India

Kerala Family Receives Long‑Awaited Home After Sanju Samson Foundation’s Intervention

By Livemint

A family in Kerala has finally moved into a completed home after more than ten years of waiting. The house, whose construction had stalled for over a decade, was finished with the help of the Sanju Samson Foundation. On November 11, the foundation posted a video on its social media showing the family’s mother handing over the keys to the new owner. The video was released on the cricketer’s 32nd birthday. Gulf News reported that the family had waited 10½ years for the construction to be completed before the foundation stepped in. Sree Dhanya Homes carried out the building work under the foundation’s initiative. In the video, the woman who received the keys described the long struggle and how the foundation’s involvement finally made the dream a reality. She said, “It’s been 10.5 years since we started building this house. We never even dreamed in our furthest imagination that it would ever be completed. It’s the Sanju Samson Foundation that took this up and finished it for us.” She added, “My gratitude and my family’s gratitude and debt will always remain, and they will always be in our prayers.” The key handover marked a significant moment for the family, ending a decade of uncertainty. The foundation’s post coincided with Samson’s 32nd birthday and came in a year when the wicket‑keeper‑batter had notable cricketing achievements, including being named Player of the Tournament at the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after scoring 321 runs in five innings and an 89‑run innings against New Zealand in the final. The foundation’s project has brought a long‑awaited moment of happiness to a Kerala family whose dream of a completed home took more than ten years to fulfil.