Like many of you whenever I read about the overwhelmed tragedy of the Haiti earthquake victims, I feel helpless and get choked up feeling as though I shall weep. I imagine a similar feeling prompted Harcharan Singh and Amritpaul Singh to leave the comfort of their homes in Brampton, Canada and join the Sikh Aid team as volunteers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After arriving in Haiti they collected two trucks loads of supplies and made a 30 hour trip to the Sikh Aid camp. Upon arrival they immediately set up a tent in the midst of the rubble and began preparing food for 500 earthquake victims. This is where I get really choked up. They put aside their own fatigue to cook and serve before they would rest. If you have ever been involved in making that amount of langar you know it takes many more working together in shifts all day or night to do the seva that these two Singhs accomplished. I'm really proud of them for being in Haiti and helping those who so desperately are in need! I'm trying really hard to keep my tears in check. Singhs, like these two, are my heroes.
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Last Sunday, my local Gurdwara requested the unsuspecting worshippers to donate some money for Haiti. After 10minutes, when everyone had put down some money on the bench and had set back down the money was counted and the Granthi announced that a total of over £1200 had been donated (around $1937.00). This is not a large Gurdwara. It is a relatively small local one, and no one came expecting to donate for another cause (the first one being obviously the money they put in the Gurdwara’s donation box). It was very heartening and inspirational to see. I can imagine all Gurdwara’s did this around the country. It’s not just what was donated, but it was that fact that the Gurdwara initiated this action. Haiti is not a Sikh nation…but Sikhs don’t think like that. Which is why the Gurdwara talked about the children, the destitute, the hungry, the cold…it’s the Sikh way, and it makes feel lucky to be one.