Baljinder Singh promotes interconnectedness by offering his skills at the "Joda Ghar" in Amritsar's revered Jama Mosque Khair-ud-Din
On 14th June 2020, Guru Simran Kaur was honoured with the Clara Barton Award from the American Red Cross for her voluntary work during natural disasters and times of crisis.
The Canada-based Algoma Sikh Association takes a novel approach to seva or selfless service by donating approximately 30 care packages to Pauline’s Place and Women in Crisis Algoma.
For years now, the Sikh community has been religiously living by the ethos of Sikhism that propagates the idea of ‘vand chhako’, or sharing and consuming meals together. Almost every gurudwara has a community kitchen where the devotees cook food and serve it with utmost love. During one such day, the former contestants of MasterChef Australia came together to prepare a wholesome Sunday dinner at the Craigieburn gurudwara in Melbourne.
In 2019, the Kincaid wildfire burned over 77,758 acres of land in the Sanoma County of California. During the trying times, people were evacuated and brought to an evacuation center. The Sikh community, now widely known for its philanthropic work worldwide, stepped in to help people.
As per a report in 2020, a total of 450 food care boxes were made by the Kitchener-Waterloo Gurudwara.
They worked with Canadian Blood Services to raise awareness of the dire situation the Canadian health care system has been in due to blood shortage.
As per a news report, the Delhi-based Gurudwara Bangla Sahib prepared and served food to more than 40,000 people across the capital city of India
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sikh community in Sydney, Australia organized a food donation program for the elders who were stuck at their homes under self-isolation. They contributed around 4,000 Australian dollars to the initiative with the intent to serve those in need.
Despite the threat of coronavirus, a Sikh soup kitchen in Birmingham continued to serve the homeless.