Guest Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/25/hunger031125 :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: what can we do as sikhs ??? we should all try to help world visions.. contribute more out of our daswand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyDudesWassup Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 World Vision is a great charity, like $30 a month will help educate and feed a child and once they don't need any more help they give you a different child to sponsor. n30, are you from canada? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_princess Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 i think the best way to help people is giving it to them in person, or no a trusted company! when i was in kenya my cousins told me all the stuff you give to red cross, etc are just being picked up and being sold on the streets! and i am not surprised... just give when you can and be careful who u give it too! its sad, and everytime i don't finish food or anythin i feel all bad as well! sadd! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Yes lil_prinesss its sad.. i used to (before i took amrit) leave food too but then when i realise and sort of picture...one little girl is standing next to me and askin for food.. i ignored her and ate the food and throw the left-over in the garbage... and she cried in tears... :cry: :cry: :cry:... just by picturing that i was soo emotinally touched and never ever left an leftover food which goes in the garbage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khandaydhaar Posted November 26, 2003 Report Share Posted November 26, 2003 i ignored her and ate the food and throw the left-over in the garbage... and she cried in tears... :cry: :cry: :cry:... just by picturing that i was soo emotinally touched and never ever left an leftover food which goes in the garbage. datz y u only take a small amount to eat first and wen u finish, and if u still feel hungry u take a lil bit more :!: or y not give da left over food to da birds, man dey eat nething and fast too :twisted: hahahah so funny :!: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyyo Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 I got an idea!!!! Lets donate more money to the Gurdwaras!!!!!!! Yep, that'll get the job done for sure....if there's enuff money left over once the president is done buying his palatial 100 acre estate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikhnie Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 I received this on e-mail.. plz check the page http://4wav.com/card.php?id=6545 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ideal Singh Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 I received this on e-mail.. plz check the page http://4wav.com/card.php?id=6545 Thanx for this seva... Chardi Kala 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2003 Report Share Posted November 29, 2003 Also i found this. It be nice if people can sent their dasawands to pingalwara soceity.. bhagat puran singh ji was like mother thersa for sikhs http://www.pingalwaraonline.org/newhome.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khandaydhaar Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 wen i went to india, amritsar, my best friend who lives dere told me dat pingalwaria society ppl treat the kids dere like sh**. yeh sorry but dats wat i know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tSingh Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 I had a friend who wanted to just go and help in South Africa...but seriously, what can one person without any equipment, experience or skills, no understanding of the local ecology, actually achieve beyond short term temporary reprieve. It is through governmental action that things like this will change. That's why I give to big politically active charities like Oxfam, who are both proactive on the ground, and at a political level. They do a lot as a pressure group, plus they send through e-mails asking you to personally petition politicians or corrupt company directors with personalised e-mails. I've seen this kind of action work; some of you may recall about a year ago Nestle demanded Ethiopia pay back the debt they owe them for food products they sent through, just when the country was on the cusp of an even bigger famine. After a lot of negative publicity, petitioning from Oxfam, they dropped the bill. Get on their e-mail list, send your daswandh their way, and do something more proactive than simply easing your guilt for eating too much! you can go to www.maketradefair.com or the oxfam website to sign up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khandaydhaar Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 yep datz da way! action speaks more dan words! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gursj Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 ssa though i tried to shed my responsibility by giving daswandh at the gurdwara but than somewhere i know that most of it will not go to the people who really need it. may be donating pingalwara society would have been better option. firstly its very hard to part with money for people and when you are not sure about the rightful use that money , it becomes more difficult. this is very depressing isnt there anything we can do to change this. wjkk wjkf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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