Sehar Kharal and the Muslim Food Bank in Brampton
Sehar Kharal and the Muslim Food Bank in Brampton Food insecurity in Brampton doesn’t look like what most people picture. It’s a family that’s fine one month and short the next, after a layoff or a rent increase. Sehar Kharal, a strategic planning consultant, volunteers with the Muslim Food Bank’s Brampton location, which exists for exactly those months. The Brampton branch runs out of 6 Lowry Drive, with hamper distribution on the third Sunday of every month. Hampers are the front end of it. The location also offers mental health counselling, employment guidance, and casework — the kind of support that determines whether someone is back next month or not. Food hampers go to families of any background, with meats that are halal and pork-free. That combination is part of what drew Sehar Kharal to the organization. The work is unglamorous and immediate — someone gets groceries this week who otherwise wouldn’t have — but the casework side is what moves a household off the list entirely...