Abdul Rasheed is the student of grade five at NHA Sathangali. His age is eleven years and he comes from the settlement of Kandail in Sathangali. He has a small family of one mother, one brother and one younger sister. The life was bundle of pleasure, comfort and tranquillity when Abdul Rasheed’s father was alive and working to earn a respectable earning for the family. The family never felt any thing lacking in their life on account of hard work of their father, who was sacrificing many things to keep the family happy and prosperous.

Unfortunately however in 1997, the health of their father started to decline. He spent most of his time in getting medical treatment from different doctors and spent all the money that family had saved for rainy days. Yet of no avail, he passed away in the same year of 1997, leaving behind his family at the mercy of circumstances. This great misfortune got their family in a very worse situation. Their family lost the source of income or bread winner for the family. Due to excessive anxiety the health of their mother also became in a hazardous condition. Her mother was very much worried about the survival and the future of her children as she was aspiring high for her children, when their father was alive.

That was not the end of sufferings of Abdul Rasheed’s family, there were lot more sufferings in store for this unfortunate family. In the earthquake, they lost their house as well. With the money of house subsidy paid by Government, they have constructed a shelter for themselves.

Abdul Rasheed is a courageous boy and instead of all these adverse happenings during this period, he is still optimistic about his future. He studies at grade five at NHA Sathangali. He says,” I am very satisfied with my studies at the center Sathangali and I will help my mother in earning for the family, when, I will grow up”.

His mother is also very happy with the future prospects of Abdul Rasheed as he is getting good quality education in such a backward area of Sathangali.She says Abdul Rasheed’s good education is the only way of getting the family out of troubles. His education must have been out of question without NHA project and his life would have been directionless.