The Command of Coast Guard Region 4 sponsored the donation of financial support to poor students in An Son island commune (Kien Hai district, Kien Giang) to have more conditions to go to school - Photo: VAN MAN
Located more than 100km away from Rach Gia city, An Son island commune (Kien Hai district, Kien Giang) is nestled in the middle of the ocean.
People here live all year round by fishing, selling lottery tickets, driving motorbike taxis with unstable income and have small businesses serving tourists who come to visit.
Selling lottery tickets to send children to school
Many families are facing difficulties and their children are also at risk of dropping out of school. Among them is the case of Ly Thi Cam Thu - a 9th grade student at An Son Secondary School (An Son Commune).
Mrs. Tran Thi Bang (Cam Thu's grandmother) said that her family's circumstances were very difficult, living mainly on the small profits from Mr. Ly Quoc Hoa (70 years old, Mrs. Bang's husband) who worked hard to sell lottery tickets.
Every day, Mr. Hoa sells about 200 lottery tickets, earning about 190,000 - 200,000 VND/day. She carefully calculates this amount of money from her expenses, from food to saving for her grandchildren's tuition.
"My husband and I have raised Cam Thu since she was 3 years old. She is very obedient and studies well. Mr. Hoa is now in poor health, with a liver tumor and kidney disease. I recently fell and broke my knee and cannot work. Thu understands, so after school she helps me with meals and when she has free time, she helps take care of her younger siblings and sells lottery tickets to earn extra money," said Mrs. Bang.
Ms. Bang added that in the past, when they were in a deadlock and in dire straits, Cam Thu's parents could not bear the poverty so they left the country to work far away.
At home, Mrs. and Mr. Hoa also struggled to make a living and many times worried about letting Cam Thu quit school because she was no longer strong enough to take care of her grandchild. Knowing the family's difficult situation, the teachers at school encouraged her and tried to find ways to mobilize benefactors to continue supporting Thu to go to school.
The sponsored children have achieved good results in their studies, we are very happy. We will continue to coordinate with the local authorities and call on benefactors to join hands to support more poor students in the island commune. The children will not be abandoned and will go to school to become useful people for society in the future.
Colonel NGUYEN THAI DUONG (Deputy Political Commissar of Coast Guard Region 4 Command)
Sponsor poor island students to go to school
Ms. Nguyen Thi Huynh Tam - Vice Principal of An Son Secondary School (An Son Commune) - informed that every year the Command of Coast Guard Region 4 "sponsors" and supports a number of students with difficult circumstances but who have excelled in their studies at school.
This year, Coast Guard Region 4 supports 3 students, including Nguyen Van Tinh (grade 11), Tran Thanh Luom (grade 11) and Ly Thi Cam Thu (grade 9). Each student is supported by the unit with 1 million VND/month (during the 9 months of studying at school).
Philanthropists also support books and gifts for the children to have more conditions to go to school. "The children have different difficult circumstances but they are all good students and obedient. I find this sponsorship and timely support very meaningful and helps them pursue their dreams," Ms. Tam shared.
Colonel Nguyen Thai Duong - Deputy Commissar of the Coast Guard Region 4 Command - said that since 2017, the unit has had many programs and models of mass mobilization work "Coast Guard accompanies fishermen" in island communes in the Southwest sea (including sponsoring poor students to go to school).
Up to now, the Command of Coast Guard Region 4 has sponsored 12 students in the island commune to go to school until they finish high school. The unit has been doing this continuously and in the form of financial support of 1 million VND/student/month (9 months of schooling).
"I was so happy I couldn't sleep for several nights."
Feeling sorry for his orphaned grandchild, Mr. Hoa sometimes felt exhausted but did not dare to rest and tried his best to take on more lottery tickets to sell. Regardless of the rain or shine, he still went to "knocking on every door, inviting each person to buy lottery tickets" because every penny of profit he earned would contribute to the belief and hope for his grandchild to go to school.
"Knowing about the poverty and old age of her grandparents, Thu has planned to quit school many times. However, I know she is very sad. At night, I often whisper to him to try my best, no matter what, I will take care of her going to school so that she has a future. Today, the coast guard supported her with 1 million VND/month, I was so happy, I couldn't sleep for several nights," Ms. Bang added.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/canh-sat-bien-do-dau-hoc-sinh-ngheo-20241017081634142.htm
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