Babar was 9 years old when he started teaching friends too poor to afford school what he had learned in the morning. The game in his parents’ backyard soon became a school. Babar has since taught thousands of students, many passed entry tests to attend university, his first students are now teachers at his newly opened school.

He is awesome, because his volunteer-powered school is a model needed in countless other villages. His story is in Indian textbooks reaches tens of millions of students, he regularly speaks at big events, millions hear his message on Indian media and every day, Babar gets requests from teachers asking for help to launch village schools. Since he learned of teen hero*ines, he promotes student- and project-oriented learning.   

He deserves our help, because his dream is that this model get replicated for the benefit of many millions via video trainings and summer schools for teachers. Despite his fame, Babar ranks YL among his most precious contacts and whenever he scores a photo with the president or a letter from Angelina Jolie, Eric is among the first to get to see them. That’s almost weekly.