For many living in Vancouver’s Downtown East side, wondering where your next meal will come from is a far-too-common question.

But one local man is looking to change that, one person, and one meal at a time.

Over the past two months, a mystery do-gooder going by the alias of Mr. Singh has made feeding those in need his mission. 

Marching up and down some of Vancouver’s most vulnerable streets, sharing home-cooked meals to anyone who wants one.  

And there have been a lot of mouths to feed. In just the past two months Singh estimates he’s served 15,000 people.

“I’ve always asked myself one question, so are they just supposed to die on these streets? Like what solutions do we have for this, right?,” said Mr. Singh.

Singh says his long-term goal is to eventually provide one million meals to people in need.

But he says for him, it’s about much more than food.

“We just don’t serve food. We ask them, how you doing? How you doing, bro? How’s your day been? Are you okay? Right? So we try to show love, because they need that more than anything.”

He says simply showing people that they matter, and that someone cares goes a long way in a community where many feel as if they have been forgotten.

“I think it’s very important to create more awareness so people would know that these people are not here by option. They’re locked in here now.”

Singh says he’s hired one person full-time to help with the effort — but despite offers of financial support, he insists on paying for everything himself.

“I think I’ve turned down over $100,000 just in donation, right? Because this is something I want to do with my own money. That was my goal from the get-go. And I’m going to keep that.”

And while his work has grown quite the following online, Singh has no interest in being recognized.

“When I take off my mask, I want to go back to my normal life. Just being a nobody. That’s it.”

But for thousands of people who’ve received a meal — and a little compassion along with it — his actions are anything but anonymous.

“At the end of the day, we’re all gonna die one day. It’s always good to leave a legacy behind.”