Born with Brittle bone disease, 33-year-old Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam had to quit school from Grade 9. But that would not stop her learning and making a difference in society. Day by day she is trying her best to bring knowledge and passion for studying to children in her neighbourhood by offering a special class right at her home.
Saturday, May 15, 2021, 09:32 GMT+7
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam (center) is surrounded by her students at one of her tutoring classes running in Nam Dinh Province, northern Vietnam, for the past 17 years. Photo: Ha Thanh / Tuoi Tre
Despite her own struggle with a debilitating bone disorder, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam has kept her tuition-free classes running in the northern province of Nam Dinh for almost two decades to help disadvantaged children and live her life to the fullest.
At 31, the frail woman, whose weight of just 15 kilograms remains unchanged over the years, has now exceeded her life expectancy by one year.
Tam was born with brittle bone disease, or Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a disorder that results in fragile bones.