90% of Kaum's money is spent on feeding Indians, who are rarely grateful that we've been feeding them since 1947. However, Guru Nanak's message is Global & Everlasting. Consider this article below where a Britsher returned favor when our Gurdwara was attacked in locality. The question of "selflessness" will not arise if every indian starts doing their bit in return.
This story was published in The Derby Telegraph in May 2020:
NHS staff grateful for meals from Sikhs to help repair damaged temple
One good turn deserves another or so it seems in the case of grateful staff at the Royal Derby Hospital who are raising money to repair a Sikh temple in the city which was broken into last week.
The Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara in Stanhope Street had its front doors smashed in the early hours of the morning on May 25, 2020.
Throughout the coranavirus pandemic, members of the Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara have been delivering meals on a daily basis to key workers and vulnerable people.
In that time, they have cooked and delivered more than 10,000 meals and some members have been involved in making and delivering PPE scrubs to the hospital.
The meals have supported staff on many wards at the Royal Derby Hospital and so when accident and emergency nurse Andrew Tabner heard about the attack on the Gurdwara he set up a Go Fund Me fundraising page.
Anyone wishing to donate to Mr Tabner's fundraising page can do so by clicking here.
He said: "Their property has been vandalised, with threatening messages left. We're raising money to support their repairs and show our solidarity and our gratitude for their efforts during the pandemic."
Mr Tabner set out to raise £1,000 but the time of writing, the target had been passed and more than £2,000 had been raised with over 100 people making donations - many of them nursing staff.
The 11,111 sets of scrubs were paid for by members of the Sikh community, who donated £100,000 nationally via Khalsa TV to provide them to nine hospitals across the country, including the Royal Derby Hospital.
The scrubs have been made in Derby for no profit at KDJ Clothing Ltd based in Normanton owned by Councillor Balbir Sandhu, who has also been involved in the meals' initiative.
Councillor Balbir Sandhu, second left, helps deliver meals to key workers (Image: Baggy Shanker)
Mr Sandhu said: "While delivering meals to frontline NHS staff, to thank them for all that they do, many would talk to us about the national PPE shortages.
"This played heavily on our minds as we own a clothes manufacturing business that was sat empty. After doing some research, reviewing patterns, sourcing material and consumables required we knew we could manufacture scrubs with the set up we have at our family owned factory.
"We were overwhelmed with the generosity of the Sikh community and others, to raise such an incredible amount of money so quickly was remarkable."
Councillor Baggy Shanker, who worships at the Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara, added: "I think that raising money for the damage at the Gurdwara is a lovely gesture and thought from hospital staff."
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