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). The heartbreaking story of Ms. Bich's family hopes to be shared by the community.

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 day by day, in extreme pain, in 2022, Mr. Nguyen committed suicide.

Holding 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, enough to put a shabby bed for 4 people to live together through the day.

After the storm No. 5 passed, the house was severely damaged, and the mother and children lived almost in the open air. 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 be able to raise her children. However, recently, her work has been interrupted frequently, because the company is facing difficulties. So, she looks for any extra job she can do, from collecting dry branches to sell, to working for local people. Mother and child just like that, living day by day with Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich's meager income.

Dream of a home

The poor woman receives some support from her neighbors and community for clothes and books for her children to go to school. However, what she and her children desperately need, a place to live, is beyond her means.

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 put on the list of support for removing dilapidated houses by the government, with a level of 50 million VND. But, for her, taking care of her 3 children is a difficult task, where can she get the corresponding financial source, other than the State's support to build a house?!

Grasping this information, the Fatherland Front Committee of Nghi Loc commune has encouraged Ms. Bich and her children, and is making efforts to call on the community to join hands to support the mother and her children 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 predicted to bring many complications. In the hut, which is hot before the sun and leaky before the rain, Ms. Bich hopes for a “miracle” to come 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.