Fifteen young Singaporeans spent the better part of their December holidays last year helping schoolchildren in Mehma village in Ferozepur, Punjab, India. The volunteers, made up of multi-racial Singaporeans, were part of Project Khwaish XIV, the community service project of Young Sikh Association (Singapore). During the expedition at the secondary and primary schools, the participants

“The community service project reminds us that each and every one of us has a role to play to promote goodwill in the world. There is a well-known saying that evil flourishes when good men do nothing. I am extremely delighted that a group of young Singaporeans will be embarking on a journey to bring

The gloomy weather and downpour in the morning of 17 May 2014 did not deter a group of Singaporeans and Malaysians from embarking on a 300km walk from Singapore to Malacca to promote goodwill and raise funds for orphans, widows, single mothers, handicapped children and the elderly. The Singapore leg, organised by YSA, was flagged

A group of 14 young Singaporeans spent three weeks of their December vacations building a library out of an old rundown room for use by needy children in a village school in Punjab, India. The volunteers, made up of multi-racial Singaporeans, were part of a community service expedition organised by Young Sikh Association (Singapore). Participating

The challenging economic conditions in Singapore made raising funds extremely difficult. However, YSA and 14 young Singaporeans were determined to make a difference to the lives of the less privileged and less fortunate in India. Undeterred by fund raising challenges, they preserved in their efforts to make the community service project happen. On 6 December

A team of 18 young Singaporeans spent an extraordinary three weeks out of their comfort zones by building a library, and cleaning, refurbishing and painting a school in a village in India. The participants were part of Project Khwaish XII, YSA’s community service project from 6 to 26 December 2012. The word “Khwaish” means “Hope”

It started in December 2003 with a newly-formed youth organisation and a group of young Singaporeans wanting to make a difference to the lives of the less privileged and less fortunate in India. Now, nine years and 11 projects later, YSA and the participants have certainly left an indelible Singapore imprint in the Indian state

They built two libraries and subsequently catalogued close to 2,500 donated books in order to make it easier for use by needy schoolchildren in Punjab, India. The group of 22 Singaporeans also cleaned, refurbished and painted the school building. Beyond the library, the team also came up with a large brand new staffroom as the

They provided a completely new school to the teachers and students of a village school in India in less than three weeks. The 16 young Singaporean volunteers started with an old rundown room and converted it to a full-fledged library, donating 2,500 books, eight book shelves and a laptop to manage the loan system. They

While other youth his age prefer to spend their school holidays with their family and friends, Mr Govinderpal Singh chose to ‘sweat it out’ for the next three weeks in India. Together with 15 other volunteers from a multi-racial background, 18-year old Mr Govinderpal left on 7 December 2010 for a village school in Punjab