Insurance employee turns Good Samaritan to help the needy

Nanda Kishore finds happiness in helping the poor

“In December 2004, when giant tsunami waves swallowed thousands of people in Tamil Nadu’s coastal areas of Nagapattinam, Chennai, Cuddalore, Velankinia and Poompuhar, my heart stood still. I could feel the emotional distress of the population affected by the deluge, but felt powerless to do anything to mitigate their woes,” recalls Raasamsetti Nanda Kishore, an employee of the insurance sector, who finds happiness in helping the poor and needy. Soon he started, in a small way, reaching out to distressed souls around him and helped them in all possible ways. Impressed by his humane gesture, a few like-minded friends and colleagues joined him and gradually the team grew in size. As the circle of the beneficiaries of his services expanded, Mr. Kishore realised that the needs of people were many and diverse in nature.