Browsing Tag: Haiti

Three days of torrential downpours and strong winds brought by Hurricane Sandy destroyed much of Haiti's fragile agriculture and have put a million and a half Haitians at risk for hunger, the United Nations' humanitarian-aid coordination office said over the weekend.

As Sandy bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, the two hardest hit Caribbean nations — Cuba and Haiti — concentrated on trying to put together what Sandy tore apart.

On the encouragement of my friends I have put together a small essay on my reflections and experiences. I have received some positive feedback and given the fact the one year anniversary just recently passed I thought it would be timely to write something so that I can share my experiences with the Sikh Sangat.

A year later, today, many Haitians still go without access to basic services such as access to hospital care despite the influx of over $1 billion in aid. According to several estimates, more than a million Haitians are still homeless.

The first anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti comes with a deluge of progress reports from many of the NGOs and aid agencies involved in reconstruction and ongoing relief work. We select a sample.

UNITED SIKHS was honored for their recent humanitarian aid efforts in Haiti and Chile, and ongoing civil rights advocacy work by the New York State and City lawmakers in May, 2010.

The spirit of our Haitian mission was summed up by Jaipal Singh as follows: “Our local staff - our dear friends - were a constant reminder of our mission, and challenged each one of us to carry the torch of Guru Nanak in Haiti.

"Ideally, it's what you kind of want to do. I think everybody, when they start medical school, everybody has that in them that they want to do something," said Baljinder,...

A first hand account from ground zero in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Dr Pargat Singh Bhurji tells his inspiring story.

The medical team took approximately $45,000 worth of medical equipment with them, including therapy equipment, medicines, and wound care supplies.

The group of youth, assembled by Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey-Delta, includes the Gurdwara Society's Assistant Secretary and key volunteers from the Sikh community.

In the aftermath of one of the world's worst earthquakes, priests and missionaries are competing for the souls of a traumatised population. Kim Sengupta reports from Port-au-Prince

United Sikhs Aid increases distribution of hot meals in Haiti

United Sikhs' second volunteer team arrived at Port-au-Prince last Friday and started serving langar

The European Commission also believes that 250,000 are in need of urgent aid. While the death toll is estimated at 200,000, some say an exact tally will never be known.

The collapse of traditional channels of communication in Haiti has again highlighted the role of social media and the internet in disasters.

Canadian Sikhs donate $100,000 in first day of appeals for Haiti victims

Retired Lt. Col. Gurbachan Singh, along with other volunteers, reached Santo Domingo airport and drove into Haiti, crossing Jamini border.

"Port-au-Prince is flattened" after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Haitian capital. "More than 100,000 are dead," Haiti's consul general said today.