Cau and his two children (Photo by Tung Duong)
Vang A Cau of Bung Lao Commune can no longer walk, dragging himself across the floor and clinging to his bed to sit upright. Once the family’s breadwinner, his health has declined sharply in recent years due to type 2 diabetes, hypertension, gastric ulcers, renal atherosclerosis and cerebrovascular disorders.
Financial hardship has left Cau unable to afford medicine, interrupting his treatment and worsening his diabetes. Complications have caused severe necrosis in his legs. Doctors warned he must undergo partial amputation of his left leg, but the surgery has been postponed as the family cannot cover the cost.
Cau’s family has no valuable assets (Photo by Tung Duong)
His wife, Ho Thi Dua, 51, stays home to care for him. The family survives on farming, with their two eldest children, aged 17 and 16, leaving school to work on the farm. The three younger siblings are six, five and one.
Vang A Phu, head of the Fatherland Front in Pu Nen Village, said Cau’s family is the poorest in the locality. While the Dien Bien Fatherland Front helped them build a small house, with seven mouths to feed and no income, the family remains in hardship.
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