In India, more than 12.4 million children don’t go to school. Most of these kids should be in elementary school, just starting to learn. If they don’t go to school, they might miss out on important chances to learn and work when they grow up. It’s a big problem because they’re falling behind very early in life.

Meet Harsh Kothari. He started a project called Har Hath Kalam, which means “Every Hand Should Have a Pen.” Harsh works hard to make sure that every child, no matter how poor, can go to school. If kids can’t go to school, he finds ways to bring school to them.

Watch his story below to learn more about the problems these kids face and how Harsh is helping to make things better.