Our FaceTime meeting happened by chance on the first day of the month, during Tu\u1ea5n's journey to replenish his life energy: 1 time every 1 month, for 1 week each time, he must travel 1 route taking more than 1 hour to \u0110\u0103k L\u0103k Provincial Hospital for examinations and blood transfusions. We were surprised that he was the one who answered our message and took the call when we offered to FaceTime through his mother's phone. To me, there was something unusual about his face, but it radiated strength, like 1 true warrior. This became even clearer in how he answered questions, speaking about his emotions and physical changes as naturally as possible. There was sadness and pain, yet he showed none of it. He told us about changes around him, his teachers' and friends' concern, his parents' devoted care, and the encouragement from neighbors and everyone else. It seemed what he wanted to say was that he felt surrounded by everyone's love. A warrior, yet deep inside, 1 wave of emotion overflowed after we had talked for a while: he \u201ccried\u201d when we put into deeper words what he wanted to express. They were tears of happiness for everyone's love, the strongest source of strength helping him face reality. We grew closer, sang to each other, and spoke about the beautiful love in this world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A little later, we met his mother, who had just returned from buying lunch for her little son. Although a little worn out by the heat, she kept smiling brightly and sincerely at us. She said she was very grateful and happy to have people like us accompanying and supporting her family. We could feel the hardships she had been through, and we told her, \u201cYour child is fulfilling a very noble mission. Only gifted and capable people have to learn such difficult lessons. Please have faith and help him fulfill that mission. The same is true of you: you are very strong. We admire and care deeply for both of you, and everyone will keep sending you and your child love.\u201d She was very moved, and we talked more about his current condition. He has thalassemia. From what we have learned, about 7% of the world's population carries the inherited gene, and Asia in general, and Vietnam in particular, have high rates of the disease, especially among ethnic minority communities. His condition is currently moderate, but he has already developed complications involving grade 3 enlargement of the liver and spleen. His face and body once looked very different. Changes caused by the disease \u2014 high cheekbones, a flat nose, protruding upper front teeth, and a thin, frail body \u2014 have diminished some of the handsome appearance suggested by his name, \u201cPh\u1ea1m Anh Tu\u1ea5n.\u201d This partly explains our first impression of him. But inside, as we shared above, we see a courageous warrior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feel \u2014 feel your heart and follow it; it is far wiser than your intellect. Did you know that when the ancient Egyptians embalmed a body, the only organ they kept was the \u201cheart,\u201d rather than any other, because the heart is life? So do not let yours fall asleep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your heart understands the children's circumstances, we hope you will connect with us to send them love and help them fulfill their mission in this life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community members interested in helping can contact the Fund to provide 1-to-1 companionship for Anh Tu\u1ea5n or other child patients for 6 months or 1 year. Support for each child totals 12\u201324 million\/year, requiring a monthly transfer of just 1\u20132 million. This is also each child's average monthly medical treatment cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Information about the gm\u0111ctt Fund and the One-to-One Companion Program for Children with Serious Blood Disorders:\u00a0https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/ndh<\/a> On behalf of the Gm\u0111ctt Fund Executive Board, Bu\u1ed5i h\u1eb9n g\u1eb7p facetime th\u1eadt t\u00ecnh c\u1edd trong b\u1ed1i c\u1ea3nh ng\u00e0y \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean c\u1ee7a th\u00e1ng trong h\u00e0nh tr\u00ecnh n\u1ea1p n\u0103ng l\u01b0\u1ee3ng s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a b\u00e9 Tu\u1ea5n ,1 th\u00e1ng 1 l\u1ea7n, v\u00e0 m\u1ed7i l\u1ea7n k\u00e9o d\u00e0i 1 tu\u1ea7n b\u00e9 ph\u1ea3i v\u01b0\u1ee3t 1 qu\u00e3ng \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111i m\u1ea5t h\u01a1n 1 ti\u1ebfng \u0111\u1ed3ng h\u1ed3 \u0111\u1ec3 \u0111\u1ebfn b\u1ec7nh vi\u1ec7n t\u1ec9nh \u0110\u0103k […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cau-chuyen-ve-cac-be"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Direct donation information:
Transfer to the Fund founder's bank account:
T\u1ea1 Minh Tu\u1ea5n \u2013 155943509 \u2013 Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) \u2013 L\u00ea V\u0103n S\u1ef9 Branch, Ho Chi Minh City.
Transfer reference: H\u1ecd v\u00e0 t\u00ean_S\u0111t_H\u1ed7 tr\u1ee3 b\u1ec7nh nhi m\u1eafc c\u00e1c b\u1ec7nh hi\u1ec3m ngh\u00e8o v\u1ec1 m\u00e1u.
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Gm\u0111ctt Fund contact information:
Hotline: 037 983 2818 (Ms. Mai Loan) or 0898.101.555 (Mr. \u0110\u1ea1i L\u1ed9c)
Website:\u00a0http:\/\/giacmodoichanthienthan.com\/<\/a>
Fanpage:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/giacmodoichanthienthan<\/a>
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Information about Light Charity \u2013 an operational resource for the Gm\u0111ctt Fund:
Hotline: 0817 20 42 04 (Ms. Th\u1ea3o)
Email:\u00a0lightcharity.com<\/a>@gmail.com
Website:\u00a0https:\/\/lightcharity.com\/<\/a>
Fanpage:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LightCharity.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ambassador Nh\u01b0 \u00dd extends heartfelt gratitude!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"