Oscar Little delivering food from the Capuchin Centre, Bow St, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill A student who lost his job last month is now delivering food to families in need six days a week on his bike.
Oscar Little (21) volunteers his services to the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin, where he drops food to hostels for the homeless and families isolating in their homes.
“My mum is the doctor in the centre so that’s how I got into it,” Oscar told The Irish Catholic.
“She mentioned that the centre was looking for a service that would enable clients, who would usually use the centre, to get food if they had to stay home and couldn’t come into the centre.
“So I thought I would offer my services to get their food and messages to them, otherwise they wouldn’t get any of it.”
Oscar was working as a bicycle courier delivering documents and packages in Dublin city centre before offices closed down due to Covid-19.
“I am doing my bit and I don’t feel the need to be paid for it,” Oscar said, “they offered to pay me but I thought ‘they are 100% a charity, they live off and survive by volunteers’.
“If I can help out in any way when this is over, I will stay involved,” he adds.
“I like helping people and being able to do things for people that they can’t do for themselves.”