Haiti: On October 4th, 2016, Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti. It is the worst disaster to have hit Haiti since the January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake, which, according to CNN, measured 7.0 magnitude and killed approximately 316,000 people and injured 300,000 more.…
Picture courtesy: CNN.org Haiti: On Tuesday, October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew reached the coast of Haiti – a nation still recovering from a massive earthquake in 2010. Matthew wrecked homes and destroyed communities along the southwestern tip of the country. UNITED…
California: One of the latest attacks and hate crimes perpetrated against Sikhs in the United States occurred on Friday, September 30, 2016. Just days before, another Sikh man was brutally and criminally attacked. In both instances, the motive for the…
Santa Ana, California: On the 2nd of October 2016, UNITED SIKHS Aid held its “Emergency Preparedness for the Gurudwaras Workshop” at the Sikh Center of Orange County (SCOC) at Santa Ana, CA. Our Emergency Preparedness Team is providing the much-needed emergency…
New York: On Tuesday, September 13, 2016, UNITED SIKHS met with the New York City Commission on Human Rights staff to discuss some of the Sikh community’s civil rights concerns. While the City of New York has some of the most…
Harinder Bains, a Sikh business man who recognized bomb suspect Picture courtesy: CNN.com New York: On Saturday evening, September 17, 2016, the streets of Chelsea in New York City echoed the blast of a bomb that, according to various news sources,…
Los Angeles, California: In the aftermath of hostilities visited upon the Sikh community since 9-11, the Sikh Gurudwaras (places of worship) faced a difficult crossroad. The massacre in a Gurudwaras in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA, in August 2012 and shootings of members of the Sikh…
Fabriano, Italy: UNITED SIKHS’ Rishiwant Singh landed in Italy on August 30, 2016 to provide relief to the earthquake victims. An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST…
Louisiana: According to CNN, 6,900,000,000,000 gallons of water rained down on 13 Louisiana, U.S.A. parishes as of August 18, 2016 during the worst flooding in U.S. History since Superstorm Sandy. UNITED SIKHS’ Humanitarian Aid volunteers and staff from across the country…
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Over the last two weeks, all of us have seen the devastation caused by the historic floods in Louisiana. This is likely the worst U.S. disaster we’ve experienced since Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Thousands of lives have been…