The Loomba Foundation Gala Diwali Dinner 2008 - helping poor widows and educating their children

Start: Nov 5 2008 - 6:00pm

Event Description:

The Loomba Foundation was founded by Raj Loomba who dedicated himself to improve conditions for widows and their children around the world. The Loomba Foundation presently educates over 3,600 children of poor widows in all the 29 states of India. We also support 1,500 HIV orphans in South Africa in partnership with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Unite.

Join us at the Gala Diwali Dinner to help poor widows and educate their children around the world!
The Essex House, New York
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
www.theloombafoundation.org

The 2008 Honorees to be celebrated at this year's Loomba Foundation Gala Diwali Dinner will be announced soon.

Past honorees include:
First Lady Laura Bush; Dr. Craig Barrett, Chairman of Intel; Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India; Yoko Ono and Rachel Mayanja, UN Deputy Secretary General. We will update this site when further information is available.

To make reservations or to donate: http://www.theloombafoundation.org/events/081105_diwali_2008_reservation.html

To learn more about the Loomba Foundation visit:
www.loombafoundation.org or visit our page on facebook.

If you have any questions:
visit: www.theloombafoundation.org
contact Ann Nicol at 646-438-1214
email anicol@theloombafoundation.org

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