- Food kits for the families of students provided by Go Dharmic with the support of The Shared Learning Trust, and Luton Council amidst half-term holiday hunger tensions.
- School teachers come forward to help pay for meals of their students.
- Over 200,000 meals distributed by Go Dharmic volunteers in Luton over the pandemic to the elderly, homeless, vulnerable families.
While the uncertainty continues to prevail for many families, support will be needed as we head into the Christmas season.
Go Dharmic’s food distribution drive during lockdown has delivered over 2.5 million meals globally and the organisation looks forward to providing food kits until the situation finds a holistic solution.
This weekend, a total of 180 food kits have been distributed at schools in Luton. The food kits consisted of pasta, pasta sauce, milk, coffee, sugar, noodles, crisps, biscuits and essential toiletries. The distribution also received added support by TESCO and COOK who also provided fresh fruit, vegetables and bread.
‘I only found out about Go Dharmic when I was walking past the school, I now come every Friday. The very friendly, welcoming staff, made me feel very at ease. The food parcels have been a godsend. Thanks to all of you.’
– One of the beneficiaries.
A total of seven Luton schools are currently being supported by the scheme.
Go Dharmic aims to make Luton hunger-free by this campaign and pledges to deliver food to everyone in need. The donation site was graced by Mayor Maria Lovell along with Catherine Barr, the CEO of the Shared Learning Trust.
‘I have been working with Go Dharmic since the beginning of the lockdown and am happy to be part of this work of charity.’ – Maria Lovell, Mayor of Luton.
As Marcus Rashford rightly said, ‘Food poverty is contributing to social unrest. Add school closures, redundancies, and furloughs into the equation and we have an issue that could negatively impact generations to come. It all starts with stability around access to food.’
The teachers of The Shared Learning Trust have shown a tremendous example of compassion not only by volunteering but by enrolling themselves in a Payroll Giving Scheme, which enables them to donate a part of their pay to ensure that their students and their families don’t go hungry. Their gesture restores the community’s faith in helping people in whichever way possible. The voluntary approach of teachers to not only donate but also help in its distribution is commendable.
Go Dharmic has been serving millions globally but is working hard to fulfil the goal of making Luton hunger-free.
On the 18th Nov 2020, Go Dharmic is hosting an online Webinar titled ‘Making Luton Hunger-Free’, this free to join discussion will have the following speakers:
1. CLLR Summara Kurshid, Deputy Mayor of Luton
2. Arti Patel, Teacher, Stockwood Park Academy
3. Catherine Barr, CEO, Shared Learning Trust
4. Trupti Parekh, Go Dharmic Volunteer
5. Hemal Randerwala, Founder of Go Dharmic
A Q&A session will be providing a platform for furthering the discussion of how to reach zero food poverty in Luton. Please join by signing up on the link below
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zero-hunger-our-children-our-future-tickets-126204165055
For donation and volunteering enquiries, please contact: nikita@godharmicstag.wpenginepowered.com
For press enquiries, please contact: vidhi@godharmicstag.wpenginepowered.com
Click HERE for some glimpses of the distribution.
