Khalsa Aid

Khalsa Aid is a UK-based humanitarian relief charity founded in 1999 by Ravinder (Ravi) Singh after he saw the condition of refugees in Kosovo. Its first mission was an aid convoy to Albania. It says it works on the Sikh principle of well-being for all, and its work is not limited to Sikhs. The World Food Programme describes it as founded on the principle "Recognise the whole human race as one". Ravi Singh founded the charity and is its CEO, according to The Tribune.

Key moments

• 1999: the first convoy to Albania. Since then, its own site lists work after floods, earthquakes, famine and war, among them Yemen, refugees arriving in Greece, floods in Cumbria and south-west England, and the Grenfell Tower fire.
• 2 December 2020: its director Amarpreet Singh announced langar, tea, round-the-clock medical help and 50 portable washrooms for farmers camped at the Singhu and Tikri borders.
• January 2021: Canadian MP Tim Uppal, Brampton mayor Patrick Brown and MPP Prabmeet Sarkaria wrote to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating it for the 2021 Peace Prize.
• 16 October 2021: the World Food Programme announced a three-year, US$2.75 million partnership. It funds school meals for almost 10,000 children in Yemen, where 80 per cent of the kitchen workers are women, and nutrition aid in Sudan for refugees from Tigray.
• 2025: after the Panjab floods, Khalsa Aid reports that it supported more than 10,549 families, built 59 homes and deployed more than 10 km of riverbank reinforcement. It also reports 7,727 dialysis sessions at its Gurdaspur centre. These are its own figures.

The November 2025 dispute: on 13 November 2025 The Tribune reported that Davinderjeet Singh, head of Khalsa Aid India, and three office-bearers had resigned. They alleged that donations for flood victims were not properly used, that Ravi Singh interfered in field work, and that the charity has no independent board. On 20 November Khalsa Aid said four UK-contracted members of its India chapter had resigned after audits found undisclosed family relationships that created conflicts of interest, resistance to corrective action and weak project management. It did not name them, declined a point-by-point reply and said it works with independent auditors. The reports do not verify either side's claims.

Where it stands: Khalsa Aid still runs flood, health and refugee programmes, according to its own site. The reports found do not show how the November 2025 dispute was settled.