Heartbreaking story of 82-year-old woman living alone and in poverty

(Baonghean.vn) - Although she is in her seventies, Ms. Hoang Thi Thin (82 years old) in Hamlet 1, Cat Van Commune (Thanh Chuong) has to live a miserable, lonely life in an old, dilapidated house next to Highway 533. Old and sick, Ms. Thin has no relatives to take care of her, all her daily activities and meals depend on relatives and neighbors...

It is known that Mrs. Thin's family used to be very crowded, but now she is alone in the dilapidated house. Her husband passed away more than 10 years ago, and her two sons have left her one after another.

The youngest son Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1968) was a martyr, enlisted in the 3rd Army Corps, and died in an accident (1989). Because of his love for his son, Nguyen Van Dieu (born in 1936) - her husband also fell ill and died 8 years later. The eldest son Nguyen Van Huong (born in 1962) was married and had 2 children living next door, but also died with his father in 2004, leaving behind a wife and 2 children, a girl and a sick boy.

Of her three daughters, one has passed away, the other two are poor and needy; one married a man in Con Cuong so she couldn't help her much.

Pitying her old mother who had to live alone in sadness, without anyone to take care of her, not long ago, a girl who got married in the commune also took her in to raise. However, due to the family's difficult circumstances, after only one year, her daughter had to take her back home, continuing to live alone in the last days of her life.

The poor family background of Mrs. Hoang Thi Thin (Hamlet 1, Cat Van Commune, Thanh Chuong).

Now over 80, he lives alone in a dilapidated old house, most of the furniture is old and broken; only the bed is the most valuable asset. All personal activities depend on the help of neighbors and social assistance.

The family has encountered many hardships, so for nearly 20 years now, Mr. Thin's health has been very poor, he can only sit in one place and cannot move. He can still hear, but his voice is only a broken whisper. He confided: "God does not love us, so our family has to live like this. The child dies, the husband dies, I sit in one place, every day I live is a miserable day...". Speaking of that, tears welled up in his wrinkled face, marked with so much suffering.

Mr. Dang Dinh Lam - Officer of Hamlet 1, Cat Van Commune said that in the past, Mr. Dieu - Mr. Thin's husband was the Party Cell Secretary, Team Leader, Production Team Secretary, an energetic and enthusiastic person with collective work, respected by the villagers. The family of the two also lived happily and affectionately during the years when the village was poor. Only after the youngest son died and the male pillars of the family passed away one by one, did Mr. Thin's family become devastated like now. The rickety house that he is living in now, 2 years ago, the Front and the hamlet's unions mobilized the villagers to repair it, prevent leaks, and pour water when it rained or was sunny...

Huy Thu