6-year-old girl donates piggy bank savings to Kerala relief

Coimbatore | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

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The student, Fathima Firthose, a six-year-old studying in Kendriya Vidyalaya near the Hindustan Photo Films factory donated her savings to Nilgiris District Collector Innocent Divya on Monday. more-inA Standard I student from Udhagamandalam has contributed around ? 3,000 she had saved up in a piggy bank over a three-year-period to flood victims in Kerala. Fathima said that though her father was surprised, he did not oppose her decision to contribute money to the relief effort. “My parents have always insisted that I do all I can to help other people in times of need,” she added. “However, I witnessed pictures of the catastrophic flood which struck Kerala on television, and immediately wanted to do all I can to help the people affected,” she said..