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 Phu
(right) and Phi (left) are two brothers in their late 20s who live in
a rural village in
Dong Nai Province, Viet Nam. They have both been physically
disabled since birth but neither one has let these physical
challenges get in their way. Their mother brought them to
school every day until it got to be too difficult to
transport them to the high school in the district capital.
Instead of dropping out they finished their high school
education at home.
 Since
graduating from high school they have been making a meager
income by tutoring local children in math and English.
However, new regulations by the Vietnam Ministry of
Education have restricted their ability to do private
tutoring so they are hoping to find work in some type of
on-line capacity such as photo editing or graphic design. Both young men are very skilled
with computes and
are fast learners of new programs. Phu is a also very
talented self-taught artist who would love an opportunity to
develop his skills further.
Phu and Phi are in need of 24/7/365 care
to meet their daily needs which is currently provided by
their older sister and/or mother. WLP is raising funds
to purchase two electric wheelchairs to make their daily
living and care more manageable and to gain some
independence. As Phi has told us they need to chairs in
order "to
help us in our daily life (moving around the house, personal
hygiene, teaching... ) We do have two manual wheelchairs at
present but we're too weak to push the wheels on our own."
Their need is becoming more urgent
as Phi explains "Our
mother is getting older and weaker while we weigh a lot for
her to carry us around like before... We would also like to
relieve our sister of the immense burden we are for her...
She deserves to have her own life and happiness so that
after our mother and we are no more, our sister will have a
husband and children by her side in life...."
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