A new student at Da Nang University of Architecture once sat hugging his mother and crying in the hospital hallway: ‘I have to quit school, mom, find something to do, and then if I have money, I’ll take the exam again’.
The almost blind mother also shed tears of love for her child.
These days, Phan Thi Hue An – a girl who lost her father and mother with advanced cancer in Dien Ban, Quang Nam province, and is the recipient of the Relay to School scholarship – has firmly and confidently sat in the lecture hall chair. dream school.
An’s journey to university includes strong hopes, pain, and disappointment when he cannot have money to pay tuition. But that baggage also flashed with warmth when An was introduced to the newspaper’s Relay to School scholarship Youth.
Not just once, the poor girl received two relays like a miracle.
Phan Thi Hue An’s mother is Mrs. Phan Thi Le, 53 years old (from Dien Ban, Quang Nam province). At the age of 18, Ms. Le left her poor hometown to work in Ho Chi Minh City. She lived in the homeowner’s house and was married and had a child with the homeowner’s son.
When An was still young, his father fell seriously ill and passed away. To raise her children, Mrs. Le had to work hard to make a living. But it was too painful when her daughter was 5 years old when she discovered she had cancer. Whatever money is left over from picking up trash, washing dishes, buying food for the children, goes toward medicine to treat the disease.
When An was 6 years old, unable to hold on, Mrs. Le took her child back to Dien Ban town to continue wandering. An was severely malnourished because of living in harsh and deprived conditions.
Since An went to school in the countryside, many times mother and daughter took each other back to the South so that Mrs. Le could cure her cancer. Each time she got a little better, An returned with her mother to her old hometown, continuing her journey of poverty.
In harsh circumstances, An still studied well. When registering for university, An chose graphic design at Da Nang University of Architecture and had enough passing scores. But from here, a really big rock appeared like a mountain block in front of her and her poor mother. But life has a miracle that made Hue An burst into tears because she didn’t think she was so lucky.
From teachers, readers, and newspaper reporters Youth found An and her mother. In the room on the 4th floor of Dien Ban Regional General Hospital, An once sat sadly next to his mother who was almost completely blind.
Hue An said at that time that when she received the admission notice and saw that the tuition fee per semester was up to 20 million VND, An’s mother almost gave up. She also tried to find a ray of hope by finding an acquaintance to borrow some money, even if it was only a few hundred thousand, to help her child go to school. But I used up all the money in my phone’s SIM card and no one lent it to me. Everyone is afraid of a person with advanced cancer, without a home, without a job, who is not sure whether he will be able to repay the loan in life or death.
The teachers at the high school where An studied also tried to contact them for scholarships. But the results of the scholarships cannot be available immediately while the admission time is near.
That morning, after many days of trying everything, Hue An helped her mother into the hallway to sit. The poor girl leaned on her mother’s shoulder and burst into tears: “Forget it, Mom, I won’t go to college anymore.” A life of hardship, but An’s old and sick mother had never felt such great helplessness. Then she burst into tears like a girl.
When I learned the story of An and her mother, Tuoi Tre Online guided An in completing the scholarship application Support to school. While waiting for the application to be approved, we introduced the new female student’s situation to businessman Duong Thai Son – director of Nam Long Packaging Company, a major benefactor who has been accompanying the Relay Scholarship for many years. school.
That night, Mr. Son contacted Hue An. On the phone, Mr. Son still understood An’s helplessness. He made an immediate decision: “I will support you 20 million VND each year to go to school, instead of only 12 million VND like the new students I am helping”!
Mr. Son’s words made Hue An like a thirsty, wilting tree top in the middle of the desert doused with cool water. An said “yes” very loudly, then ran from the hospital to prepare clothes and documents in time to go to Da Nang to complete the admission procedures tomorrow morning.
The next morning, An drove to Truong Dai learn Da Nang Architecture even though “money from Uncle Son has not yet entered the account”.
In front of the large school gate, An was still worried because he didn’t know if “Uncle Son” would really help. Then suddenly receiving a text message from “Uncle Son” informing him that he had transferred money made An almost scream in the crowd because he was so happy. She went to the school to complete the registration procedures, and in a moment there were only a few hundred thousand dong left in her account, because more than 19 million dong had been paid for school tuition. But it doesn’t matter anymore, for An that’s more than enough.
At the school admission that day, there was Mr. Nguyen Van Dau (Dien Ban town), a newspaper reader Youthwho discovered An’s situation from her teacher and verified it, introducing her to the newspaper’s Relay to School scholarship. Youth. Near noon, An ran out to where Mr. Dau was standing, holding a plastic card with a QR code, student information and his portrait in his hand. The new architecture student showed off to Mr. Dau and felt like she wanted to burst into tears: “I’m really a student, uncle. I don’t know how to repay you”!
After receiving help from Mr. Duong Thai Son, on the morning of September 27, An was invited to the School Relay Scholarship awarding ceremony for new students from Quang Nam and Da Nang at Palm Garden Hoi An resort. While sitting in the hall, Hue An did not know that he was one of two lucky new students to receive a special gift worth 50 million VND, arising just a few hours before the ceremony from a sponsor.
Ms. Le Thi Quynh Nga (Thua Thien Hue), club member Support to school Quang Nam, Da Nang, were impressed by the stories of adversity of new students and decided to award scholarships throughout their university journey to two faces introduced by the scholarship.
Invited to go on stage and receive this big gift, An rubbed his eyes and burst into tears. Tears kept flowing until An walked down each row of seats, bowed his head, shook hands and thanked each sponsor.
“I don’t know what else to say. I see everything as a miracle. I thank the aunts, uncles, and uncles for loving me” – An sobbed. The adults approached where An stood and gave affectionate hugs and comforts as if wanting to give strength to the poor girl.
THAI BA DUNG
October 11, 2024