Kantha Singh was a car mechanic, who shut down his garage, to create a makeshift shelter cum school for 42 orphan children, when their orphanage, in the village of Dampara, Jharkhand, was burnt to the ground. The children who were left with nothing but the clothes on their back, were given a new home by Singh. HEMLATA provided funds to the Kantha Singh Orphange, for the upkeep of the children.

YEAR: 2009