Dantri/Dtinews has just transferred over VND 75 million which readers sent to support a poor teenager, Nguyen Thi Mai Khanh, who lost five family members to Covid-19 in HCM City.
A Dantri representative (first from right) gives the donations to Nguyen Thi Mai Khanh (second from right) at her house
The money included VND 67,560,000 (USD2,937) sent by readers to the Dantri/Dtinews Charity Fund and VND 8 million scholarship from the Vietnam Study Promotion Fund.
The 14-year-old girl said she was overwhelmed by the huge amount of support she had received from the public.
"I want to say thank you very much for your support," she said. "I’ll return to school and try to study for my future," she said.
Earlier on September 28, Dantri Newspaper also presented VND 5 million to Mai Khanh after initially hearing about her story.
In July, Mai Khanh had witnessed her aunt and father dying at home due to Covid-19. Then her mother, grandfather, and grandmother also died at hospitals in August when the pandemic peaked in HCM City.
Her uncle Nguyen Thanh Hung said that the losses had struck his niece.
"Khanh cried and stayed in bed all day and did not want to talk to anyone," he said. "She did not want to continue studying."
But she has gradually returned to normal life again," the uncle said. "She has started to go out and play with her cousins and wants to return to school."
The teenager is now living with her uncle's family.
The uncle also expressed thanks to kind donors for helping his family during this hard time.
"I will deposit the money and use it to cover Khanh’s education costs," he said.
