• 11/11/2022

  Your Support Continues to Guide Our Seva Missions

  Dear Sangat ji,

  With the blessings of Waheguru Ji and your support, UNITED SIKHS continues to transcend boundaries and geographies, to be able to take the fragrance of Sikh principles and tenets around the globe, to spread Guru Nanak Patshah’s message of Oneness, and embrace all and everyone in need, wherever they are.

  Your faith in us has helped us set up more Chapters in Europe – in Ukraine and Denmark this year, strengthening our reach and resolve to serve, even if it meant risking our own lives to help those in need.

  The sewa encompasses the following main areas of work — humanitarian aid, legal aid, human rights advocacy and community empowerment and education. Expertise in all of the aforementioned areas, along with our global presence, presents us with a unique strength to quickly mobilize our teams and resources whenever the need arises.

  For instance, during the resettlement of the Afghan Sikh & Hindu refugees after attacks on a Gurudwara Sahib  in Afghanistan, our Sikh Aid team helped in their rescue, ensured humanitarian aid to them, while our legal teams liaised and coordinated with the governments of Afghanistan, India and Mexico to secure a new safe home for Afghan Sikhs — requiring quick coordination across our sewa verticals.

  

  Our legal teams helped the young Sikh boys who had to face indiscriminate charges against them by the police in Nanded Sahib for crossing over the barricading and scuffling with the police, during the Hola Mahalla celebrations last year. While the UNITED SIKHS legal team had sought bail orders for many of them last year, several of them were still facing charges. UNITED SIKHS teams successfully availed anticipatory bails for 35 Sikhs.

  

  For over 20 years, UNITED SIKHS continues to advocate for the victims of hate crimes, discrimination, bullying and other issues involving minorities. UNITED SIKHS has undertaken data collection on hate/bias crimes and incidents against Sikhs to ensure that justice is properly served. UNITED SIKHS works in North America, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world in partnership with other organizations to raise awareness of hate/bias-related incidents and crimes against Sikhs, and to encourage the practice of reporting such incidents within the Sikh community.

  

  The Power of Your Giving Helps Us Empower our Communities — It is an Investment into a Better Present and a Stronger Future.

  Your donations will be matched when you make a donation to UNITED SIKHS through Dasvandh Network. Please double the impact of your ‘Dasvandh’ by making a gift today: https://www.dvnetwork.org/projects/disaster-relief-fund

• 11/10/2022

  UMEED (Hope) Family Helpline - 24/7, Confidential

  A FUTURE WITHOUT VIOLENCE. UMEED: Educate….Empower… Enable !!

  

  Your contributions will provide the most precious gift of Umeed (Hope) – to realize a new life free from violence.

  Join UNITED SIKHS’ Community Education and Empowerment Directorate (CEED) program – UMEED, a National Family Resource Center. If we all work together, a better future is possible.

  The helpline is fully confidential and is available 24/7, with a mission to 'listen', offer hope and resources to callers to help them break the silence about violence and receive trauma-informed services and other support services. 

  National Family Resource Center Toll free Help-line: 1-855-US-UMEED (1-855-878-6333)

  Join us as we fight for your rights by supporting our work! Make a donation and double the impact you make during Dasvandh-matching week, November 11 - 20.

  Our resource advocates can help you find professionals and resources for services including domestic violence counseling, disaster distress counseling, senior care services counseling, substance abuse counseling, assistance with Medicare and other federal programs, language assistance and personal support services.

  Violence exposure, be it direct or indirect, impacts the victim’s physical, emotional and social health and well-being. UNITED SIKHS is committed to supporting and helping you receive the assistance you need to recover. Together we will initiate effective and long-lasting changes.

  With greater awareness, as a society, we can develop effective ways of responding to the needs of our community. Come join us in confronting the reality of violence in our community and improve lives of our children, brothers and sisters.

  Your contributions will provide many with the most precious of gifts – Umeed (hope). Will you give them this gift?

  Your gift will help many realize a new life free of violence and provide support services to our children, women and seniors.

  Be safe and stay in Chardi Kala!

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