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Loan, the courageous little
girl
In 2009 they were 88.208 to run to show their
solidarity
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3 exciting
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177
runners will join the
20KMs
of Brussels : a success!
With them you can help
Vietnamese children to continue their education, with a donation
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Loan is the eldest of 4; she lives in a very
small house in the rubber plantation. Far from the school,
isolated in the plantation, and when it rains of course the
path is just mud. Life is tough and in this family one
survives with less than 30 cents € per person per day. Loan
belongs to the poorest of the poor in Vietnam. The family has
no land and her parents are just daily laborers. Not every
day, only when they can find work, and when they cannot it is
a lot worse. The family has no other source of income, and
they are 6. But Loan is passionate about her studies, she in
grade 3. She knows about poverty and she is determined to get
out of it, she knows education is the key. "I study as much
and as well as I can, so I have better chances to get a
scholarship".
Of course there are not enough scholarships
for all the poor students. Each class has to choose the
poorest among them.
I am moved, Loan is almost crying when she
describes her situation. When I arrived at her house she was
at work: "I feel sorry for my parents, they work so much.
Often the collect pig dung to supplement the little income we
have. It is used as natural fertilizer by our neighbors. We are
so poor nobody really wants to give us a loan when needed,
sometimes we are short of rice too." Loan cooks for the whole
family and takes care of the youngest one. "With a scholarship
I can pursue my studies and buy the books. It is a source of
joy for the whole family, and even for other girls like me at
school".
One of the organizers: "With the cross
country for solidarity, we really increase solidarity in the
villages. Last year we have collected a lot of money*. Nobody
should stop going to school because they do not have the money
for it".
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quyên (Mekong Plus in Dúc
Linh), 10 May 2010 *They have thus collected 6.194 €. If
one takes into account the difference in purchasing power, it
is equivalent to over 62.000 € in
Belgium. |