Volunteers from the Australian chapter of United Sikhs are
providing hundreds of hot meals to Wyndham residents, who have been affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic, every week.
Since May 23, the volunteers have been
preparing and distributing meals at Jamieson Way Community Centre in Point
Cook, Wyndham Park Kindergarten, the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency and
Wungurril Dhurrung Community Centre in Wyndham Vale.
The volunteers have also been
giving out 35 bags of groceries every week.
The United Sikhs Australian
director, Gurvinder Singh, said the project was officially titled Guru Nanak’s
Free Community Kitchen and Food Pantry in Australia.
Mr Singh said the Wyndham residents who
have received the free meals and groceries have shown the “deepest gratitude”.
“We saw people overwhelmed
with joy and tears in their eyes when they were provided with food and milk for
their hungry children,” he said.
“They were amazed to see how
one could come forward to help someone, who belongs to an entirely different
religion or belief.”
The project coordinator Amritvir Singh
said that the pandemic has had an “astounding” impact upon families in Wyndham.
“Many people are now without
jobs and have a lot of uncertainties of what the future may hold for them, so
by having a few hot meals and essential groceries provided, it reduces some of
the pressure placed on individuals and families,” he said.
https://wyndham.starweekly.com.au/news/sikhs-united-to-help/
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