Moti Ram Mahto, is a 15 year old boy and lives with his family in Jagra Paika, a small village in the Angara district of Jharkhand. The area has a total population of over 1lac. Majority of the people work here as casual labourers, rickshaw pullers, small shopkeepers, etc. Diseases like malaria, diarrhoea, tuberculosis and asthma are very common in this area.

Moti Ram’s family is a very poor one and depends totally on agriculture. Moti Ram had to drop out of school in the eighth grade so that he would be able to help his family in earning a livelihood. He had first visited the Smile on Wheel, suffering from very high fever, headache and loose motions for 3 days. After proper test were conducted on him, the doctor diagnosed that he was suffering from malaria and immediately put him on medication. He was advised to be on complete bed rest and was also given a diet chart to follow. He visited the Smile on Wheels three more times and was completely treated. He and his family members now regularly visit the Smile on Wheels.