Highlights
- People receiving help thank volunteers of the Australian Sikh Association
- ASA has been distributing cooked meals and grocery hampers to people affected by COVID-19
- ASA also delivers food to overseas travellers in hotel quarantine in Sydney
The Australian Sikh Association has been distributing cooked meals and grocery kits ever since coronavirus started disrupting lives of Australians earlier this year.
Jasbir Singh, a volunteer with the Sydney-based charity group says people who receive help through them have been sending them overwhelming messages of thanks and gratitude.
Sharing a message that he recently received from an Indian-origin student who called him an 'angel', Mr Singh said while his emotions warmed his heart, "he was just following the teachings of the Sikh Gurus."
"My religion teaches me to be kind and generous towards all without any discrimination and that is exactly what we have been doing through our efforts," he said.
My religion tells me that all people are same; Jasbir Singh Source: Jasbir Singh
The group which has been joined by volunteers of the International Students Help Organisation also delivers free cooked meals to returning travellers in mandatory hotel quarantine.
"We also deliver food at hotels in Sydney four days a week where people spend 14 days in quarantine after returning from overseas. They call us for vegetarian Indian meals usually," said Mr Singh.
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