Happy - true to his name!
Happy is a student at our centre in the city of Bijnor, in Project Help India. He is a bright kid with a great interest in sports and extra-curricular activities. His family lives in poverty, barely able to afford life’s most basic of necessities. He is a tall 14 year old, yet he attends third grade at school, mostly with 8 year-old kids. Like most local government schools, the quality of the education is poor, the classrooms have no resources and they are overcrowded. Without the additional support he receives at Project Help he is sure to leave school soon, and required to start working to support the family. With guidance from our team Happy’s parents, however, have learnt the importance of education, they value his studies and are committed to seeing him succeed.
Happy has attended our Bijnor Centre from the day it first started in 2018. He is with us every afternoon without fail making the most of every opportunity to learn and participate. He cares for the younger kids and is truly a leader – his teacher brings out the best in him.
Happy’s father, Mr. Sunil, is a labour and works as a decorator in wedding halls. His mother, Mrs. Anita, is a hawker and helps her husband to support the family. Happy is the youngest of three brothers, Abhishek, Jitin and Dishaant. His eldest brother Dishaant also studies at the same school with his brother and is in 5th class. The other brothers have stopped going to school and instead they both work as labours.
Happy considers himself very lucky to be able to study in such an organisation where not only the teachers of the centre aid him in study but also encourage him to do extra-curricular activities like singing, dancing, sports, etc. His parents thank Project Help India from the bottom of their hearts.
Our prayer for Happy is that his education and the nurture he receives at Project help will take him way beyond the cruel pathway that poverty has overwise has destined for him.