“Tu -  the Kind Miss”

Born in 1956, Tu has worked as President of the Commune’s Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin and Vice President of the Commune’s Red Cross since 2009 to date. Doing two jobs at the same time, but she always completes all tasks well.

Diep currently lives in a dilapidated, unrenovated house with a corrugated iron roof. When it rains, the roof leaks in many holes and she has to use a basin to catch the water. Her husband died in 1996, besides her children she also takes care of her younger sister, an AO victim who has been mute, deaf, and mentally disabled at birth. Her situation, therefore, has become even more difficult. Despite this, she is always enthusiastic about the Association's work. With an old motorbike, every day, besides her office work, she spends time traveling to the locality to grasp the situation of each victim's family, to visit and encourage them, and to meet with benefactors, places of worship, and philanthropists to call for support for the victims.

Every year, on holidays, Tet, and AO Day of August 10, the Association raises funds and gives hundreds of gifts to victims with difficult circumstances in the commune. In addition, she regularly coordinates with the commune's branches and organizations to conduct a number of tasks such as spreading propaganda about new rural areas, disease prevention, etc. For her, caring for and helping AO victims is the top priority, so she always completes her assigned duties and tasks very well. For many years, she and the Commune Association have been awarded certificates of merit by the District and Commune People's Committees. Over the past 10 years, she has mobilized organizations, individuals, and philanthropists to donate more than 2,000 gifts worth more than 3 billion VND to AO victims.

Mr. Le Minh Chau, Chairman of the Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin of Go Cong Tay district, added: Diep participated in the work of the Women's Union of the commune since the early years of the country's liberation. In 2009, she moved to work at the Commune’s Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. Although it is an unpaid job, she is still very enthusiastic, works with all her heart. People here often call her "Tu - the Kind Miss". Diep expressed: Seeing the pain of the AO victims and their families, I was really hurt, so I just dumped into charity work with the hope to share and ease the pain of Agent Orange of those families...

It is so respectful for the deeds of Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, “Tu - the Kind Miss”, an unpaid cadre./.

Tran Kim Chi