Summary:
He also assured their grandparents that he will continue to sponsor the students until they completed Class X.The joy that this brought to the two students encouraged the ZP teacher to take his philanthropy to the next level. All this on his ZP school teacher salary of Rs 50,000 per month.When asked how he justified spending almost Rs 20,000 for the 20 children, Walunj said, “As ZP teachers, we hardly do any teaching work between May 6 and June 14. When Walunj realised that without support, these children might have to drop out of school, he decided to sponsor their education himself.“The children felt abandoned. I had to do something,” said Walunj.He bought textbooks, school bags, tiffin boxes, stationery, sweaters, umbrellas and other educational material for the children. He asked his fellow teachers in the taluka about other students in similar situations..