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K'Chin has been named Queensland's international student of the year. |
Born in a remote village near Da Lat in central-highland Lam Dong Province, K'Chin broke his leg as an infant and spent his first 13 years crawling or hopping because he could not walk.
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children took him to Australia in 2002 and provided him with both medial treatment and an education.
"I couldn't walk so I just crawled until the age that I could hop on one leg, and I hopped for 13 years," he told an Australian Broadcasting Corporation reporter.
Now he can not only walk, he has been nominated his school captain for next year.
"I think that education and being educated is the most important part of our life," said the young man who never went to school in Viet Nam let alone spoke English.
"It's a great honour," he said of the award made by the Queensland Education Department.
"I came to Australia for surgery. It's so wonderful that I am awarded the title."
K'Chin thinks all children should have an education. – VNS
