Family Receives New Home to Help Children Stay in School

Kids Promise recently celebrated a new Caring Home for a family of four in Tien Giang province, Vietnam. Mr. Cao Van Phu and Thach Thi Hoanh Thia have two children, ages 16 and 10. Mr. Phu’s income as a construction worker is not enough to cover the cost of the family’s living, and at times the eldest son had to miss school in order to work and help support the family. Their former home made for difficult living conditions, and it was easily damaged each year during the rainy season.

The local People’s Committee nominated the family for a Kids Promise home; something the family never dreamed of. At the ceremony, the parents expressed commitment to their children’s education and to keeping them in school.