UNITED SIKHS Defends Sikh Students Suspended for Wearing a Kirpan Queens, New York–UNITED SIKHS is investigating a case of two Sikh schoolchildren who were suspended for wearing a Kirpan, a Sikh article of faith. Amrinder Singh and Harpreet Singh, both aged…
400 schoolbags filled with goodies for Bagh schoolchildren London, UK– When 12-year old Amir Khan opens his new schoolbag in his tented make-shift school in Quake-hit Bagh next week, he will be smiling at the cuddly toy that 12 year-old Aman…
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: The Mount Sinai Hospital REMEDY project partnered with UNITED SIKHS and provided much needed medical supplies to shelters housing hurricane survivors in Baton Rouge recently. REMEDY stands for “Recovered Medical Equipment for the Developing World”, and the project…
Supplies Continue to be Distributed in Bagh (Azad Kashmir) and Garhi Habib Ullah (North West Frontier) Sukho, Pakistan —In an effort to return life to normal in earthquake-ravaged Pakistan, UNITED SIKHS recently obtained a donation from California, USA for Sukho High School located…
Partap Singh and Family Leave Peru to Begin a New Life In India Cochin, Kerala, India – After a 4-year lonely struggle fighting mistaken identity and ignorance and facing extreme difficulties, Partap Singh decided that enough was enough. After trying all possible honest…
Justice for Khalsa? Queens, New York – On December 22, 2005 the final act in the Rajinder Singh Khalsa and Gurcharan Singh assault trial was played out. Five men were sentenced to minimum jail sentence for their part in this brutal crime…
New Orleans, Louisiana: The Guru Nanak Missionary Society of Louisiana and UNITED SIKHS will run a Panjabi Academy, a partnership that emerged in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The educational institution will boost the New Orleans Sikh community’s…
To donate go to www.unitedsikhs.org/donate To volunteer download and complete volunteer application. Bhupinder Singh’s condominium destroyed by floods (Photo 1). Baton Rouge, Louisiana: A third of affected New Orleans Sikh families surveyed by UNITED SIKHS have reported property damage worth more than 3.5…
To donate go to www.unitedsikhs.org/donate To volunteer download and complete volunteer application. New York—UNITED SIKHS would like to thank you – the volunteers, individual donors, Gurdwara sangat (congregation of the Sikh place of worship) and management committees, for your spontaneous and generous…
To donate go to www.unitedsikhs.org/donate To volunteer download and complete volunteer application. UNITED SIKHS volunteers carrying supplies into Ward 7. Baton Rouge, Louisiana—UNITED SIKHS volunteers along with Ram Singh and Amritpal Singh, two representatives from Fremont Gurdwara, California, found a relief center…