Swaha , a Kerala student from Shenoy Memorial Higher Secondary school in Payyanur in North Kerala offers one acre of land, valued around Rs 50 lakh to Kerala flood relief fund.
On Monday, Swaha wrote to the Chief Minister, expressing her desire to contribute the land to the government. She has also made her brother Brahma, a Class IX student, a signatory of the decision. Their father K Sankaran is a farmer who owns ten acres of land. “I was moved by the news about flood victims. I thought we should contribute in our own way,’’ said Swaha.
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Sankaran said he would go by the decision the children. “They had asked for my opinion and I did not no. I have nine other acres of land, which is also meant for them.’
Sankaran said both the children received home schooling till the age of 14. “They were enrolled in regular school at Class IX,’’ he said.
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