Support U&I at the World 10K Run

Adham first came to Annal Children's Home in Chennai with his 1-year-old brother, Gigikal. Being orphans, Adham took his role as big brother seriously. By the time his brother could walk, Adham was already 11 years old - and had never gone to school.

Adham's world revolved around dressing Gigikal in those little khakhi trousers, packing his school-bag and sending him to school. Even though he had been sending his brother to school daily, he never felt like he was missing out on something.

It was at this time in his life that U&I started teaching at Annal home.

For a boy who had never seen a classroom before, U&I was a whole new world. He would observe the class in progress from a distance every week. The sharing of greetings, the good things that had happened and the mutual affirmations drew him in.  For the first time in his life, he wanted to go to school. He wanted to be affirmed. He wanted to be something more.

That desire to go to school was all that was needed, everything else fell into place. He got admission in a school nearby and the week after, we took him into our U&I Teach program. It was his birthday that day and we asked him to share his good thing for this week. 

He said, "ENAKUM PADIKANUM NU AASAIYA IRINDIDI AANA ENNA YARUM SETHUKALA. IPO NAAN PADIKA PORAN. U&I KU THANKS!" (Even I want to be able to study. But nobody helped. Now I’m finally going to study. Thanks to U&I)

Support children like Adham by partnering with U&I at the World 10K Run in Bangalore on May 15, 2016. Your donation will give underprivilged children the right to an education. Together, we can be the change!