Beggar shows he too can be a giver

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Ahmedabad: A beggar on Saturday proved that charity needs only a large heart and not deep pockets. Khimjibhai Prajapati, a 64-year old beggar in Mehsana, donated clothes to 11 poor hearing and speech impaired girls at the Shrimati Kesarbai Kilachand School for the Deaf.

It was a rare sight as an unkempt Khimjibhai, wearing tattered and unwashed clothes, limped to the school on his crutches and placed brand new clothes in the hands of 11 eager girls. Khimjibhai bought these clothes from his savings of Rs 3,000.
Khimjibhai has been begging outside the Simandhar Swami Jain Temple in Mehsana and outside the Hanuman Temple for the past decade. He lives around these temples and seeks alms from devotees.
“I just need two meals a day and some money to send back to my ailing wife in Rajkot to cure her ulcers and lung infection. Apart from this, whatever I earn I use it to buy food for poor, hungry people. Since a long time I wished to do something for girls and I am happy to donate for them,” said Khimjibhai.
One of the beneficiaries was Swati Bhagwandas, an orphan, who has been staying at the residential school since years. The 18-year old’s eyes shone up to express her gratitude and happiness.
Khimjibhai used to run a tea-stall in Rajkot but escalating prices, shrinking profit margins wreaked huge losses leaving him on the streets.
His faith in God brought him to Mehsana where he took shelter outside the Jain temple. “Whether rich or poor, one should always try to help the needy,” said Khimjibhai who helped an orphan girl get married sometime back.
“I have never seen such philanthropy in the 35 years of career. He just goes on to prove that the true donor is he who has one roti and shares half with the hungry,” said Bharat Shah, a trustee of the institution that runs the school.