+ADwAIQ-DOCTYPE html PUBLIC +ACI--//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN+ACI- +ACI-http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd+ACIAPg- +ADw-html+AD4- +ADw-head+AD4- +ADw-title+AD4-UNITED SIKHS Press Release 0709200800+ADw-/title+AD4- +ADw-meta content+AD0AIg-Evrsoft First Page+ACI- name+AD0AIg-GENERATOR+ACIAPg- +ADw-meta http-equiv+AD0AIg-Content-Type+ACI- content+AD0AIg-text/html+ADs- charset+AD0-us-ascii+ACIAPg- +ADw-link media+AD0AIg-screen+ACI- href+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/prsrls+AF8-screen.css+ACI- type+AD0AIg-text/css+ACI- rel+AD0AIg-stylesheet+ACIAPg- +ADw-script src+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/crypt.js+ACIAPgA8-/script+AD4- +ADw-script language+AD0AIg-JavaScript+ACI- type+AD0AIg-text/JavaScript+ACIAPg- +ADwAIQ--- function MM+AF8-reloadPage(init) +AHs- //reloads the window if Nav4 resized if (init+AD0APQ-true) with (navigator) +AHs-if ((appName+AD0APQAi-Netscape+ACI-)+ACYAJg-(parseInt(appVersion)+AD0APQ-4)) +AHs- document.MM+AF8-pgW+AD0-innerWidth+ADs- document.MM+AF8-pgH+AD0-innerHeight+ADs- onresize+AD0-MM+AF8-reloadPage+ADs- +AH0AfQ- else if (innerWidth+ACEAPQ-document.MM+AF8-pgW +AHwAfA- innerHeight+ACEAPQ-document.MM+AF8-pgH) location.reload()+ADs- +AH0- MM+AF8-reloadPage(true)+ADs- //--+AD4- +ADw-/script+AD4- +ADw-style type+AD0AIg-text/css+ACIAPg- .style5 +AHs- COLOR: +ACM-666666 +AH0- A:link +AHs- TEXT-DECORATION: none +AH0- .tLink +AHs- COLOR: white +AH0- +ADw-/style+AD4- +ADw-style type+AD0AIg-text/css+ACIAPg- P.MsoNormal +AHs- FONT-SIZE: 12pt+ADs- MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt+ADs- FONT-FAMILY: Garamond +AH0- +ADw-/style+AD4- +ADw-/head+AD4- +ADw-body+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-gblCon+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-hdrCon+ACIAPg- +ADw-p+AD4APA-img height+AD0AIg-280+ACI- alt+AD0AIg-UNITED SIKHS+ACI- src+AD0AIg-https://unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/us+AF8-web+AF8-header.gif+ACI- width+AD0AIg-600+ACIAPgA8-/p+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-breadcrumbs+ACI- style+AD0AIg-PADDING-RIGHT: 0px+ADs- PADDING-LEFT: 0px+ADs- PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px+ADs- MARGIN: 10px+ADs- COLOR: +ACM-888+ADs- PADDING-TOP: 0px+ACIAPg- +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/index.htm+ACIAPg-Home+ADw-/a+AD4- / +ADw-span id+AD0AIg-curLoc+ACIAPg-PR0709200800+ADw-/span+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div style+AD0AIg-PADDING-RIGHT: 0px+ADs- PADDING-LEFT: 0px+ADs- PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px+ADs- MARGIN: 10px+ADs- PADDING-TOP: 0px+ACIAPg- +ADw-p+AD4-Please Be Involved, Click +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://unitedsikhs.org/join-united-sikhs/+ACI- target+AD0AIgBf-blank+ACIAPg-here+ADw-/a+AD4- and Join UNITED SIKHS+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-To receive forthcoming bulletins join our +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pr+AF8-unitedsikhs/+ACI- target+AD0AIgBf-blank+ACIAPg-UNITED SIKHS Yahoo group+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-To donate go to +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/donate+ACIAPg-www.unitedsikhs.org/donate+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-style5+ACIAPg-This Press Release may be read online at: +ADw-a href+AD0- +ACI-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-07-09-2008-00.htm+ACIAPg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/PRSRLS-07-09-2008-00.htm+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-Press Release:+ADw-/strong+AD4- 07+ADw-sup+AD4-th+ADw-/sup+AD4- Sep 2008, Sunday+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-23+ADw-sup+AD4-rd+ADw-/sup+AD4AJg-nbsp+ADs-Bhadon (Samvat 540 Nanakshahi )+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-h2 align+AD0AIg-left+ACIAPg-Press Release+ADw-/h2+AD4- +ADw-table width+AD0AIg-100+ACUAIg- align+AD0AIg-center+ACI- border+AD0AIg-0+ACIAPg- +ADw-tbody+AD4- +ADw-tr+AD4- +ADw-td valign+AD0AIg-top+ACI- height+AD0AIg-41+ACIAPg- +ADw-div align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPg- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-MsoNormal+ACI- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPgA8-strong+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-FONT-SIZE: 20pt+ADs- COLOR: blue+ADs- FONT-FAMILY: Verdana+ACIAPg-UNITED SIKHS Provides relief to Hundreds of villagers in the aftermath of Panjab Flooding+ADw-/span+AD4APA-/strong+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/td+AD4- +ADw-/tr+AD4- +ADw-/tbody+AD4- +ADw-/table+AD4- +ADw-p align+AD0AIg-justify+ACIAPgA8-strong+AD4-Jalandhar, Panjab+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-ndash+ADs- UNITED SIKHS Sikh Aid team from Punjab distributed food supplies to 250 flood affected families in villages Sambhala, Mandala, Gidderpindi, Daarewal in Lohiyan area. Each family was provided with dry ration Wheat floor, Dal, Chana, Ghee, Sugar, Tea, Salt and milk powder. Villagers whose homes were severely damaged got tarpaulins for roof tops. +ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Distribution of Supplies: +ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-ul+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Wheat Flour - 2000+ACo- Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Daal +ACY-ndash+ADs- 200 Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Chana +ACY-ndash+ADs- 200 Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Cooking Oil/Ghee +ACY-ndash+ADs- 200 Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Salt +ACY-ndash+ADs- 200 Kgs +ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Sugar +ACY-ndash+ADs- 200 Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Tea +ACY-ndash+ADs- 100 Kgs+ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-li+AD4- Tarpulins +ACY-ndash+ADs- 50 +ADw-/li+AD4- +ADw-/ul+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Total 20,000 meals would be served from the ration supplied to villagers. Cash donations were also provided to some needy family in village Sanewal.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-table width+AD0AIg-69+ACUAIg- border+AD0AIg-0+ACI- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPg- +ADw-tr+AD4- +ADw-td width+AD0AIg-48+ACUAIg- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPgA8-img src+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/fld-relief1.jpg+ACI- width+AD0AIg-266+ACI- height+AD0AIg-202+ACIAPgA8-/td+AD4- +ADw-td width+AD0AIg-52+ACUAIg- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPgA8-img src+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/fld-relief2.jpg+ACI- width+AD0AIg-268+ACI- height+AD0AIg-201+ACIAPgA8-/td+AD4- +ADw-/tr+AD4- +ADw-tr+AD4- +ADw-td colspan+AD0AIg-2+ACIAPgA8-h4+AD4-UNITED SIKHS Volunteers from GGS College of Eng. +ACY-amp+ADs- Tech, Talwandi Sabo with relief material +ADw-/h4+AD4APA-/td+AD4- +ADw-/tr+AD4- +ADw-/table+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Sarpanch Ranjodh Singh of village Wara Jodh Singh said +ACY-ldquo+ADs-On behalf of Panchayat, I thank UNITED SIKHS for providing the villagers with emergency relief and food supply. I request the Sikh community in foreign countries to pay attention to the grim situation and help us+ACY-rdquo+ADsAPA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Sarpanch Premlal village Sambhala said +ACY-ldquo+ADs-I thank the Sikh Aid team for providing us the most need tarpaulin for roof top+ACY-rdquo+ADs- +ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Sarpanch Baljeet Singh village Gidderpindi thanked the Sikh Aid relief team and requested Cattle feed for 900 hungry animals in the village. Cattle and other liverstock are hungry with no food.+ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-table width+AD0AIg-69+ACUAIg- border+AD0AIg-0+ACI- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPg- +ADw-tr+AD4- +ADw-td width+AD0AIg-48+ACUAIg- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPgA8-img src+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/fld-relief3.jpg+ACI- width+AD0AIg-268+ACI- height+AD0AIg-201+ACIAPgA8-/td+AD4- +ADw-td width+AD0AIg-52+ACUAIg- align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPgA8-img src+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/fld-relief4.jpg+ACI- width+AD0AIg-268+ACI- height+AD0AIg-201+ACIAPgA8-/td+AD4- +ADw-/tr+AD4- +ADw-tr+AD4- +ADw-td colspan+AD0AIg-2+ACIAPgA8-h4 align+AD0AIg-center+ACIAPg-Distributing food relief to villagers +ADw-/h4+AD4APA-/td+AD4- +ADw-/tr+AD4- +ADw-/table+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Sarpanch Gyan Singh of Daarewaal village said, +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Our villages need tents, tarpaulin, plastic sheets and canvas sheets for temporary roof arrangements. We need food supply and blankets for villagers+ACY-rdquo+ADsAPA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Bhai Amrik Singh, UNITED SIKHS relief coordinator said +ACY-ldquo+ADs-Cattle food supply has become more essential in area than ever before. The crisis may leads to severe damage in milk and diary product industry. Thousands of people survive on diary products+ACY-rdquo+ADsAPA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-DONATE now to assist the Panjab Flood Relief 2008. To send your contribution to UNITED SIKHS please contact us at 9818096705 or give online at +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://unitedsikhs.org/donate/+ACIAPg-https://unitedsikhs.org/donate/+ADw-/a+AD4- . To print a relief poster for your local community center, workplace, or place of worship, please+ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://www.unitedsikhs.org/PressReleases/US+AF8-Punjab+AF8-floods+AF8-poster+AF8-v2.jpg+ACIAPg- click here+ADw-/a+AD4-.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-UNITED SIKHS Base Camp:+ADw-/strong+AD4APA-br+AD4- Bhai Amrik Singh+ADw-br+AD4- Gurudwara Nijamundinpur+ADw-br+AD4- Kala Bakra, Jalandhar+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-Relief Coordinator:+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ADw-strong+AD4-Harinder Singh Phone: (0)9463573036+ADw-/strong+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Volunteers, with food and supplies, are continuing to arrive at the disaster affected areas to further support the relief effort.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-If you wish to volunteer please email +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-javascript:linkTo+AF8-UnCryptMailto('nbjmup+ADs-tjlibjeAvojufetjlit/psh')+ADsAIgA+-sikhaid+AEA-unitedsikhs.org+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-Issued By+ADw-/strong+AD4-:+ADw-br+AD4- Daljit Singh+ADw-br+AD4- Director+ADw-br+AD4- UNITED SIKHS, New Delhi+ADw-br+AD4- Phone: (0)981 8096 705+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-b+AD4AKg-Editor Note:+ADw-/b+AD4- This figure has been revised from 1000 Kg to reflect the total amount donated +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT WE NEED YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT+ACEAPA-br+AD4- PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY+ADs- HOWEVER, NO AMOUNT IS TOO LITTLE.+ADw-/strong+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-You can help those affected by countless crises around the world each year by making a financial gift to the UNITED SIKHS, which will provide immediate relief and support to those in need. Call +ADw-strong+AD4-1-888-243-1690+ADw-/strong+AD4- for more information. Contribute to UNITED SIKHS through local chapter in your country +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://unitedsikhs.org/contact-us/+ACIAPg-https://unitedsikhs.org/contact-us/+ADw-/a+AD4- . Internet users can make a secure online contribution by visiting +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-https://unitedsikhs.org/donate/+ACIAPg-https://unitedsikhs.org/donate/+ADw-/a+AD4- . If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster please do so at the time of your donation. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-hr+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-ftrCon+ACIAPg- +ADw-p+AD4APA-strong+AD4-Our Mission+ADw-/strong+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-To transform underprivileged and minority communities and individuals into informed and vibrant members of society through civic, educational and personal development programs, by fostering active participation in social and economic activity.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-UNITED SIKHS is also an avenue for networking between like-minded organisations to establish and nurture meaningful projects and dialogues - whether social, cultural or political- to promote harmony, understanding and reciprocity in our villages, towns and cities.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-UNITED SIKHS is a coalition of organisations and individuals, who share a common vision based on the belief that there is no greater endeavour than to serve, empower and uplift fellow beings. The core of our philosophy is an unwavering commitment to civic service and social progress on behalf of the common good.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-Accordingly, UNITED SIKHS has sought to fulfil its mission not only by informing, educating and uplifting fellow beings but also by participating in cross-cultural and political exchanges to ensure that the promises and benefits of democracy are realized by all.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-We at UNITED SIKHS believe that the development of enlightened and progressive societies can be made possible by socially conscious groups of people who make a commitment to develop and direct human potential. Our work, efforts and achievements stand as a testament to our faith in this vision.+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/body+AD4- +ADw-/html+AD4-