Currently, the situation in Syria continues to get worse with lots of people fleeing their homes in huge numbers every day in order to save their lives from the deadly ISIS.
Amidst all this tension, a group of Sikhs have organized the community kitchen service ‘langar’ for the Syrian migrants. TOI also quoted that “Large-hearted Sikhs have taken their traditional community kitchen to one of the most dangerous places on earth today – Syria.”
The initiative is started by Langar Aid, part of a UK-based NGO Khalsa Aid, and together with locals and help of government they are providing food to nearly 14000 refugees on a daily basis. They have modified the concept of community kitchen here. Instead of the classic kitchen, Langar Aid set up a bakery because IS fighters were destroying any food coming in for the Yazidis.
“Refugees often mistake us for IS because of our appearance,” said Ravi Singh, CEO of Khalsa Aid, but that not deterred this unique force. “I was there about two months back and it was a very overwhelming experience. It was poignant to meet a family that had fled from their homes with their 10-monthold child and they were pleasantly surprised to find aid in the middle of nowhere. Then there was an elderly lady who still wanted to return to her village she had built after years of hard work. The situation will get more challenging as winter sets in.”
On the other side of Syria, on the Lebanon-Syrian border, the organization is helping refugees by running a school for 5,000 local children. “The idea is to take the langar outside the walls of the gurdwara and share food with people who need it the most,” said UK-based Indy Hothi, a 27-year-old economist-cum volunteer of Indian origin.
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