Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation (Canada) - Similar companies

The Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation of Canada is a non-partisan organization with a wide-ranging mandate. Promoting ... freedom and democracy, protecting human rights, bridging cultural diversity and building cultural harmony are central to the Foundation’s purposes. The values captured in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other global and regional commitments are consistent with the values upon which the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation was founded. The Foundation supports those persons and community organizations who long to live in freedom and under democracy. The Foundation uses a wide range of tools to advance its goals, including cultural events such as the “Gadri Babian Da” Mela, community outreach activities and partnerships with local, provincial and federal governments, non- governmental organizations, and individual citizens who share similar goals. The foundation is one of a very few organizations with the necessary credibility to play a bridge-building role in the South-Asian community.The Foundation is committed to an open society where mutual respect and understanding are honoured, differences are respected and traditions are cherished. The Foundation advocates on behalf of all victims of the Komagata Maru tragedy, regardless of religion, race or ethnicity. Members of the Foundation include current and past members of Parliament, and Provincial and municipal leaders. The Foundation holds the annual “Gadri Babiyan Da” Mela in Surrey, British Columbia every year during the August Long Weekend. The fair is in its 21st year, and is attended by folk singers, dancers, entertainers (from US, India and other parts of Canada) and local dignitaries and politicians, and hundreds of volunteers. The festival typically hosts 70,000+ guests every year, including Prime Ministers and Federal Cabinet Ministers, Bollywood and Punjabi entertainment superstars, and many foreign and local dignitaries. read more