40 Kauragious Sikh women raised over ₤4,000 for Cancer Research as part of the Race for Life project at Cannon Hill Park
Each Sikh woman ran five kilometers to encourage her sponsors to part with monies that will be used to develop treatments for cancer sufferers.
The ladies and young girls gathered at the Nishkam Civic Centre in Birmingham, which is part of the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sewak Jatha (GGNSJ)
An event was organised to present a cheque to the Chief Executive of Cancer Research, Harpal Singh Kumar, sadly he was unable to attend. The cheque presentation ceremony was therefore made to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Michael Wilkes
Sewa Singh Mandla introduced the key speakers and informed the audience of the purpose of the event “The acknowledge the efforts of forty of our young women”
Bhai Sahib, Mohinder Singh, Chairman of GGNSJ praised the efforts of the ladies, who had expressed one of the key virtues of Sikhism, Sewa (Selfless work)
“Anything to reduce suffering is welcomed” Bhai Sahib went on to say “Compassion, this is something we can do in prayer, as prayer influences things we do”
“Mental health is very important, values of ethics, truthfulness, love, faith and secularity are all closely linked”
“We are a large family of One God, work together to help one another, that is why we decided to add ₤1001 to the money raised by the young ladies”
A cheque for ₤5001 was presented to the Lord Mayor, who was overwhelmed with the work of these Sikh women.
Lord Mayor said “There is a tremendous spirit here, the Kirtan preformed earlier by the two Sikh boys was laidend with spirituality, and I am so pleased that my next visit in July will be longer”
The vote of thanks were given by Prof Ukar Singh Pardesi.