A pair of young boys sacrificed their leisurely Saturday for a charity walk to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital. Ishan Kotecha, who goes to Priestmead School and Shaan Gera, a pupil at Alpha Prep, both in Harrow, raised nearly £2,000 at the RBCRaceforkids challenge. Ishan who is 10 years old, saw the poster for the event when on a trip to London with his family and asked Shaan, his best friend, also 10, if he wanted to join, reported the Harrow Times.
They took part in the race with their fathers - Sarju Kotecha and Sanjay Gera - at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Mother Minal Kotecha reportedly said: “It was all off their own back. They wanted to raise money by doing something fun. “Ishan has seen his older sister Ria do charity work so he wanted to do the same. We are very proud of them and very impressed. “The generosity people have shown has been brilliant. We never thought they’d raise £2,000.”
However during the race, the boys allegedly wanted to run ahead but were slowed down by their fathers who wanted to walk the course.
