At the ground-breaking ceremony of the two houses on February 12, 2025.
The families of Lam Thi Hien, 47, and Tran Thi Dep, 41, have received financial support to build their new houses in Cu Lao Dung District.
Lam Thi Hien (second from right) and Tran Thi Dep (second from left) receive the donations.
Hien's family has three members and her daughter is suffering from paralysis while her elderly husband has weak health. The poor woman has to do odd jobs to support them. Although their house has badly deteriorated, they cannot afford to build a new house.
Hien's family lives in a house built from leaves which has badly deteriorated.
After sharing her story on Dantri Newspaper, Hien has received over VND115.53 million from readers.
Meanwhile, Dep is a single mum who has been unable to find a job after her eight-year-old son developed Japanese encephalitis. Her 13-year-old daughter has had to leave school to seek a job to earn money.
And Dep's family has received over VND104.77 million from donors after their story was published on Dantri.
Dep's house.
Dep shared that she would use VND50 million to cover medical treatment for her son, and the rest to build a new house.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony held on February 12, vice chairman of An Thanh Dong Commune People's Committee, Tran Van Minh, sent his sincere thanks to Dantri and all the kind donors for having sent the financial support to the two families.
Minh shared that Hien's family will also receive VND60 million from the government's fund to build her house.
"We are a poor community and many other families are also facing financial difficulties," the official said. "We hope to receive further support from kind donors to improve their lives."
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has asked organisations and individuals to build 100 new houses for disadvantaged families nationwide between 2024 and 2025.
As a ministry publication, Dantri Newspaper has begun a campaign to build the houses with financial support from the newspaper's readers and donors. Each family will receive at least VND50 million.
As of January 13, 2025, Dantri had constructed 78 houses, 66 of which had been completed.
