Patap, Somai, Saidil

Josh Hamilton

Future Hope is an organisation helping and providing opportunities for young kids who have run away from home due to personal or family reasons. We spent 2 crazy, action packed hours with 20 young boys, aged between 5 and 12, at their onsite care centre. 

Patap, Somai, Saidil are the most intelligent, energetic, and caring young kids I have ever met. Their ability to be fluent in Bengal and then be able to sustain an in depth conversation in English with us is mind blowing. They were able to understand how my Go Pro works within minutes, which resulted in quite a few cool videos that I can now look back on. 

The boys were able to run, scream, laugh, and do piggy back wars for an amazingly long time. We were chasing each other, teaching each other new games, creating hand shakes and taking lots and lots of photos. These boys were awesome. 

These boys impressed me in every way; they were competing with each other to see who could take the most dishes to the sink. This being something most people aren't so eager to do.  This showed how caring and considerate these boys are, even with tedious but necessary household chores. 

I will carry their smiles, their enthusiasm to life, their ability to be themselves, and their willingness to push on when times are tough, with me to every thing I do. 

Future Hope is an amazing organisation, and I wish their facilities and care were available to all children in need.