Five year old Amrit Singh Sehra walking 5000 steps around his school playground for Dementia UK
Five year old Amrit Singh Sehra from St Dominic's Grammar School, Brewood was so inspired by Wolverhampton fundraiser Manny Singh Kang, that he decided to walk 5000 steps around his school playground for Dementia UK. He was joined by Manny for the challenge.
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00:00Okay Manny, so just explain what's going on today.
00:05Yeah, so Amrit joined me for Walk 48 a few days ago, after previously never meeting him.
00:12And he joined me for three hours, so he was inspired to help Dementia UK himself and he
00:18wanted to donate to the cause.
00:20So he's walking 5,000 steps in his playground with his school, he's already raised over
00:25£1,700.
00:26Wow.
00:27Unbelievable.
00:28Fantastic.
00:29That's brilliant.
00:30Excellent.
00:31Amrit, what's that song again?
00:32Go Amrit, go!
00:33Go Amrit, go!
00:34Is he doing well?
00:35Is he doing well?
00:36Amrit, how does he feel?
00:37How do you feel?
00:38Say it to the camera, how do you feel?
00:39How does he feel Amrit?
00:40Good.
00:41Are you tired?
00:42No.
00:43No?
00:44How much further have you got to go?
00:45We've done 2,000 steps, 3,000 to go.
00:46Well done, fantastic, we've got another 5,000 to go.
00:471,000.
00:481,000.
00:491,000.
00:501,000.
00:511,000.
00:521,000.
00:531,000.
00:541,000.
00:551,000.
00:561,000.
00:571,000.
00:59Well done, fantastic, it's a great thing you're doing Amrit.
01:02Keep up the good work, and you Manny.
01:05Well done.
01:07Well done.
01:08OK Manny, is it your Manny as well?
01:09I am, is that I?
01:10So you're Amrit's mum.
01:11I am.
01:12And how do you feel?
01:13You must be very proud.
01:14I am indeed, especially when he wanted to do it himself after being so inspired by Manny.
01:18Absolutely.
01:19Has he ever done anything like this before?
01:20Well, charity runs in the family, we try and instil that giving, you know, it's part
01:25of the Sikh ethos as well, you know, always giving a tenth of your earnings, time and
01:30everything else that you possibly can.
01:31It's a great thing to do at his age as well, it's incredible.
01:35I think it's inspiring young minds and souls and, you know, they've got the flame there,
01:40it's just to engulf it even brighter.
01:41Absolutely.
01:42Yeah, I bet he was excited.
01:43He was really excited.
01:44I think, oh money, he calls him charity uncle and he was like, I can't wait for him to come
01:50to the school because he was just so inspired at the Molyneux, so yeah, amazing.
01:54Well he's very admirable, he's a fantastic lad anyway.
01:58You know, maybe the journey begins now, you know, and with every step and he's done absolutely
02:02fantastically well.
02:03Yeah.
02:04The last time we looked it was £1,800 that he raised, that's without the cakes and biscuits
02:10and samosas.
02:11That's amazing.
02:12Does this remind me how old he is again?
02:13Five years old.
02:14That's unbelievable.
02:15And I just want to say thank you to Manny for, you know, really encouraging him and
02:17the sponsors as well, you know, the people who come together and sponsored us as well,
02:22so yeah.