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After rehabilitation, a woman goes on to help thousands of other disabled people
Small Deeds Make a Big Difference
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"I understand a small deed of help can make a big difference. A life will be changed, and as result, thousands of other lives will be then improved."
— Huong Duong Nguyen Huong Duong was 25 years old when the tragic accident happened. As she was
racing across some railroad tracks, a train crushed both of her legs just below the knees.
A year after returning from the hospital, she still could not walk, even for a short distance.
Huong Duong became depressed and rarely left the house.
Nguyen Huong Duong was 25 years old when the tragic accident happened.
As she was racing across some railroad tracks, a train crushed both of her legs just below the knees.
A year after returning from the hospital, she still could not walk, even for a short distance.
Huong Duong became depressed and rarely left the house.
Huong Duong says that being given the artificial limbs was like a rebirth, and she began thinking
about how she could help other disabled people. On a visit to a school for blind children, she
realized how effective reading books aloud was for improving their development and links to the
seeing world. With USAID's support, she went on to establish Vietnam's first library of "talking books"
— tape-recorded stories. By 2004 Huong Duong and her team had produced more than 450 titles and
distributed 40,000 tapes to thousands of blind people throughout Vietnam.
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