Mohamed Semra

And it was all entirely led by young people.

And there was a similar operation happening in Flemington Community Center that was led by the government.

They had all the resources in the world.

They had all the expertise, but they were sending food that wasn't culturally appropriate to people's doorsteps, that people weren't eating.

What a waste.

They didn't know who exactly was up there.

But within two to three days, we got a by name list of everyone up there.

And we were delivering food that was halal, food that was culturally appropriate.

And we were providing mental health support.

We were translating...

health advice in language.

And this was all led by volunteers.

And I was one of the individuals that, you know, would wear my mask and go and give food to people's doorsteps.

And so I ended up getting COVID myself and I was at home.

And I had time to reflect on everything that happened in that two weeks.

And I remembered it was the year of council elections.

It just, it was like a small... After that volunteering, because how old were you then?

I was 21.

21.

21.