Generous Leeds man praised for incredible act of kindness after woman's Facebook plea

Sam Hameed, 37, spotted a Facebook post on Leedsplace - a forum with more than 100k members - from a woman who had reached out to ask for help - having struggled to afford food recently.

He praised the woman's "guts" to ask for help on a public forum.

Sam bought the woman a large amount of shopping which "should last up to ten days" at the weekend.

He called on others who were struggling financially or emotionally to replicate the woman's post and reach out, with hundreds of Leeds residents offering help on the original post.

Sam's Facebook post read: "Some of you might have seen a post this morning from a young lady asking which food banks were open as she's struggling at moment.

"I cannot imagine how much guts it must have taken to ask for help on a public forum but I'm pleased to say I've just got back from delivering her a supermarket shop which should last her a 7 - 10 days.

"The post has now been deleted but she had lots of offers from complete strangers just like myself who were offering to help which was fantastic to see!

"If you're struggling financially or emotionally please make you sure you ask for help, there's 100,000 + members of this group which I'm sure a few of us are always happy to help/support where we can."

Sam's act of kindness was shared hundreds of times on Sunday.

Leeds residents praised his attitude and were happy to see a positive outcome to the woman's post.

One woman said: "So lovely to hear stories like this, one positive thing that has come out of this whole awful pandemic is how amazing people can be when they see someone in need."

Another user added: "That's so unbelievably generous, the world needs more people like you."