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Sikh Human Development Foundation
honored
WSN Network
 Washington:
Guru Gobind Singh Foundation honored the Sikh Human Development
Foundation and gave Sewa Award 2009 to SHDF “for Its Outstanding
work in Outreach, Helping the needy Students in India & Empowering
them to fulfill their dreams”.
Dedicated to
poverty alleviation, human development and gender equity, SHDF is
perhaps the only Sikh organization in
USA which grants
scholarships to needy students for higher education in
Punjab.
Founded in 1999, SHDF has been assisting students in
Punjab and other
Northern states in India and has given scholarships in medicine,
engineering, agriculture, nursing, information technology, business
administration, and architecture. Starting with 24 scholarships in
2000-01, SHDF has continuously improved upon its previous year’s
record. By now it has awarded a total of 1100 scholarships of which
many recipients have already graduated and found jobs to lift their
own households from dire poverty.
Amar Jit Singh
Sodhi, Chairman, Sikh Human Development Foundation accompanied by
Gajinder Singh Ahuja (Secretary General), Surinder Singh (Treasurer)
received the Plaque from the President and other office bearers of
Guru Gobind Singh Foundation.
Dr. Rajwant
Singh, Executive Director of GGSF, said the Sewa award is given
annually by GGSF to an individual or an organization which shows an
exemplary work for the betterment of the Sikh community. Mr. Sodhi
applauded the work of the Guru Gobind Sigh Foundation.
Sarbjit Singh
Sidhu, Chairman of GGSF, said, “This year’s recipient has truly
implemented the Sikh concept of Sewa and we feel proud to honor SHDF.
This organization is building strong roots for future generations
and we feel strongly that education should be our community’s top
priority.”
Last year this
award was given to
Delhi based
Nishkam Sikh Welfare Council for social welfare work and Dr. Balwant
Singh of Pennsylvania for his service in starting Sikh youth camps
in
America.
Former Akal Takhat Jathedar, Prof. Darshan Singh, Smithsonian
Institution and Sikh Heritage Foundation, Bibi Inderjit Kaur of Sikh
Dharma International, Baba Sewa Singh of Khadur Sahib, Manjit Singh
of Ottawa, Canada, Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, Sikh Media and Research
Task Force (SMART and now SALDEF) and Sikh Council on Religion and
Education (SCORE), late Giani Harbans Singh of Patiala, Raghbir
Singh Bains and Dr. I. J. Singh of New York and Martin Palmer of
United Kingdom were the earlier recipients.
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May 2009
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