Today we visited Mr. Dao V.H. (1973) who is currently residing in Binh Tan District. Mr. H. and his wife, Ms. T., have been working in Saigon for many years. Just when they had saved a little, 5 years ago Mr. H. was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Feeling sorry for her husband’s serious illness, Ms. T. pooled all her savings, borrowed more from relatives and borrowed money from outside sources, totaling more than 120 million VND to complete 6 chemotherapy sessions. After chemotherapy, Mr. H.’s health has improved but he no longer has the strength to work. He only stays home to help his wife cook, clean the house and help the neighbors when needed.

Ms. T. works hard to save every penny to take care of her husband and pay off her debt. She weaves canvas chairs, earning 120,000-320,000 VND per day depending on her health. Her female colleagues sympathize with her and send her some money every week to buy medicine for her husband and children. When she was almost done paying off her debt, Ms. H.’s youngest child was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She had to have more than 52 lymph nodes removed in her chest and back. Currently, she has to take calcium supplements every day to maintain her health or she will have seizures.

Her husband was sick, her child was sick, her family was in debt, and her finances were exhausted, but it seemed that nothing could defeat this strong woman until July 24, 2024, when Mr. H. showed symptoms similar to a stroke. Too worried, Ms. T. took her husband to the emergency room and was admitted to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases with a diagnosis of generalized tetanus in the full-blown stage. When taking her husband to the emergency room, Ms. T. had only 2.7 million VND in her pocket, which was her new salary and 6 million VND borrowed from her neighbors. Although she had health insurance for the poor, as of August 5, 2024, Mr. H.’s treatment cost was more than 14 million VND, and the family had advanced 4 million VND. The cost of the next stage of treatment was around 40-50 million VND. This amount was so large that Ms. T. was at a loss as to how to handle it.

Currently, Mr. H. is in the Adult Intensive Care Unit in a coma. The doctor predicts that in the next 1-2 weeks, Mr. H. will have a tetanus outbreak, with an 80% chance of survival. Given the critical situation of the family, the Lotus Charity Foundation hopes to raise 30 million VND (28 million for hospital fees and 2 million for compensation). We hope that you, the benefactors, will join us in supporting Mr. H.’s family to overcome this difficult period.

To avoid the risk of being scammed over the phone, we do not disclose the phone number of the person being supported. For any contributions, please contact the Lotus Charity Foundation – 5th Floor, No. 7-9-11 Mai Thi Luu, Ward Da Kao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City – Tel: (028) 39107612
Donations from benefactors will be transferred to the designated case. However, to avoid the situation of too many resources being concentrated in one source that other unfortunate cases cannot have, we would like to ask for permission that if the total amount of donations is more than 120% of the amount needed, we will only transfer a maximum of 120% to the person being supported and the remaining amount will be transferred to the next support period.
Account Name: Lotus Charity Foundation
VND Account Number:
TK1: 0371000481127 – Vietcombank – Tan Dinh Branch
TK2: 508317 – ACB Bank – Saigon Branch
Content: Name of Philanthropist + support for case 617

List of Philanthropists:

1. Philanthropist Phuoc Loc Hung Huynh supported 2,000,000 VND
2. Philanthropist YEN TRANG KHANH DUY supported 300,000 VND
3. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 200,000 VND
4. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 25,000 VND
5. Philanthropist HUY supported 500,000 VND
6. Philanthropist Nguyen Minh Hanh supported 200,000 VND
7. Philanthropist TOAN supported 211,111 VND
8. Philanthropist MK supported 200,000 VND
9. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 25,000 VND
10. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 100,000 VND
11. Philanthropist Anonymous supported 1,000,000 VND
12. Philanthropist Anonymous Donor 300,000 VND
13. Philanthropist TAN Donor 300,000 VND
14. Philanthropist DAO THANH LONG Donor 50,000 VND
15. Philanthropist VO BACH NGOC Donor 300,000 VND
16. Philanthropist LE THUONG HA MI Donor 200,000 VND
17. Philanthropist AN DANH Donor 300,000 VND
18. Philanthropist DA THU Donor 445,259 VND
19. Philanthropist DAO THI HONG THU Donor 100,000 VND
20. Philanthropist DAO THANH LONG Donor 100,000 VND
21. Philanthropist AN DANH Donor 200,000 VND
22. Philanthropist PHUC Donor 1000,000 VND
23. Philanthropist PHAM THI BIEN Donor 100000 VND
24. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 15000 VND
25. Philanthropist LTT supports 300000 VND
26. Philanthropist PHAM HOANG VIET supports 1000000 VND
27. Philanthropist DIEU NGA supports 500000 VND
28. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 25000 VND
29. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 59057 VND
30. Philanthropist CO THANH VAN supports 2000000 VND
31. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 300000 VND
32. Philanthropist NGUYEN THI THANH DIEU supports 20000 VND
33. Philanthropist CAO PHUONG ANH supports 100000 VND
34. Philanthropist DAO THANH LONG supports 100,000 VND
35. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 177,000 VND
36. IBFT YD Philanthropist supports 200,000 VND
37. LMT VA DIEU DAO Philanthropist supports 500,000 VND
38. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 400,000 VND
39. Anonymous Philanthropist supports 400,000 VND

Translated by Google.