COVID-19: 13 Incidents Which Prove That Your Deeds Show How Rich You Are, Not Your Pocket
During difficult times people with money to spare are expected to lend a helping hand. However it warms our hearts to read stories where common people who might not have much to themselves come forward to help others. Here are a few such stories which speak volumes of how important it is to kind and that how rich you are does not necessarily depend on how much money you possess.
During difficult times, people with money to spare - famous and successful people, celebrities, business tycoons etc - are expected to come forward and lend a helping hand. However, it warms our hearts to read stories where common people, who might not have much to themselves, come forward to help others.
Here are a few such stories which speak volumes of how important it is to kind, and that how rich you are does not necessarily depend on how much money you possess.
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1. 82-year-old woman donates her and her husband's pension.
The woman named Salbha Uskar, who hails from Madhya Pradesh, saw an advertisement in the newspaper about the state government's efforts to fight the spread of coronavirus and donated Rs 1 lakh to aid the cause.
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2. Sanitation worker donates two months' salary.
A sanitation worker from Telangana decided to donate two months worth of salary (Rs 17,000) to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, so that the state can fight the pandemic and help those who are in dire need.
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3. American family opens up a 'free pantry'.
To help those out in need, a family in Wisconsin decided to share their pantry with the rest of their neighbourhoood. They opened up a 'free pantry' in their front yard from where anyone can come and pick up basic necessities.
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4. Anganwadi workers feed tribal families.
Anganwadi workers in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district are distributing ready-to-eat meals and dry rations to tribal families who are residing in remote areas of the district.
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5. UP Cops donate blood to pregnant woman during her delivery.
Doing more than their job requires them to do, two policemen responded to an emergency call in Noida, when a pregnant woman needed blood transfusion in order to go through with her delivery.
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6. Bengaluru restaurant prepares free meals for migrant workers.
The restaurant has managed to serve more than 1 lakh meals to daily wage workers. The team is led by Desi Masala's Directors, Sachin Jain, Sandeep Jain and Manish Jain and they are selflessly working towards feeding the needy. The meals are prepared in the restaurant, and friends and families of the team are working as volunteers to help the cause.
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7. AIIMS housekeeping member gets rid of the biomedical waste alone.
A member of the housekeeping staff named Sanjay Dehury at AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, is single-handedly taking care of discarding the biomedical waste in the hospital.
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8. Zookeepers opt to self-isolate in the zoo to take care of animals.
Four zookeepers in the U.K. have taken the step to self-isolate in the wildlife sanctuary they work at, in Hayle, Cornwall. Paradise Park shut down its doors to the public but someone had to make sure the animals were well taken care of.
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9. Teacher walks for miles to deliver free school lunches to kids.
Zane Powles - an Assistant head teacher at Western Primary School, Grumsby - is doing everything he can to be able to deliver free school meals to children. He walks for more than five miles every day to deliver food to them personally.
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10. American woman buys grocery for six families.
A woman got shamed for 'hoarding up' on groceries, when in fact, she was buying them for six different families who couldn't afford to step out of their homes.
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11. Gurugram-based restaurant ties up with NGO to feed the needy.
Samaritans from a Gurugram-based restaurant called 'Matamaal' are collaborating with the Robin Hood Army, which is a zero-funds volunteer organisation, to provide food and water to migrant workers and people in slums.
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12. Transgender women distribute free ration.
In a village in Gujarat, transgender women took around a cart full of daily essentials like rice and wheat and distributed packages to people who were in need of them.
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13. Bengaluru woman cycles around the city to help the elderly.
32-year-old Aishwarya S is an IT professional working in Bengaluru and has family back in Chennai. Since the current situation is so serious, Aishwarya worried about her mother who lives alone in Chennai, which eventually inspired her to help out the elderly in Bengaluru.
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The world is full of kind people.
