We found out about Tram's time at the orphanage. Tram was dropped off in front of the orphanage on June 8,2007. They have a bench outside where parents can leave their children. It is right outside the gate of the orphanage, in front of where the security guard stays. They usually leave the children at night so that no one can tell who they are. I don't know how they can do that - to just abandon a child - one that they have had for a year at least - I know that I couldn't do it. I guess in the parent's eyes, it is a chance at a better life for their child. It must be one of the hardest decisions that a parent would ever have to make.
This is from the report that the security guard filed:
"Re: Discovering an abandoned child:
My name is TRAN VAN HOA, born in 1960, ID card No: #########, issued in Vung Tau. Now, I work for the Care and Vocational Training Center as a security guard. I would like to state the following matter:
At 7pm on 06/07/2007, I found a child abandoned outside the gate of the center.
The abandoned child was a female infant, she was about 12 months of age. She had big black eyes and a well-proportioned body. She wore a bracelet on her left arm and wore earrings in her ears. She was dressed in a pink shirt and violet trousers. There was no note on her..."
They have a unique way of determining the age of the kids when they get to the orphanage. They just kind of guess. The security guard and orphanage director thought that Tram looked to be about 12 months, so they made her birthday 1 year before her drop off date. She could be older, she could be younger - we don't know.
Tram was only at the orphanage since June. Before that - who knows where she was, who she was with. I wish we knew more about her past because I'm sure one day she will want to know. There really is no way to find out anything either.
2 comments:
So sad, isn't it? But thankfully this story has a happy ending with a wonderful family. Toni says she has too many teeth to be only 1. She says Logan is 15 mo. & has only 5 teeth. She's just so tiny, hard to tell. Lan, you are a great journalist!! Very interesting...
Prayers going up, up, up.
love, lynn
no time for sick Chris!
My daughter Lily has the identical story of how she arrive at this orphanage. We adopted her 3 years ago today from there. I'm glad to find this site, I was looking for additional pictures of the orphanage to show her and tell her the story of how we adopted her.
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