Four members of the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville have seen the devastating affects of war firsthand while helping provide aid for refugees flooding across the border between Ukraine and Poland, but instead of darkness, they've found hope in humanity.
The volunteers from BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville pictured with the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamość-Lubaczów. On the Bishop's left, Dharmik Sheth and Ravi Patni. On the Bishop's right, Darsh Patel and Bhagwatprasad Patel.Last Thursday was day six of Russia’s war on Ukraine, and Darshan Patel, like most of us, was feeling a mix of frustration, grave concern, and futility.
By 4 p.m. that same day, they had all left for Newark Liberty International Airport and booked tickets to Poland. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir has a worldwide network of over 3,850 centers and its international volunteers sprang into action last week to support emergency relief efforts on the ground when the crisis in Ukraine began to unfold. The organization set up a mobile field kitchen in the southeastern Polish city of Rzeszów, which has begun feeding around 1,000 hot vegetarian meals daily to refugees.
“We wanted to be able to sort of expand our reach and see, what else we could do? Who else we could offer our services for?” Patel said. Darshan Patel and Dharmik Sheth help a local Polish charitable group organize donated items at a Ukrainian refugee camp by the Budomierz Poland border.
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