Vo Nhat Hoa
Hoa is 7 years old and was hit by a motorbike 20 days ago while walking down the street with his grandmom. Grandmom was killed, but Hoa survives with serious brain injury. There is some medical insurance for children in school, but this family is still awaiting the paperwork, in the meantime Hoa's father has no money for any pain medication. Tam asks us to help the family pay for some treament. Laura and I see Hoa as he tosses and turns and moans, his lips are bloody from biting them in pain. He has no memory or good brain function now, but he is expected to heal once the brain swelling goes down. Hoa is here with dad, Hoang. Mom is at home (their village is far) taking care of the 2 other children (one month and one year old).
The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more 
