Loomba Foundation Charity Event on 20th March 2013

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Yesterday night Loomba Foundation UK organised a charity event in Trident Hotel Mumbai to draw attention about the plight of widows. The event was attended by Cherie Blair, wife of Tony Blair Ex Prime Minister of UK , Lord Raj Loomba, Member House of Lords UK, Meera Gandhi, Founder Givingback Foundation, Newyork, Ashwani Kumar, Union Minister of Law and Justice, Niranjan Hiranandani, Dr Shishir Ray, Cosmetologist V K Sharma and many other Page 3 celebrities.   

 Loomba Foundation is a dream come true for philanthropist Kord Raj Loomba and his wife Veena, who thought to do some concrete work for widows across the globe. It was formed  on 26th June 1997 and has sister charities in India  and USA. The inspiration came from Raj's late mother , Smt Pushpavati, who became a widnow  in the early age of 37 , with her sheer determination, she succeeded in educating her seven children single-handed. The foundation aims to educate  the children of poor widows throughout India and empower widows around the world. In many parts of the world, a lot of  widows are in miserable conditions they are in a state of  sorrow of losing her husband compounded by cruelty and injustice. Tradition variously dictates that she is unable to work or remarry; subjected to degrading ‘cleansing’ rituals; ejected from her home; her wealth taken by the deceased husband’s relatives; banned from wearing jewellery or coloured clothing; and left without any means of supporting herself or her children.
Understanding the seriousness of the cause, many more international celebrities have become a part of the foundation, famous hollywood actor Richard Branson is patron and brand ambassador, he has helped foundation to raise over $750000 through three 'Change for Children' appeals on the Virgin Atlantic flights worldwide. Famous Singer Yoko Ono is also associated with the organisation .

 It run various projects in India, Malawi, Guatemala, Rawanda, South Afarica, Kenya, Syria, nepal, bangladesh, Srilanka, UK as well as USA.

  In the august gathering of foundation, educationist from Bhopal Miny Raj Modi announced contribution of Rs50 Lac for education children of widows which was highly appreciated.  



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