The Loomba Foundation - 2019

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The Loomba Foundation - 2019

Over 200 high profile guests attended the event, including Trustees ‐ Shri Balbir Singh Kakar and Lady Veena Loomba; Patrons ‐ Ashish Chauhan and Hrishi Jain; Supporters ‐ Manjit Singh GK, J.K. Sinha, Abhimanyu Ghosh, Rajat Kapoor; Bollywood ‐ Ahaana Kumra, Sonu Walia and Shekhar Suman. Mrs. Shripryia Dalmia Thirani of Queensline, was our head sponsor.

Our President, Mrs. Cherie Blair, who had travelled from London to support the Loomba Foundation at the charity gala dinner, signed an MOU with the chairman of the Jan Shikshan Sansthan for a partnership project to empower 600 widows in Maharashtra. The Jan Shikshan Sansthan will provide skills training in tailoring to the beneficiaries and upon the completion of a satisfactory training, the Loomba Foundation will distribute foot operated sewing machines to all widows.

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Loomba Foundation holds charity dinner to raise funds for widows

Know More About The Loomba Foundation

The Loomba Foundation is named after a remarkable lady, Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba, who had become a widow at the early age of 37 and who, in the face of many obstacles, made sure all seven of the family’s children, boys and girls, completed their education and got the best opportunities to succeed in life.

The Loomba Foundation wants to support the 46 million widows in India, particularly those who live in dire poverty and in rural areas. There can be no more valuable or important work than empowering widows who have been cast aside by society and left unable to look after themselves and their children, to give them the skills and the means to help themselves in a wide range of trades from hospitality to tourism, sewing and tailoring to beauty and healthcare, and food processing. These women have so much to give, if only we can give them the respect and the power to make their own contribution to society. They can educate their children and lead a life of dignity.