Heran Vedi, 11 year old grandson of 72 year old Dum Ream

“I miss my grandma very much when she has to go for work.” – Heran Vedi, 11 year old grandson of 72 year old Dum Ream.

© Mayur Paul/HelpAge International 2012

I go to school in the next village and we study writing and mathematics. Mathematics is my favourite subject but I like playing games with my friends too. I miss my grandma very much when she has to go for work. I love her from the bottom of my heart and she has taken care of me since I was very young. She looks after me and gives me cake and noodles to eat whenever she cooks it.  

She looks after me when I am sick. She also buys me medicine which makes me better. When I have a fever she holds my hand when I have to go for the injection. She takes me to school. She is my mother.