Ton Nu Quynh Duong, 66, started her first work of public philanthropy in 2010 and has since devoted her life to it. Her philanthropic mission began with a child care home of Phu Thuong at Phu Thuong Commune, Phu Vang District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, located in central Vietnam. “[The children in need] call me ‘mom’ and I consider them my children too,” Duong said. “In many cases, I feel richer than a billionaire because of having more than one hundred children, who are more valuable than gold or silver." Making a dream come true Inside a small kitchen of the Phu Thuong childcare center, a slim woman with grey hair is preparing meals for her thirty ‘children.’ The house is cozy despite the chilly weather outside. As a former teacher, Duong graduated from the faculty of biology of the Hue University of Education. During her teaching career, she worked at some of the high schools in Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue She is loved by many generations of students after more than thirty years of devotion and sympathy. When she was a young teacher, Duong often felt concerned about the poor and studious children. Many of them were forced out of school to earn a living. At that time, the only way she could help them was to pay a visit to their home after school. She tried to persuade their parents to let them return to the classroom by offering to help them with part of their tuition. More than one hundred students were able to continue studying thanks to teacher Duong’s support. Apart from teaching for extra hours, she spared a part from her humble monthly salary to provide them with notebooks, clothes, and textbooks. “Many of the first generation of students have become successful and want to pay it forward," Duong told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. "So, they offer help to the students that suffer the same plight as them in the past. "That generation has succeeded, and as a circle, many of them have returned to help difficult …
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