George Abraham

Who is George Abraham?

George Abraham is founding Chairman of the World Blind Cricket Council and the Association for Cricket for the Blind in India. He is founder of the SCORE Foundation, New Delhi.

Abraham was born on 31 October 1958 in [London]. His father was an engineer from [Kerala]. At the age of ten months, Abraham suffered from meningitis which resulted in him sustaining damage to his optic nerve and retina thus making him visually impaired.

At the age of two, Abraham's family re-located to India. Around this time, Abraham's parents took a decision that would shape his future- to send him to mainstream school in spite of his disability. The decision however brought challenges. As Abraham schooled at La Martinirin Lucknow, Frank Anthony's in Delhi and Kendriya Vidyalaya in Hubli, keeping up academically with his peers was a struggle.

Abraham was unable to read his school books but his parents were determined to educate him in the mainstream. Abraham would do combined studies with his school friends. His mother read out the texts from school books and his father assisted him with mathematics. They instilled confidence in their son and this was to be his greatest strength.