Worked as an osin since 7th grade, salary 150,000 VND/month, 13 years later he suddenly became an excellent student in Australia and his entrepreneurial journey is full of humanity.
Born into a poor farming family in Vinh Phuc, her father died early, and Huong’s mother and daughter lived in a house built on a loan from Huong’s grandmother. In order to help her family escape poverty, in 1999, when she had just finished 7th grade, she was only 13 years old, but Ms. Huong had to go to Hanoi to work as a domestic worker, so that her brother and sister could still have the opportunity. learning association in the countryside.
Founder HopeBox has experienced many ups and downs in the past. Photo: Zing.
At that time, she had to take care of a baby, clean the house for a family in Giang Vo, Hanoi, her monthly salary was only 150,000 VND, and the owner was often dissatisfied, even shouting scold. However, her desire to go to school has never stopped. Ms. Huong was fortunate enough to be able to take a supplementary class at a continuing education center. However, only 2 months later, her landlord kicked her out because she stayed up late to study. She shared her feelings on Zing: “At that time, it was very unreasonable for me to go to supplementary school. In my hometown, girls aged 16-17 often get married, have children, and work in the fields. I decided it wasn’t my life. I still dream of being a teacher and decided to stay in Hanoi“.
There was no other way, the 17-year-old girl asked to stay under the stairs of an old apartment in Trung Yen new urban area, the “neighbors” around were nineteen thousand, addicts… that only knows to keep a knife in his pocket to prevent it. At that time, every 2 a.m. she got up early to blow sticky rice to sell at the school gate, from 8-9 o’clock to sell fresh tea and sweet potato cakes, in the evening she had to ask someone else to sell it for her so she could still go to school.
“My goal is to go to college to change my life. Although my mother does not agree to let me stay in Hanoi, if I go back to my hometown, my education will end“, Huong shared on VnExpress.
While still studying for 12th grade, in 2006, a big turning point happened when Ms. Huong became a student of KOTO – a social enterprise specializing in training hospitality, English and life skills for children. Street.
After that, she was introduced as a waitress, cashier at the job introduction at Inter Continental Hotel West Lake. It was during this time that her passion for learning and self-development helped her to be motivated to hone her English skills: study in a working environment, self-study through books, listen to music, speak boldly. with foreigners,…
Despite the difficult situation, the girl always finds ways to go to school and develop herself. Photo: Young intellectuals.
And all efforts will also bring sweet fruits to those who try. A girl who dropped out of school at 7th grade, has been struggling to earn a living for more than a decade, broke down when she received a scholarship to study International Business Administration from Box Hill Institute in Melbourne (Australia) in 2012.
Success came only a few years after, thanks to her good academic performance, Ms. Huong continued to win a scholarship to study a master’s degree in Business at Swinburne University of Technology – the school of the winners of Road to Olympia.
Although she was completely able to settle down in this developed country after that, working in a large technology company with a high salary, she still gave up everything to return to Vietnam to work for the business itself. society has helped her change her life and she also built a project for abused women. Her motivation has been driven since 2013 when she witnessed a friend of hers without a job and abused by her husband for many years, she is determined that the only way to save people like her is to help her. they have a job.
And so in March 2018, HopeBox was officially established with 3 members. HopeBox hires women who are victims of gender-based violence and provides housing, paid work, and skills training so they can be financially independent in the future.
Psychotherapy through baking not only helps women to be at peace, relieves pain in their souls; but it also gives them an extra source of income, providing them and their children with a place to live, free from violence and abuse. Photo: NLD.
HopeBox’s training program also hopes to help provide women with the necessary skills in job search and entrepreneurship. Photo: NLD.
As a result, the cakes in HopeBox boxes that are sold in the market are also a message of hope for a good life for women who have experienced life events, endured hardships. physical and mental harm. Ms. Huong also develops a number of other products to diversify for each audience as well as the occasion of the year.
Despite being actively invited to cooperate by other organizations and businesses, Ms. Huong still wants to build her business following the principle: “Having done business, we must always put the customer’s interests first, products and services must always improve and be professional every day so that when customers come to us, it is first for their needs. , worth the money they spend and then make a positive impact on the community,” she shared in Lao Dong newspaper.
HopeBox cakes, or the hope of women, were specially given to Vietnam Airlines passengers on the occasion of March 8. (Photo: VNA).
Products of HopeBox as the opening date of Uniqlo . Photo: Young intellectuals.
When listening to Ms. Huong talk about her arduous journey to success, many people say that she is “telling suffering”, however, this CEO always believes in kindness and positive things. She once shared on Law and readers:
“I tell my story with the desire to help some young people so that they can find motivation when they are lost or standing in the middle of a fork in the road and don’t know where to go or what to do. I tell my story not I want you to be like me.So what’s so special!
I just have a simple desire to share from my truest experiences to help someone have more information about the world out there. You will not sit around waiting for the opportunity to come. And it is important for you to love yourself, live happily and with enthusiasm, from which you can love the community.“
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