. Bich hopes for a “miracle” for her and her children.

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For any assistance, please send to the following address: Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich, Tien Phong hamlet, Nghi Loc commune, Nghe An province, phone number: 0373.428.678; account number: 1039555075, Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam - Vietcombank.
You can also contact the program's reporter, journalist Nguyen Ngoc Dung, Nghe An Newspaper and Television, phone number 0913.064.060.