Alpesh Patel OBE's video: Kajol and Ajay Devgn Supporters of Loomba Trust widows and orphans with Co-Chair Alpesh Patel

00:00 Loomba Trust 00:57 Supporting Widows 01:22 Education is the Way to Go 02:25 Be the Change https://www.theloombafoundation.org/ The Loomba Foundation supports widows and orphans worldwide. I am privileged to be Co-Chair of the Advisory Board, alongside Lord Bilimoria, now President of CBI and founder of Cobra Beer. Lord Loomba established the Loomba Foundation over 20 years ago and their work is now recognised by the UN as part of International Widows Day on June 23rd - the date Lord Loomba's mother became a widow. This speech at one of the fundraisers at the Savoy (all proceeds to the charity) which I hosted, is by one of India's largest stars and she can put into words far better than I ever could. In addition to fundraising dinners, corporate sponsorships and match-funding partnerships, individual supporters have gone to extraordinary lengths to aid widows in their struggle for justice. For instance, Dr Mike Krimholtz walked 350 miles from Resolute Bay to the Magnetic North Pole, raising £2,000. International lawyer Chris Parsons, chairman of the India practice of Herbert Smith Freehills, cycled 2,000 kilometres from London to Gibraltar and raised £120,000: enough to educate 240 children of impoverished widows for five years. Four years later, Chris undertook an even more ambitious project, walking 30 marathons in 30 days from Bombay to Bangalore. The money he raised, more than $300,000, went to support the empowerment programme in Varanasi.