Sikh Camp Safety: Strengthening All Our Little Khalsas

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For decades, across the country, Sikhs have through selfless sevaa been hosting camps and retreats and programming for the next generation. But there is often no proactive training for the counselors and adults who are entrusted with the youth. These counselors and camp and retreat organizers have come to Sikh Family Center from time to time for advice. We applaud them! They have identified a gap: and we want to fill it.

Our evidence-based, Sikhi-grounded new Sikh Camp Safety resources will be developed for and with our camps and retreats around the country.

And if and when concerns around safety, equity, non-discrimination, bodily autonomy, or even abuse surface, we want our Camps to be prepared to respond.

You have helped ensure the safety and wellness of our next generation: thank you for walking the walk. Our kids need to see us grounded in equity, gender justice, mental wellness and trauma-recovery. Only then will they blossom with strong roots as well as wings!

We know we can all do better: our little Khalsas are counting on us!

 

  • 06/25/2025

    Help us Launch and Disseminate!

    We’re excited to share that the Sikh Camp Safety Project is ready to launch and disseminate.

    After months of communicating with passionate organizers, counselors, and parents, we’ve created a thoughtful, practical, and community-informed safety toolkit for Sikh youth camps. This guide is built to support camps in strengthening protocols around physical and emotional safety, equity, non-discrimination, abuse, accountability, and more.

    From a camp counselor: “I come to camp to do seva for a week and hang out with my friends… I’m only 19, how am I supposed to know how to properly care for a child?”

    From a camp organizer: “Last year, we had a scare with a mental health issue (depression/suicidal ideation) and it made us as directors realize that we needed to have systems for the future.” 

    From a parent: “I have difficulty trusting that Sikh Youth Camps are secure enough for me to send my daughters.”

    Now we need your help to bring our work to life. We are preparing to release the toolkit this summer, and we need support to disseminate it directly to camps and sangats across the country.

    Your contributions will allow us to continue to travel to camps, conduct safety trainings, and ensure that sangats across the country have access to this resource—not just as a document, but the living commitment to the care and safety of our little Khalsas.

    If you'd like to bring this resource to your local camp or support its rollout, we'd love to hear from you. Your support can help us meet Sikh camps and retreats where they are, offering tools, training, and guidance rooted in care. Together, we can ensure the Camp Safety resources help you camps grow stronger, safer, and more nurturing for every little Khalsa. Email us: [email protected]

    Thank you for walking the talk and showing our kids a community grounded in equity, gender justice, mental wellness, and trauma recovery!

     

Name Donation Date
S. K. $25.00 January 2025
S. K. $25.00 December 2024
Prince Matharu $50.00 December 2024
Anonymous $100.00 November 2024
S. K. $25.00 November 2024
Ravneet Kaur $200.00 November 2024
Jasmine Hanjrah $100.00 November 2024
Vanessa Ng $50.00 November 2024
Jaspreet Jaswal $101.00 November 2024
Roma Shah $100.00 November 2024
Ajeet Anand $250.00 November 2024
Naunidh Singh $250.00 November 2024
H. G. $200.00 November 2024
Match Fund $100.00 November 2024
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Gillian Bryce $200.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Jaspreet Lamba $1,000.00 November 2024
D. A. $1,000.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
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Bhavjyot Singh $100.00 November 2024
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Karmjit Singh Sidhu $100.00 November 2024
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Anonymous $30.00 November 2024
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Gurjote Sethi $50.00 November 2024
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H. B. $100.00 November 2024
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B. S. $500.00 November 2024
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Anonymous $850.00 November 2024
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G. S. $400.00 November 2024
Surinderpal Grewal $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Anonymous $1,000.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Jessica Teji $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Anonymous $1,250.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
B. K. $500.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Amrita Hanjrah $400.00 November 2024
Match Fund $400.00 November 2024
Balbir Singh $4,000.00 November 2024
G. S. $500.00 November 2024
Sarah Capdeville $30.00 November 2024

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