homeless in southall

ranjit singh form panjab is destitute and homeless on the streets of southall

a sikh with a turban and uncut beard he is finding it difficult to keep his faith while living on the streets without basic bath and sanitary facilities..people back home say we want to go to England its great there we can earn money and send it back home and try to improve our lives i say no. we have come to hell on earth here. we cant bath, brusth out teeth,this is in many ways worse than hell for us, some people say because we do bad things ( take drugs) that is, why we are homeless but i do not do not take drugs at all. the reason i am homeless is becacuse i do not have a job. this is causing me alot of problems.is has been four months since i have had access to shower facilities either at the gurudwara or other places. they have now denied us use of their facilities as there as there are too many of us in the same situation. i tie my dastaar (turban) on my head when i wake up on the streets and its a bit of a mess, the boys sleeping with tell me that im doing more bad than good by disrepespecting my hire this way as it is getting knotted and tangled up. you cant even run your kanga ( wooden comb) through hair, its better you cut your hair as yourr disrespecting your hair which is-sacred but i say no. i believe i will one day meet someone who will bring with them better days and i will be able to once again wash my hair. for this reason i will not cut my hair even with the situation i am in and with gods grace i will endevour to be a good sikh. if i had to ever sit in the barbers chair it would bring me great sadness and a very bad feeling. guru gobind singh ji young sons gave their lives happily in order to protect their hair so we should live in the same way. its the same god and when we face these problems we feel we cant even get basic water to wash our hair. what are we supposed to do? for the future my only wants are that you can somehow help me, and that some kind of shower facility is made available to us either in guruwara or similar. that is all i humbly ask for - that i be able to bath and if possible that i am able to get a job to support myself..


help us to help homeless

conctact us via www.swatuk.org
facebook group help the southall
homeless - S.W.A.T