USA-based association United Sikhs has sent a relief team to the Philippines to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan. The team is led by Rishiwant Singh and Kiran Singh. The first batch of goods and supplies has filled the United Sikhs’ stock room in Khalsa Diwan Sikh Gurdwara, Manila.
For now, the team will feed at least 200-300 survivors on a daily basis, serving them two meals a day. Besides providing meals, team members would also provide medical aid to those affected. They said they would expand their reach and impact as there were many who were stranded and homeless.
The team members met various survivors, who narrated their experiences during and after the storm. They talked about the exodus, which had occurred two days after the storm subsided.
Khalsa Aid team members also flew to Philippines on the 15th November to help out the devastated victims of havoc typhoon.  Khalsa Aid volunteers Ravinder Singh Gill and  Babban Singh helped the victims with the relief supplies in the Typhoon hit Philippines.
Currently Khalsa Aid is working closely with local organisations to set up short term relief programs for those affected by the typhoon. Khalsa Aid will be setting up typhoon relief projects in the small coastal community of San Dionisha, which has been badly hit by the typhoon and due to its geographical positioning, it has not received very little external assistance. KA will employee skilled carpenters to repair/build boats, this will enable the local population to start earning from the sea again. Each new boat will cost around £150, KA will initially commission 30 boats but this figure is likely to reach 50 over the next 2 months.
The KA team will also assist the locals with the cleanup operation and reconstruction of their homes. A small supply warehouse will be set up to provide the locals with heavily subsided tools and building materials. These measures will speed up the recovery of the people affected by the typhoon.
Local Sikh Sangat from Australia also joined hands together and collected donations for the typhoon victims. SinghStation team took the initiative for this purpose and put a stall at local Gurdwara at Craigieburn to collect donations in form of canned-food, clothes, toiletries, utensils, bottled-water and other supplies which were later sent to Philippines via a shipping container. The container is received by the Red Cross Society in Philippines which will work with the local organisations to supply these donations to the remote areas of Philippines.