Care Leavers
Dinesh is now in his late twenties and very thankful to all those who have helped him along the way. He wants to continue helping young care leavers in the future and others in need. One day he also wants to run his own business.
Care Leavers
Dinesh’s Story
Dinesh arrived at his orphanage when he was a very small baby and stayed there for over 20 years. He doesn’t know his birth name or his age or anything about his parents and doesn’t have anything other than a ‘probable birth certificate’. Dinesh remains deeply sad about not having a family. He often has difficulty controlling his emotions. He says he had to learn a lot about life on his own, often the hard way.
When Dinesh was 15 years old and studying for his O-Levels he swore at one of the orphanage staff. Overnight his life changed. As a punishment he was sent by the orphanage owners to live and work in a hardware shop they owned. He was forced to stay there in very basic conditions for the next five years. This was a very dark time for Dinesh. He was only allowed to come to the orphanage to attend school in the mornings then it was straight back to work. He had to work in the shop every weekend too. Sometimes staff brought him food in the shop but often he went hungry.
Despite his terrible circumstances Dinesh studied for his O-Levels and then A-Levels. He was then thrown a lifeline. He was offered a job by someone outside the orphanage who recognised his tremendous energy and his strong leadership skills. Dinesh started working as a training consultant for a prestigious company that conducts leadership training programs for school children and university students.
A few years ago, with his employer’s blessing, Dinesh joined the Brighter Path Foundation team whilst also continuing to work as a training consultant. Dinesh started mentoring young care leavers and he extended to them the support and help which he had never received. He works tirelessly for the care leavers in his charge. Brighter Path has provided Dinesh a with his own accommodation and then more recently supported him through a very difficult period of his own.
Dinesh is now in his late twenties and very thankful to all those who have helped him along the way. He wants to continue helping young care leavers in the future and others in need. One day he also wants to run his own business.
Further Reading

Visit from Nadeesha Chathurangani, Commissioner of Probation and Childcare
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