Couple donates earnings to help over 150 families fight poverty for 20 yrs
Shinod PC and Bindhu have been contributing their salary to a monthly welfare initiative to help poor families for more than 20 years. "We don't require all of the funds we generate. We just need a portion of it to exist, and the rest may be utilized to help those in need," says Shinod PC, who has been on a quest to aid disadvantaged families with his wife Bindhu. This couple from Kodungallur, Kerala, has been contributing a significant percentage of their salary as a 'benefit pension' to numerous underprivileged families in the surrounding villages for the past two decades. The pair also operates a sevana kendram (digital service center) in their house, where they offer free services to the underprivileged, such as assisting them in taking advantage of government-sponsored programmes and services. "People believe that money is the most precious asset in their lives and that it is the only source of happiness. However, time is more precious...