Hi Friends. Today is World Cancer Day. Here is an inspiring story of an officer-cum-environmentalist Mr Narendra Singh Yadav who defeated bone marrow cancer.

He is now cancer-free.

He was posted as Divisional Joint Development Commissioner in the government of Uttar Pradesh province, India, but due to his continuous illness he has taken voluntary retirement.


He lives in Kanpur (India) with his wife Mrs Rashmi Singh and two young daughters, Prachi and Pragya. The whole family is dedicated to protecting sparrows.


Apart from studying, his daughters are actively involved in maintaining the records of nests and chicks and preparing food for them.

His wife Rashmi looks after both his mission and home.


He distributes special sparrow nests, free of cost.

Houses in his neighbourhood, colonies, societies and multi-storey buildings—all have these nests on the walls.

He takes care of the injured and sick birds. He is known to his friends as ‘Sparrow Man‘. 


He used 10% of his monthly pension for saving these birds and making nests for them.


Mr Narendra Singh say, "I have been a patient of blood cancer since 2013, but I never stopped dreaming, making plans and finding ways to save the birds. Always remember how important your life is; do not forget it, even for a second.“


After detected with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the plasma cells, Narendra started treatment.


He says that the one thing that brought him joy through his illness were the sparrows.


He has so far distributed over 6,000 nests and helped save over 1.2 lakh sparrows as well.


He reckons that even his cancer illness didn’t deter him from this cause.


To reach out to Narendra and be a part of his movement, you can contact him via his Twitter handle @NarendraSparrow.

Thank You.