Milad’s message to others facing the same hardships he once grew up with is this: the hardest step is the first one. But with hard work, the rest of the path becomes easier. Milad lost his father at the age of three and began working at just nine years old. Around that time, he learned about Child Foundation and began receiving sponsorship. Now, with an engineering degree from the University of Tehran, he is giving back. Milad provides free academic counseling to low-income students. For these students, a good education can change their lives. He knows this because his own education, and the Child Foundation sponsors who made it possible, transformed his future. Because of people like you, he did not have to work as a child. Because of people like you, he did not have to worry about where his next meal would come from. Because of people like you, he had the freedom to excel and now pass that kindness forward.

Milad is changing the face of the future, one child at a time. You can do the same.