In the week before Christmas hundreds of lorry drivers were stranded in the UK as they waited to get back to Europe when borders at Dover were closed to stop the spread of coronavirus.
The Sikh community of Gravesend cooked over 800 hot meals and delivered them to the drivers to stop them going hungry. Volunteers met at Gravesend Gurdwara to prepare and deliver the meals within three hours of hearing about the drivers. The volunteers made 500 chickpea curries and 300 mushroom and pasta dishes.
There is a short video in the link above where you can see the volunteers preparing food.
- why were lorry drivers stuck in the UK?
- how do you think the drivers felt when they realised they could not get home?
- why do you think the Sikh community decided to cook meals for the drivers?
- how do you think the drivers felt when the meals were delivered?
- why didn't the Sikh community check if the drivers were Sikh before making meals for them?
- as meals were given out do you think anyone checked what country drivers came from? why not?
- what does this show about people who have different faith and nationality today?
-what can we learn from the Sikh community of Gravesend?
- why is this about No Outsiders?
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
www.no-outsiders.com
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