{"id":1458,"date":"2013-06-22T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/gophil\/2013\/06\/22\/sunil-the-power-of-dreaming-big\/"},"modified":"2019-05-03T20:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:57:03","slug":"sunil-the-power-of-dreaming-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gophilanthropic.org\/sunil-the-power-of-dreaming-big\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunil…The Power of Dreaming Big"},"content":{"rendered":"
June is a month filled with graduations across the world…we celebrate as our friends, nieces and nephews, children and grandchildren pass exams and walk the stage to collect their certificates. \u00a0This month GoPhil celebrates with several of its partner organizations as some of their students take leaping life strides away from their histories that will no longer define them. \u00a0For many of the these students, they will be the first in their families to receive an education.<\/p>\n
Sunil Nayaran has recently cleared his SSC exams in Kolhapur, India, allowing him the opportunity to apply to college. \u00a0The depth of this achievement becomes more clear when you consider the path he has walked to reach this point. \u00a0Sunil’s family is a part of the migrant community that occupies many of the region’s brick kilns for 6 months of the year. \u00a0 Like most migrant children, Sunil was expected to carry 1000 pounds of bricks on his head alongside his mother and father in the kilns during the day. \u00a0“School was an unknown word for me and my family,” says Sunil as he reflects on his childhood of bonded labor.<\/p>\n