A buddhist nun has her arms around three children.
What Minh Tú does for children
Minh Tú and her staff at Duc Son Pagoda:
    Take in orphaned children and children whose parents cannot take care of them.
  • Give the children love, food, medicine and the opportunity to play.
  • Make sure the children get birth certificates, names and the chance to start school.
  • Help differently abled children get the equipment and support they need.

  • Pay for the children’s schooling and through university.
  • Give the children school materials and a school uniform.
  • Teach all the children to swim.
  • Buy motorcycles for older children and young adults who have to travel far from the pagoda to get to work or university.
  • Help those children whose parents have disappeared to try and find them.

Related stories
A buddhist nun in brown dress and glasses with grouop of children.
Minh Thu's story
”Children are my saplings that I give sun and water to every day, so they can grow into trees that offer shade and nourishment to others.
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Not shy when dancing
Yen is often shy, but when she’s dancing or practising karate she feels self-confident and strong.
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Left by the tree
At Duc Son, they often talk of the time when Minh Tú found a girl in a basket underneath the tree outside the pagoda.
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Dreams of becoming a musician
Mai was just one month old when she lost both her parents in Vietnam’s worst rainstorm in a hundred years.
Young boy in Vietnam making incense sticks.
One jump from soccer success
If only Nhon had taken the stairs.
Children walking through lush garden.
Garden classroom
Behind the pagoda there’s a tarmac path that leads between the buildings, bamboos, bushes and palms.
Tempel facade in Vietnam with colorful sculptures.
Buddhism and life at the pagoda
Buddhism was founded 2,500 years ago by Siddharta Gautama, who was born into a noble family in India.
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How to use chopsticks
At Duc Son pagoda, many of the children eat using a spoon, but Mai, the nuns and most other people in Vietnam use chopsticks.
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Vietnam’s national sport
‘Da cau’, or foot badminton, is Vietnam’s national sport.
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Thích Nu Minh Tú
Minh Tú was honoured for her almost 40-year long struggle for orphaned children and for children who cannot grow up with their families.
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