Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma received a very special donation for flood relief on Thursday as three siblings, aged 12 to 18, handed over Rs 50,000, which they had saved from their pocket money, to him.

Joyharvard N. Marak, 18, his brother Tengsu, 14, and sister Dede Richa, 12, did not inform their parents about their destination or purpose when they left home to meet the chief minister.

“My mom and dad didn’t know that we went to donate for flood relief. I told them I was taking my brother and sister for an outing because it had been long since we spent time together,” Joyharvard told The Telegraph.

Later, he called up his mother and asked her to check Facebook.

“She was surprised and happy that we had helped people in need,” he said.

Conrad had been appealing to citizens to donate to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund ever since floods engulfed the plain belt region of the Garo hills.

Some business houses, government employees and IAS officers responded to the call. But Thursday’s donation was special.

“Overwhelmed with (the) love and spirit of these three siblings from #Shillong who contributed Rs 50,000 towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. They saved their pocket money to contribute for flood relief. The gesture of these young kids has touched me,” Conrad tweeted after meeting the siblings.

Joyharvard said he and his siblings have been saving from their pocket money.

“The money we donated today was from the savings we made over the past two years. All three of us save a portion of what we receive from our elders as pocket money. One of our aunts had been really generous when she found out about our intention,” he said.

“Since the chief minister is taking the initiative on flood relief, I too thought about it and talked with my siblings to help the people in need through our chief minister as he can help them in a better way. The money will now reach those flood-affected areas,” he said.

This is not the first time the siblings have reached out to those in need.

Joyharvard said a few years ago, they had distributed rice among the street-dwellers.