Bikram L.

Bikram is twelve years old and is attending fifth grade. Thanks to sponsorship from a Christian-Korean family from the USA, he is in school, not in the street or being used for child labor. Bikram doesn’t have parents. His mother committed suicide when he was three and his father has disappeared, with whereabouts unknown. Bikram’s uncle and aunt take care of him along with their own two girls and Bikram’s two sisters. The uncle works as a laborer and earns less than three dollars per day. Thus, this family of seven has very little to survive on. Bikram is a shy boy. He talks little and rarely smiles. According to his teachers, in the past he got into trouble a lot and didn’t like to study. But now, after getting help from School Nepal, Bikram likes going to school. He is very happy to get school supplies, a new uniform and a variety of snacks at the school canteen. Now he doesn’t want to miss a single day of school. Bikram is a great example of how a little bit of help can transform a life.