Message From All UNITED SIKHS Volunteers

As volunteers of UNITED SIKHS we have found that Seva (self-less service) and Simran (prayers) are the ‘wings that we need to fly to our True home’ - where we can live – free and without fear. Our actions are our Form. Everyday we find that the proof is in our actions.

We battle to convince others that the Dastaar (Turban) is not a fetish. That the Kirpan (a Sikh article of faith) is not an offensive weapon. That a cry for help cannot be ignored.

UNITED SIKHS volunteers serve in humanitarian relief, human development and advocacy projects throughout the world. On a typical day, a UNITED SIKHS volunteer does the following: responds to a request for educational literature from a prison inmate; helps a refugee center in the Netherlands to deal with a family who was being forced to return to Afghanistan , where there is no guarantee of religious freedom; writes a letter to a postmaster in California to allow a Sikh postman to wear a Dastaar (turban); runs community education classes at the Educare Center run by UNITED SIKHS interns and volunteers in New York; completes her internship in Panjab and says that she has been humbled; returns to her home country after a pilot study for a Make Poverty History project; helps the FBI trace a missing youth whilst providing advocacy support to the family.


At UNITED SIKHS, we are proud and hopeful that many years like this will come. We are proud to be volunteers. We stand together in awe at the power of humanity. We marvel at the transcendent power that comes when humans leap selflessly into service and social justice activism. We pray to be simple, humble and brave.

We ask for the courage we need to address the suffering, fear, pain and horror we are called to overcome at this time, in ourselves and others. We ask for guidance and we give sincere thanks for the resources and the volunteers needed to effectively defend and nurture the desperate.

At UNITED SIKHS, we feel at peace today, knowing that we are ready. We are ready to respond quickly and effectively to each call for help, small or large. We are excited with our successes, and we joyfully celebrate how UNITED SIKHS has joined in seva (selfless service) with humble volunteers from many countries, religions, cultures, and vocations.

UNITED SIKHS volunteers receiving Awards