Couple gives 25 cents for housing project

Thiruvananthapuram: Last month, Tamil Nadu native K Abdulla, who settled at Kadakkal in Kollam, was in the news after he had donated an acre to the panchayat for constructing houses for the homeless under Life Mission.
A similar act of kindness followed from Attingal on Thursday when a couple walked into the office of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and donated 25 cents to chief minister’s distress relief fund (CMDRF) for the construction of houses for the homeless. Appukuttan Nair (80) and his wife Sukumari Nair (71) from Avanavanchery handed over the land documents to Vijayan.
The 25 cents the couple donated to the project is at Uzhamalakkal village in Nedumangad. The couple, who had worked in the US in the medical field, had bought the land using their savings. They now shuttle between Chicago where their children live and their house at Avanavanchery.
Sukumari said that it is not their first contribution to CMDRF as they had donated funds earlier too.
During the trip this year, they decided to contribute to CMDRF and thought about donating the vacant plot at Nedumangad. “The thought that the vacant plot would be beneficial for the construction of houses for the homeless people led us to give it as our contribution to CMDRF. We are just sharing what we received from God with others. We hope the many people will be benefit from it,” she said.
Mentioning their contribution to CMDRF, the chief minister in a Facebook post said that some incidents bring great happiness and solace, especially working with people who rise to the occasion, understanding the situation of the state. “I am happy to receive the land documents for CMDRF and thank them for their initiative," he wrote.