Kanpur Tea-Seller Uses 80% Income to Educate 40 Needy Kids

Fondly known as Malik Bhai, the 29-year-old tea seller has been spending 80 per cent of his income to educate more than 40 underprivileged children since the last three years!

Speaking to The Better India (TBI), Mohammad recalls, “I was born in a family with six siblings—five brothers and one sister. The mouths to feed were many and the sole breadwinner, just my father. He worked hard to put food on the table. But his earnings fell short to fund the education of six kids. With great difficulty, despite being academically-inclined, I was only able to study until Class 10.”

As a tea-seller, Malik saw many kids in the bastis whiling away their time and begging. Many of them were kids of single mothers who were barely scraping a living through menial jobs like working as house-helps. They found it difficult to put a square meal on the table, how would they save money to send their kids to school?

“I saw myself in those kids. I told myself, ‘Had I received an opportunity to study further, I would become something bigger and contributed to the country than sell tea at a roadside stall. So I decided I would do everything in my power to make those opportunities available to these kids,” informs Mohammad.

And that’s how the journey of educating these kids began three years ago. The man set up coaching centres in Malik Basti near Sharda Nagar, Gurudev Talkies and Kanshiram Colony in Chakeri, where he taught more than 350 kids free of cost.

He also hired teachers at a salary of Rs 2,000 each to teach kids for two hours each day.

If this story inspired you, get in touch with Malik Bhai on 9839949974 and extend the help you can!