Posts under ‘Team Jericho’

The journey back home has started for us. We left the camp site today and on the way to Santo Domingo for the flight to New York and then to Seattle and then a last car ride home to Vancouver.
Update 1:
Made it to the airport, a bumpy journey and we realize now that even thought [...]

Do you all remember Charles?  He’s the boy who comes to our camp daily.  It’s felt like he hasn’t missed a day.  He comes, we feed him, we bathe him and we play with him.  He’s very smart and very funny and he knows all of us by name.  His arrival brings one sure smile [...]

Jericho Camp Update:
Today Doctors from United Sikhs, brought Ice Cold Soft Drinks for all the Langaar Sevadaars in honour of their dedication and service.
This may not seem like a big deal, but this is our first cold soda since we got here. It just makes you realize once again, that we have so much at [...]

Yesterday, the United Sikhs Medical Team arrived in Port-Au-Prince. The team includes 3 doctors, 1 physical therapist and 1 occupational therapist. One of the doctors is a specialist in rehab and physical medicine and so he and the physical therapist and occupational therapist have set up a rehab camp at the nearby makeshift [...]

Yesterday was tough, although it started promisingly. It was our first day without the volunteers (sevadaars) from Toronto and our team handled the cooking and the packaging of the food like seasoned veterans. However, the distribution of the food was challenging to say the least.
The usual setup is that we go to one [...]

Effectively chronicling the human tragedies that have taken place in Haiti since the earthquake struck is a nearly impossible task.  How is one orphan’s story any more or less distressing or significant than the thousands of others?  And yet it is still necessary to do what we can to highlight specific heart-rending and also heart-warming events in [...]

We’ll be calling the Guru Nanak Gurdwara at 12pm on Jan 31st to give a live update to the Sangat. The Gurdwara will put this on speaker phone and we can share our experience in the last few days with the Sangat and provide some tips for the next volunteer teams
Take care,
Team Jericho

Today was our first full day in Port-au-Prince. We began our day at 5am and after getting ready, we started to prepare the daily meal for 1,600. We also became aware that the team here prepares a separate meal for the children at the local hospital, many of whom are orphans.
We dropped off the [...]

Stage 1 – Vancouver to Seattle – Complete
Stage 2 – Seattle to New York – Complete
Stage 3 – New York to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Complete
Stage 4 – Santo Domingo to Haiti Border – Complete
Stage 5 – Haiti Border to Base Camp – Complete
01/29/2010 – update 6
3.19pm PST – United Sikhs camp [...]

Name: Sukhpreet Singh Heir
Age: 25
Occupation: Border Services Officer (Canada Border Services Agency)
From: Surrey, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
I felt it was my duty as a Sikh of today’s generation to put into practice the great teachings of our Gurus of selfless service to all of [...]

Name: Sukhminder Singh
Age: 26
Occupation: Law Graduate
Hometown: Surrey, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
I’m going to Haiti because sewa needs to be done; it is not good enough to help ourselves, we must also help those in other countries. I hope by helping the Haitian we will promote the [...]

Name: Japnaam Singh
Age: 23
Occupation: Articled Student
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
I’m going to Haiti because all of us are god’s children – regardless of caste, race, nationality or social status. The Haitian earthquake was a tragedy of untold proportions and it is the obligation [...]

Name: Avneet Kaur
Age: 32
Occupation: Artist
Hometown: Vancouver, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
We are one another’s responsibility. The people of Haiti are in need of aid, relief, and love; the guru blessed each of us with the opportunity to go to these people and give of ourselves. I am [...]

Name: Ramneet Kaur
Age: 25
Occupation: Account Manager, RBC
Hometown: Surrey, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
God has taught us that we are equal on this earth. In that case, our brothers and sisters are suffering in Haiti, first question that comes to mind is, “How can I [...]

Name: Manraj Kaur
Age: 26
Occupation: Teacher
Hometown: Surrey, BC
Why I felt compelled to go on this mission:
Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s message to “recognize all human race as one” has always stuck with me as I have grown up. With this being said, I thought now was the time, if I [...]