The Da Nang Social Support Centre in Lien Chieu District’s Hoa Khanh Nam Ward is a charity shelter filled with love for disadvantaged people.

Disabled children at the centre

About 170 disadvantaged people are being cared for at the centre.  Many of them are abandoned babies with cerebral palsy and other birth defects, and there are elderly people who are bedridden or suffering from mental health problems.

Mr Luu Van Quang from Dong Nai Province’s Xuan Loc District said that his wife and children had left him after he became semi-paralysed.  This ill-fated and homeless man was taken to the centre for care and he always considers the centre as his home and wants to spend the rest of his life there.

The Director of the centre, Ms He Thi Thanh Huong, said that the centre’s 4 staff always take the trouble to wholeheartedly care for the disadvantaged people without any complaint.  In particular, they enthusiastically help to feed the elderly citizens who are unable to do this by themselves, and ensure their personal hygiene.

A boy with deformities being cared for at the centre

In addition to 3 meals per day, each resident enjoys periodic medical examinations, and receives new clothes and related personal items.  In particular, some paralysed people are provided with rehabilitation therapies.

Ms Huong happily said that, over recent years, the centre has received financial aid and gifts from generous individuals and organisations from both home and abroad.  Thanks to this, the living conditions and health of these disadvantaged people have been enhanced considerably.

Most notably, many green spaces, with a large number of flowers and trees, have been created in the centre in a bid to bring a comfortable and peaceful living environment for the residents, especially the elderly, to ease their sadness and boredom.

Physician Le Van Hai, who has worked at the centre for many years now, said that despite the hardships, he and his other colleagues always consider these ill-fated people as their close relatives.  With his love of humanity, Mr Hai is dedicated to bringing happiness to them for the rest of their lives.