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Tharuka as his name implies, is a star. He is an above-average student in School and his favourite subject is Sinhala. Tharuka and his sister live with their parents in their house situated in the Moneragala district of Sri Lanka. Both Tharuka’s mother and father are farmers. They work very hard cultivating the land to generate much needed income for the family. However, despite long hours of hard work, their combined annual income is lower than USD650 and making ends meet is quite a struggle. Tharuka does what he can to help out. He helps his mother to cook and clean the house and accompanies her to the woods to gather firewood for cooking. If and when he has a little spare time, he likes to ride his bicycle with his friends in the village. If poverty is allowed to have its way, it could steal this above-average student’s education away and entangle him in a vicious cycle of poverty but if a kind-hearted stranger were to intervene and help Tharuka, poverty’s designs would be nullified and Tharuka will continue to shine like the star that he is.