*It is not every day that one hears of people who overcome personal grief to wipe the tears of the disadvantaged sections of the society.
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Kamaldeep Singh's good Samaritan act is one such instance. A resident of Bommanahalli and an officer with New India Assurance Company Limited, the 59-year-old lost his wife Balbir Kaur and daughter Amandeep Kaur, 24, in the Nanded Express train accident of December last year.
The family was on its way to Nanded to take part in an exhibition at the famous gurudwara there when the tragedy occurred.
He received Rs one lakh as compensation from the Railways. Initially, not knowing what to do with the money, he later decided to convert it into a corpus fund for the education of poor children. He has named the organisation that the family set up as Amanpreet Kaur Seva Trust.
The Trust now has a fund of Rs 50 lakh, the interest on which is used for charity. "Annually, we raise funds of about Rs five lakh. We use it for the education of poor children, irrespective of which caste they belong to," Singh told Deccan Herald.
Singh is supported by his son Sukhinder and daughter-in-law Sheetal in the endeavour. Information about eligible candidates is sought from the Karnataka Sikh Welfare Society.
In less than a year since its inception, the trust has been able to fund the education of five children from the lower economic strata and lend financial aid for a girl's marriage. "We do not hand over the cheques to beneficiaries. We only issue cheques to schools of the beneficiaries directly," Singh said.
Singh said: "Karan, one of the friends of my daughter, who made it to the City in less than a day after getting to know about the incident, has also been supporting us financially. He is like family and visits us every time he comes to Bangalore."
Singh said that his daughter was proactively involved in various social and cultural activities.
"She was enthusiastic about taking part in cultural activities. Even after completing college, she was involved in such activities there," he said.
Singh said that Amanpreet was also a small-time entrepreneur. "She would take part in Soul Santhe. She would make paranthas and sell them," he said. Reported by Deccan Herald 4 hours ago.
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Kamaldeep Singh's good Samaritan act is one such instance. A resident of Bommanahalli and an officer with New India Assurance Company Limited, the 59-year-old lost his wife Balbir Kaur and daughter Amandeep Kaur, 24, in the Nanded Express train accident of December last year.
The family was on its way to Nanded to take part in an exhibition at the famous gurudwara there when the tragedy occurred.
He received Rs one lakh as compensation from the Railways. Initially, not knowing what to do with the money, he later decided to convert it into a corpus fund for the education of poor children. He has named the organisation that the family set up as Amanpreet Kaur Seva Trust.
The Trust now has a fund of Rs 50 lakh, the interest on which is used for charity. "Annually, we raise funds of about Rs five lakh. We use it for the education of poor children, irrespective of which caste they belong to," Singh told Deccan Herald.
Singh is supported by his son Sukhinder and daughter-in-law Sheetal in the endeavour. Information about eligible candidates is sought from the Karnataka Sikh Welfare Society.
In less than a year since its inception, the trust has been able to fund the education of five children from the lower economic strata and lend financial aid for a girl's marriage. "We do not hand over the cheques to beneficiaries. We only issue cheques to schools of the beneficiaries directly," Singh said.
Singh said: "Karan, one of the friends of my daughter, who made it to the City in less than a day after getting to know about the incident, has also been supporting us financially. He is like family and visits us every time he comes to Bangalore."
Singh said that his daughter was proactively involved in various social and cultural activities.
"She was enthusiastic about taking part in cultural activities. Even after completing college, she was involved in such activities there," he said.
Singh said that Amanpreet was also a small-time entrepreneur. "She would take part in Soul Santhe. She would make paranthas and sell them," he said. Reported by Deccan Herald 4 hours ago.