19th August 2019, New Delhi: A new initiative of Chris Parsons – “CYCLING FOR WIDOWS” was launched at a lunch hosted by the British High Commissioner to India, Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG, at his residence. It was attended by Lord Raj Loomba CBE, Mr. Chris Parsons and many high-profile business leaders. Chris Parsons, a lawyer […]
Education Programmes: Our programmes to educate the children of impoverished widows in India have been at the heart of The Loomba Foundation since its Foundation was established 18 years ago, and 2014-15 has been another milestone year with 1693 students benefiting in 13 states. We partnered with the Hinduja Foundation in five states – Andhra […]
The Loomba Foundation is hosting a special event at the iconic BAFTA in London to commemorate the UN International Widows Day 2024 on 22nd of June, the eve of International Widows Day. It is a day of action to raise awareness of the plight of widows around the world especially in developing countries. The event […]
During the year the Loomba Foundation continued educating children of poor widows, empowering impoverished widows and advocating for the welfare of widows and single mothers. Visit of Lord Loomba to Shri Jagiri Lal Loomba Memorial School, Dhilwan On 3rd April, 2023 Lord Raj Loomba CBE visited Shri Jagiri Lal Loomba Memorial Govt. Senior Secondary School […]
TO THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST COVID 19New Delhi, April 27, 2020 To tackle the growing health pandemic of COVID 19 and assist the government of India to combat the challenge of limited face masks in the country, the Loomba Foundation has donated 1,00,000 (1 lakh) surgical face masks to the National Institute for […]
The project will give need based counselling to widows to help them avail legal aid and benefits of various Government schemes Gurugram, March 8, 2021: The Loomba Foundation and Navjyoti India Foundation launched Project Jeeva to mark International Women’s Day in Gurugram on March 8, 2021. Project Jeeva – Rediscovering the spirit in the lives of widows, is […]
Dhilwan, Punjab, 19 Sep 2022 – Lord Loomba along with his family visited Shri Jagiri Lal Loomba Memorial Govt. Senior Secondary School on 19th September, 2022. 2nd Instalment of Scholarship Cheques of Rs.3000/- each to 24 students has been distributed. Further, 12 blankets were also distributed to class IV staff of the school. The programme […]
Guest of Honour Rt Hon. Sir Tony Blair KG joined over 300 attendees including President of The Loomba Foundation Cherie Blair QC CBE and the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Rt Hon. Lord John McFallFundraising in partnership with the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s London, 28 June 2022: The Loomba Foundation, an international […]
London, 16 June 2022: The Loomba Foundation, an international UN accredited NGO dedicated to improving the lives of widows, has partnered with Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, to support children and families fleeing Ukraine to settle in the UK. The UK government has agreed to accept 50,000 refugees from Ukraine. Around half of all […]
2007-08 2007: A Significant Year for The Loomba Trust It has indeed been a momentous year and we are determined to build on the foundations we have laid both in India and internationally. During the year, the Trust has organised events in the UK, USA and India both to raise awareness and the much-needed funds. […]