4. Facilitation Philanthropy

Krishna is a boy hailing from a fisherman community at coastal village in South India. He is studying in a school exclusively for poor children. He was one of the active students of his class. He excelled in education and every activity he does. He was sincere in his life. He used every resource wisely and loved his family very much.

His father was a fisherman and went to catch fish with his fellow fishermen from his village. There was an unexpected storm in the sea when this team was fishing. High waves rose very high than the boat and turned the boat upside down. Everyone in the boat was in the sea now, struggling to reach their boat. As it was night, they could not see anything and were struggling in the sea to survive. Few found the wooden debris of the broken boat and caught hold of it. Not all the teammates were successful in grabbing one. After two days of swimming only three of the team reached shore with the help of the rescue team from the coastal villages. Krishna’s father never reached home. This was a heavy blow to Krishna and his family. For his father was the only bread winner of the family. There was no other go for a decision by her mother either she should go out to sell fish at doorsteps or send Krishna to fishing along with the fishermen of his village. On seeing the fate of her husband, his mother decided, to send Krishna to school and she would sell fishes. 

Years rolled by, Krishna scored well and he was the topper of the school and at the District level. He was the topper in the IIT –JEE as well. To everyone’s surprise, Krishna was not happy or excited about it. For him the admission fee amount was much higher and could not afford to pay. Almost all of his classmates got admitted in various colleges of their choice. Some who had scored very less marks joined in a college nearby. Though he felt painful, he did not let his emotions out, for it would hurt his mother.

The news of Krishna not admitted in any of the colleges despite high score, for want of money for admission and fees thereafter for four years, reached Mala Miss, their class teacher. The news was very shocking and she did not want the bright student to end up going to boat for fishing. She took a bold decision of paying the admission fee with her one month salary and arranged some means to arrange for the monthly fee for the four years till he completes the course. She took Krishna to the college, as if he was his own son and did all the admission formalities, as Krishna’s mother, being illiterate, knew nothing about this.

As Krishna was sincere in his studies and aware of the family situation, he topped again at university level. Before the results were out, there was a campus interview by a Multi National Company, whose head office was at the United States of America. Obviously the MNC offered him an appointment order with a good salary package.


He joined the office and soon was selected as a team member to work at the US. He flew and received his first salary at a distant land. He wanted to thank his Mala miss on the first day of salary. So he sent the entire amount to  Mala miss, with a request to accept it and give a mentioned small portion of it to his mother, as she did not know any banking procedure and have the rest for creating a Trust for educating children who are in need. He promised to send a good sum of money every month, as it is his turn to GIVE BACK TO THE SOCIETY.  

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