Disabled Kashmir teen hops 3 km to highschool

Express News Service

SRINAGAR:  Parvez Ahmad Hajam travels 3 km every single day to go to highschool on one foot. The 14-year-old scholar of Class 9 at Government High School Nowgam misplaced his left leg when he was one yr outdated on account of extreme burn accidents.  

Parvez Ahmad Hajam

However, regardless of his incapacity, Parvez is set to work onerous to pursue his aim. The boy, who hails from Mawar space of Handwara in Kashmir’s Kupwara district, needs to change into a physician and serve the group. “I carry my school bag and hop on one leg to the school. It takes me over an hour each way, to reach the school in the morning, and back home,” Parvez stated. 

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Although {the teenager} has been supplied crutches and a wheelchair, he isn’t in a position to make use of them due to the unhealthy situation of the roads in his village.  Appealing to the federal government for assist, he stated, “If I get an artificial limb, it will help me become more mobile and pursue higher education. I have not lost hope and I won’t give up. In fact, I am working hard to realise all my goals and those of my parents.”

Despite the challenges, Parvez competes with different college students in all elements, be it curricular or co-curricular actions. He performs cricket and volleyball with different boys in his faculty and village. “I will make my village and my country proud if I get proper coaching in volleyball,” he stated.

Parvez’s lecturers describe him as a vibrant and proficient scholar. His father, Ghulam Ahmed, stated his son is a succesful little one and the federal government ought to lengthen help to him. “Due to financial constraints, I am unable to bear expenses for his medical treatment. He needs an artificial limb, and for using  that he needs to undergo a surgery first. I cannot afford it,” he stated.