A charity shelter in Da Nang’s Thanh Khe District under the management of the city’s Association of Charities and Children’s Rights Protection is always filled with human love for a total of about 80 disadvantaged children.

A view of a course at the shelter

Over recent years, many of the children who have grown up at this shelter have been admitted to some of local universities and colleges, and then found stable jobs after their graduation.

23-year-old Luong Duy Thai Nguyen is a typical example.  Nguyen was brought up in a poor family in Son Tra District’s Tho Quang Ward.  Nguyen recalled his family’s unforgettable hardships during his childhood.  His family was dealt a devastating blow many years ago when his parents suddenly passed away, thereby living him facing countless difficulties in life. 

Fortunately, Nguyen was taken to the shelter for care, and he always considers the place as his home.  Thanks to the great assistance from the shelter’s staff, Nguyen had an opportunity to continue pursuing his academic dream, and he then graduated from the city-based Duc Tri Junior College.  Encouragingly, the young man has been enrolled into the city’s University of Physical Education and Sports where he continues nurturing his strong passion for Vietnamese martial arts Vovinam.  The strong-willed man has always showed his deep gratitude to the shelter’s staff for taking the trouble to wholeheartedly care for him and other disadvantaged children without any complaints.

Another disadvantaged person, 20-year-old Nguyen Dinh Khai was brought up in a poor family in Hoa Vang District.  His father, the family’s breadwinner, passed away when he was a little boy, so his mother shouldered the heavy burden of caring for her 2 school-aged children.  Thanks to his great determination and ceaseless efforts, Khai was enrolled into the city’s University of Science and Technology.  However, Khai intended put aside his dream of pursuing higher education because his family could not afford his tuition fees.  Khai’s mother earns only a little money from doing unstable jobs as manual labourer.  Luckily, the young man now feels much happier because he receives regular financial aid from the Association to continue pursuing his academic dream.

In a similar vein, young local man Tran Thanh Quy was once cared for and educated at the shelter when he was an orphan.  The man now has a stable job as a white-collar worker at a company in Hai Chau District, with a monthly income of nearly 7 million VND.  Despite his busy work schedule, Quy usually visits the shelter where he and other unfortunate children were cared for in the loving arms of the community.

The shelter’s operating costs is being funded by the Giving it Back to Kids (GIBTK) which is a US non-profit organisation dedicated to helping kids achieve their maximum potential through medical care, education, nutrition and love. 

At this venue, the children actively engage in literacy learning and life skills.  Primary school pupils here are always taken to their schools by the shelter’s staff members.  Meanwhile, junior and senior high school ones travel to school by bike, and they also attend many extra courses free-of-charge on Maths, Physics, Chemistry, English and Computer Science at the shelter.

The Director of the shelter, Mr Dang Huu Bao, said that he and other staff members have always made the great efforts in making the venue a fairy home filled with human love for disadvantaged children.  The intention is to help them overcome their inferiority complex about their unfortunate fates, and confidently re-integrate into the community with their better lives.

Apart from educating disadvantaged children, the shelter is currently offering free courses on some major subjects to 153 local poor primary and junior high school pupils from Monday to Friday in a bid to help them enhance their knowledge.