Synopsis
A Sikh charity worker explains what led him to help the homeless population of London.
- Programme: Our Lives
- Series: 2
- Episode: The Street Food Servants
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Religious Education | Sikhism | Religion, human rights and social justice | Human rights and social justice
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