The family and friends of a schoolboy who suddenly passed away have paid tribute to the "loving and caring" 14-year-old.
Suhaan Harikumar, a Leicester high school student, died on August 8, 2021, leaving his family and tight-knit friends shocked and heartbroken.
His mother, Shehnaaz, said she is now struggling to get through each day, not knowing how she will live the rest of her life without him.
"We were so close," she told LeicestershireLive. "He shared everything with me and we made a point to take time out to spend together."
The school pupil often enjoyed walks and appreciated nature but his mum said "above all, he loved gaming".
"I don't know much about gaming but he would always make time to do something with me and catch up every other day," Shehnaaz said.
Suhaan leaves behind his mum and two younger sisters aged 11 and four who his mum said he loved and cared for.
"He really looked after them and to the four-year-old, he was her world."
Shehnaaz said she was "immensely proud" of her son, particularly watching his grow-up significantly during the lockdown.
In recent years, she said Suhaan had liked the idea of becoming a geography teacher.
Katy Wheatley, the mother of one of Suhaan's friends said the idea was fitting and one that "will keep the goodness of him travelling forward in the world in some way".
The 49-year-old said her son Oscar, 14, was one of Suhaan's close friends.
"They were all part of a group that were always doing things together. This has been a total shock but the boys are all close and supporting each other," she said.
She added: "Oscar always said Suhaan was such a kind of, gentle person. He was a lovely kid- he really was."
"I told him that he should look for a job that will sustain him going forward and he said he was never too worried about money - he preferred to give back.
"He was the kind of boy who wouldn't think before giving," the mum-of-three said.
That is why, in his memory, she has launched a charity crowdfunding campaign that will go towards building water wells for poor rural communities internationally.
Shehnaaz has raised more than £2000 in memory of Suhaan, hoping to teach a target of £10,000.
The Ali Asghar Water Appeal, run by The World Federation charity will spend all the money raised on building wells in countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Kenya.
Each well built will provide clean water to poor, rural communities helping to provide people with sanitation, cleaning, cooking and the means to grow their own food.
