More than 126 million dong 'Sharing the Pain' with a poor worker’s family

“Between the boundary of despair caused by illness and the grip of poverty, today, receiving the community’s support feels like a living miracle, rekindling hope for my seriously ill husband and allowing my children to continue their education,” Bui Thi Trang from Tan An hamlet, Dong Phu commune, Dong Nai province, emotionally shared at the “Sharing the Pain” support connection program held on January 8.

The support connection program “Sharing the Pain” takes place warmly at the rented accommodation area of Trang’s family (Tan An hamlet, Dong Phu commune, Dong Nai province). Photo: Phu Quy

The program was organized by Dong Nai Newspaper and Radio, Television, in coordination with the provincial Association for Supporting People with Disabilities, Orphans, and Poor Patients. The main sponsor was Kim Huong Gold, Silver and Gemstone Company (Binh Phuoc ward). Co-sponsors included Bao Viet Life Insurance – Binh Phuoc branch, Thanh Cong Transport Company Limited, and various charity clubs, teams, and groups in the province.

Trang’s life has been a long journey of migration in pursuit of escaping poverty. More than 20 years ago, after her first marriage broke down, she took her young daughter and left her hometown of Ninh Binh to settle in Dak Lak. There, she met and married Nguyen Viet Hau, a kind-hearted man despite having a defect in one eye.

In 2019, Trang’s family had to move to Dong Phu commune (Dong Nai province) to rent a room and seek work as factory workers. Before life could stabilize, misfortune struck again. Hau was diagnosed with end-stage chronic kidney failure. To maintain his life, he must undergo dialysis regularly three times a week, with treatment costs reaching 20 million dong per month.

A representative of Kim Huong Gold, Silver, and Gemstone Company (Binh Phuoc ward), the main sponsor, presents a support board worth 10 million dong. Photo: Phu Quy

To save her husband, Trang has exhausted herself with her meager worker’s salary and by collecting scrap every late afternoon, but her total income amounts to just over 8 million dong per month. The family’s exhaustion forced her second son to quit school to work; her eldest daughter is a second-year student majoring in Mathematics (Tay Nguyen University), and her youngest daughter also faces the risk of having to drop out of school.

Co-sponsoring units present donations to the poor worker's family of Bui Thi Trang. Photo: Phu Quy

Representatives of Dong Phu commune leadership and the Tan An hamlet committee visit, offer encouragement, and present support to Trang’s family. Photo: Phu Quy

Not turning their backs on the family’s urgent cry for help, benefactors joined hands to support Trang’s family in overcoming adversity. With a total support amounting to more than 126 million dong, the program organizing committee allocated it as follows: more than 12 million dong for immediate living expenses; 4 million dong given to Tho to support her at university; the remaining 110 million dong deposited as savings to ensure long-term treatment for Hau’s kidney disease.

Love has been delivered to Trang’s family promptly, marking a humane beginning for the first edition of the “Sharing the Pain” program in the new year 2026. That journey will continue its mission of sowing seeds of hope, connecting compassionate hearts, creating miraculous strength to promptly uplift difficult lives, helping them overcome harsh “turns” of fate and confidently move toward the light ahead.

Sponsors, clubs, and charity teams and groups hand over the support funds directly, adding trust and hope for Trang’s family to overcome adversity. Photo: Phu Quy

By Thu Hien – Translated by Minh Hanh, Minho