AO pains on Vietnamese kids
Friday, June 11, 2010 (GMT+7)
A 2-year-old baby who loses her limbs but still tried to reach red flowers, a girl who have to stay in the bed the whole life, etc. are among 54 photos at the “Remaining Pains” exhibition at HCM City’s War Remnant Museum.
They are selected from 400 photos about the pains and the iron will of Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims. The exhibition opened of June 6 and it will last until the end of June.
The man in this photo, entitled “Father and children”, is Mr. Vo Van Nam from My Loi A commune, Cai Be district, the southern province of Tien Giang. Everyday he takes care of two children who suffer from AO.
In a photo by Hoang Dung, AO child victims in Thien Phuoc Centre, Cu Chi district, HCM City still play and smile spontaneously like ordinary kids.
Nguyen Viet Cuong’s “I want to pick up flowers” makes viewers moved. In the photo, Tran Thi Cam Trang’s daughter - Nguyen Hoai Thuong, 2 – from Tan An Hoi commune, Cu Chi district, HCM City, who lose her limbs at birth but the baby was still lured by red flowers.
Le Minh Thanh, 7, in Tran Truc Son’s “Like at my home,” suffers from Treacher colln syndrome. He is living at the Hoa Binh (Peace) village of HCM City-based Tu Du Hospital.
The Hoa Binh village is also the home to brothers Ly Minh Son (right, 10) and Ly Minh Thanh (7). The photo is taken by Tran Truc Son.
Entitled “Spending whole life on the bed”, Tran Truc Son’s photo describes Pham Thi Phuong Khanh, 15, who suffers from hydrocephalus at birth and she has been living in the Hoa Binh village since then.
Ms. Vo Thi Dong has been on the bed for the last 34 years. She can’t do anything herself. “Living off somebody” by Nguyen Viet Cuong.
In “Everyday occurrence” by Hoang Trung Thuy, brothers Phan Cong Luom, 17 and Phan Thi Hong Nhung, 14, play together in their home in Tan Nhut commune, Binh Chanh district, HCM City.
Anh Ngoc, 16, from Tam Thon Hiep commune, Can Gio district, HCM City, are paralyzed but she is very keen on learning. The photo is taken by Nguyen Hoai Trung when Anh Ngoc was an 8th grade student.
Stories about AO child victims are shared by local and foreign visitors. A Chinese father shows his son a photo of a Vietnamese AO child victim.
A female visitor. After the exhibition, authors will present these photos to the War Remnant Museum.
Source: VNN