For the first time, we’ve escaped the frenetic city centre of Kolkata and, in this episode, find ourselves immersed in the beautiful West Bengal countryside.

Accompanied by a tranquill soundscape, we move closer to life in Rajarhat; about an hour away from Rowland Road. For Future Hope, this is indeed the future!

More in a moment...

Before that, we pick up the story of the family from Sealdah Station. Future Hope can't offer direct school places any more, it is 100% compliant in all its operations, but the outreach work provides an important reminder of the 36 years of positive activity on the streets and stations by founder Tim Grandage.

In Episode Four, more key characters emerge to embellish the wider Future Hope story; meet Mark Lewis and Samarjit Guha!

Sam supervises the Sealdah family, as they trade station-platform for a school tour. There’s some tough love; sometimes, no bad thing.

And so to beautiful Rajarhat.

It's where the school wants to shape the next stage of its remarkable life and, in turn, create opportunities for thousands more children. The plans look amazing!

We tour the new site with Tim and Erica and hear how sustainability drives the project strategy. As we're leaving; a surprise meeting...

Caring is in Tim’s DNA, as we’re discovering, but, as Mark confides, nothing lasts forever….

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