Phat Tich Vocational and Charity Center
I used to believe that whatever impact I would make on society would come from scientific knowledge —
until I went to Phat Tich and realized that sometimes, the most valuable things you can bring aren’t theories or formulas, but time and patience.
In the lab, I work with bacteria and DNA.
Here, I worked with… more than 200 orphaned children.
No standardized protocol can prepare you for the feeling of a child hugging you simply because you showed them how to make cabbage juice change colors.
One of them once asked me, "Brother, am I smart?”I almost replied with some explanation about IQ or logical thinking —but then I stopped and asked myself: Since when do we have to be ‘smart’ to be worthy of love?
So instead, I said: “You’re not just smart — you’re curious. And curious people can learn anything.”He smiled. And I realized: science doesn’t just help me find facts — it teaches me how to pass on belief.
We brought 50 science kits with us. But what I brought back wasn’t the feeling of “mission accomplished” — it was a clear understanding:
If science only exists inside laboratories, then it hasn’t completed its mission.
Science must step outside — into the hands of children who don’t have access to proper education —to tell them that the dream of understanding this world does not belong to a privileged few