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 […]
Ragamuffin Man at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane took place on Sunday, 20th March 2005, at 6pm. All the money raised from this performance will go to the Loomba Trust to support the education of 500 unfortunate children who have lost their fathers or both parents in the Tsunami disaster in Nagapattinum in South India. […]
29th November 2007 The Loomba Foundation, a sister charity of the Loomba Trust, founded to benefit widows and children around the world hosted a Diwali dinner at the United Nations, honouring First Lady Laura Bush, and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, for their leadership in education on Thursday, November 29, 2007. Mrs. […]
29th November 2007 – The Loomba Foundation, a sister charity of the Loomba Foundation, founded to benefit widows and children around the world hosted a Diwali dinner at the United Nations, honouring First Lady Laura Bush, and Craig Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation, for their leadership in education on Thursday, November 29, 2007. […]
It would be better to work with Zimbabwe within the Commonwealth to address its continuing failings in democracy and human rights than to ostracise the country, crossbench Peer LordLoomba told the House of Lords in a Grand Committee debate today [12 January 2023]. Noting that humanitarian organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported continuing human rights […]
“Discrimination against widows has existed for centuries,” India’s solicitor general Mr Tushar Mehta told dinner guests at the UK House of Lords, adding that “as the most populous country, the largest democracy and the fastest-growing economy in the world, India has animportant part to play in finding solutions to challenges and creating a sustainable world for everyone. Mr Mehta […]
This year marks the 10th United Nations’ International Widows Day, founded to take action to address the poverty and injustice faced by widows Covid-19 has disproportionately killed men and people from BAME backgrounds, leaving a large number of women widowed across the UK and globally LONDON, 23 June 2021: The Prime Minister and leaders from […]
In a special House of Lords debate about International Widows Day tabled by Lord Loomba on July 6, the Government expressed its continued support for the campaign to eradicate discrimination against widows through world-leading research and sharing the UK’s expertise and technical knowledge globally as part of its international women and girls strategy. The question […]