Urmila is from the Kotdwara slum, where she and her family struggle to survive in extreme poverty. They live in a cramped room that is only 10 by 10 square feet, along with her husband and their two sons, Abhishek and Aditya who attend the Project Help Slum Centre. Despite Abhishek's polio affecting his left leg and hand, both boys excel in their studies.
Urmila dreams of providing her children with the best education, clothing, and food possible. However, her husband's heavy drinking, drug use and association with local criminals often leads to domestic violence. Most often all of the family money is used to fund her husband’s habits, leaving Urmila to take odd jobs as a cleaner to feed and support her children.
Hope for tomorrow
Urmila's hope for her children is for them to live a life that is safe and free from the negative effects of their father's addiction. She recognises that her sons’ education can help break the cycle of violence and desperation that they experience. She hopes that if they are educated they can not be like their father to have all the happiness of the world, have good clothes and food because it breaks her heart that her boys often go hungry .
