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Port-au-Prince: UNITED SIKHS' volunteers today increased their langgar (community hot-meal) distribution to 5000 meals a day following a request from the Mayor of Carrefour, Yvonne Gerome. UNITED SIKHS AID volunteers served in three different locations at Carrefour, one of the worst earthquake hit cities in Haiti. In these difficult times the situation is getting desperate. | ||||||
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hot-meals alone were served in Cite Soleil, the poorest section of Port
Au Prince. City police force helped UNITED SIKHS AID volunteers during
distribution. Volunteers chose the location based on information from
Dominican Republic’s Medical Post Representative, Mr Alphonso, that
more than 1000 children at that location were in dire need of food and
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"The Global community along with Sikhs should support this hot-meal drive to help feed the hungry" said Lt Col Gurbachan Singh, UNITED SIKHS’ Disaster Relief Director | ||||||
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A team of 4 Langgar sevadars ( hot meals volunteers) are flying from Guru Nanak Gurudwara, Surrey, Canada to join the UNITED SIKHS AID team in Haiti on Thursday. More doctors for the UNITED SIKHS Medical teams are flying from Chicago, Charlotte, Dayton, and Seattle in the following weeks, to help survivors. The team would have rehab doctor, primary care doctors and occupational therapist. | ||||||
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Hundreds of thousands earthquake affected people are living in makeshift camps made out of bed sheets and are without water and electricity. | ||||||
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UNITED SIKHS is sending food and supplies from Miami using all possible means of air and sea routes. | ||||||
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You may read a previous press release on the Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference here. Issued by: | ||||||
