Kerala teachers use free bus travel savings to feed plantation workers’ children

Kerala Transport Minister C P John felicitated the three teachers, praising their selfless initiative to fund evening meals for children.In Kerala, three government school teachers have set an example by turning their savings from a free travel scheme into meals for plantation workers’ children.Nimisha, Jayasree Devan and Shalu Paulose, currently serving at Ponmudi Government Upper Primary School in Thiruvananthapuram district, started saving money through the government’s Priyadarshini free travel scheme and used the money to provide food to students after financial difficulties faced by sponsors disrupted the school’s evening meal programme.