{"id":1888,"date":"2023-05-30T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/md-ht-3.bigrock.tempwebhost.net\/~apacewut\/loomba-foundation.com\/?page_id=1888"},"modified":"2025-03-15T11:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T11:47:42","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/?page_id=1888","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1888\" class=\"elementor elementor-1888\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1893fa3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1893fa3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f962c56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f962c56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner \">\r\n<ul class=\"breadcrumbs none-style\">\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"active\"><a>Our Work<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"active\">Education<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<style>\r\n.inner ul li {\r\n    float: left;\r\n    font-size: 15px;\r\n    padding: 0px 9px;>\r\n}\r\n.inner ul li::after {\r\n    position: absolute;\r\n    content: \"\uf10a\";\r\n    font-family: Flaticon;\r\n    top: 50%;\r\n    left: 55px;\r\n    margin-top: -17px; \r\n    font-size: 9px;\r\n    color: #009688;    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;\r\n}\r\n.inner ul li.active::after {    position: absolute;\r\n    content: \"\uf10a\";\r\n    font-family: Flaticon;\r\n    top: 50%;\r\n    left: 140px;\r\n    margin-top: -17px;\r\n    font-size: 9px;\r\n    color: #009688;\r\n    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;\r\n}\r\nul.breadcrumbs.none-style {\r\n    margin: 0px;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5421a87 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5421a87\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eb5b0a ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"7eb5b0a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f93660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f93660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Educating Children of <br> Poor Widows<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4217b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4217b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Perceived as a curse rather than a misfortune, it is an unending cycle of deprivation and consequences that\u00a0 last\u00a0 for many decades. Faced with this reality the Loomba Foundation took it upon itself to fund the\u00a0 education of children of widows who were financially deprived. The mission\u00a0 was to transform lives not only of the window but their families as a whole.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c316056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c316056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">According to the 2011 census, when India\u2019s population was 121 crore there were as many as 4.6 crore widowed women completely outnumbering men. This gives a fair idea that by this time, that is 2023, the number must have dramatically increased given that India is fast approaching to be a country with the largest population in the world. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">While in the urban areas, widows had some financial support, those coming from rural segments do not have any support system or any tangible means to take care of themselves or their children, leave alone educating them. Tradition and society do not encourage remarriage be it in rural or urban areas and in any case to find a life partner is not easy considering that widowhood is considered a stigma.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">This leaves them at the mercy of others and closes almost all options.\u00a0 On the employment front, if rural women have very limited options, in the urban areas, they find it difficult to cope with pressures of a job because of the blow Destiny has inflicted upon them.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Though there are laws created for the betterment of widows, these do not get the desired results. Apart from not being fairly represented, it takes years for them to get the justice they deserve. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">They also get a raw deal at the hands of their relatives who often deprive them of their due in case she inherits her husband\u2019s assets. Half of the cases regarding inheritance or property disputes don&#8217;t even get registered because of the stigma that widowhood brings.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Absence of financial support adversely affects the lives of their children and takes a toll on their education. In majority of cases, the kids are forced to take up menial and odd jobs to supplement the family income.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Perceived as a curse rather than a misfortune, it is an unending cycle of deprivation and consequences that last for many decades.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Faced with this reality the Loomba Foundation took it upon itself to fund the education of children of widows who were financially deprived. The mission was to transform lives not only of the widows but their families as a whole.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in; padding-bottom: 20px;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">It was in 1999 that the Loomba Foundation launched the \u00a0Delhi State Programme funding 49 girls and 51 boys up to secondary graduation as also facilitate those who wanted to go for higher studies. The programme was inaugurated by the Foundation in India on 30th of March 1999 by the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. This was but a baby step of an ambitious programme which was to target funding \u00a0the education of at least 100 children from all over India. This is a need based programme irrespective of caste, creed, religion or gender.<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9147 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Vision-and-Mission.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1966\" height=\"1403\" \/><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; padding-top: 40px;\">This unbiased approach not only helped educate needy children but also gave them the confidence to face the world as also make them feel wanted.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Following their selection, the Foundation opens a bank account in the joint names of the mother and the child, and automatically transfers the scholarship sum into that account each month. Each Loomba scholar is guaranteed a funding of Rs. 500 per month for at least a five-year period. No payments are made to any third parties or mediators. This guarantees transparency as also facilitates the money directly reaching those who need it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">In the same spirit, the Loomba Foundation\u2019s programme launched a programme on humanitarian ground in January 2001 when the cyclone devastated homes in the state of Odisha. The natural disaster had resulted in \u00a0thousands of deaths leaving many kids orphaned. Three weeks later another disaster struck, this time in Gujarat: the earthquake in Bhuj killings some several thousand\u00a0 people and injuring lakhs.\u00a0 It also ravaged homes. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">The Loomba Foundation was quick to respond through its programme to educate 50 children from Bhuj and 50 from Ahmedabad and surrounding areas. This programme was launched on 5th\u00a0 November 2001 by Edward Marsden, the then chairman of the British Council in India. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">This followed many more initiatives: On 18th January 2002, India&#8217;s then Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, launched the Rajasthan State Programme to educate 100 children of poor widows; the same year in July, the Punjab State Programme started with 100 students, this being one of four launched in 2003; the \u00a0Andhra Pradesh State Programme with 100 Loomba scholars \u00a0was launched on 5th of January; in July of that year, 66 girls and 34 boys in the State of Haryana became Loomba scholars and on 8th September, the Uttarakhand Pradesh programme for 110 scholars was launched. The last leg was handpicking 100 scholars: a programme inaugurated by the then Deputy Prime Minister of India, Shri L.K. Advani in the State of Arunachal Pradesh in the far north-east of the country. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">The Loomba Foundation also partnered with the Sriram Welfare Foundation to deliver a jointly funded programme in the State of Tamil Nadu for 200 beneficiaries,which was \u00a0launched on 13th January 2004. It was at the end of that year, on 26th of December that\u00a0 tsunami struck, with devastating consequences for the entire region. The worst affected area in India was the Tamil Nadu district of Nagapattinam, where more than 6,000 fatalities were reported. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">True to its grain, the Loomba Foundation responded by establishing an extended scholarship programme in the State for a further 500 girls and boys, mainly kids of fishermen, \u00a0who had been orphaned. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">The year of 2005 saw the introduction of six more State programmes in Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. This was followed by programmes for 100 children each\u00a0 in the States of Assam, Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, bringing the total number of Loomba scholars to 3,610.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The Loomba Foundation supported 18 students of widows selected from different states of India for higher studies too. It financed their education for a four year B.Tech Degree Course absolutely free of cost from Lakshmi Narain College of Technology in Bhopal. Thanks to this aid, these students are now gainfully employed and leading a life of self respect and dignity: exactly the way the Loomba Foundation had envisioned.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Having achieved their target of educating 100 children of poor widows in each of India\u2019s 28 states, the Loomba Foundation broadened its outreach programme. To date, more than 10,000 children of poor widows have received Loomba scholarships for at least five years at a stretch, directly impacting and transforming the lives of 60,000 people in their\u00a0 families. Today, the original Loomba scholars have completed their education and started building their careers on a rock solid foundation. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"background: white; margin: 12.0pt 0in .0001pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The Loomba Foundation\u2019s Education Programme would not have been possible without the generous support of our partners and donors, with individual benefactors including Shamin and Shiraz Lalji, Sheetal and Ricky Kapoor, Martin Ciupa, Sir Richard Branson, Briyesh Nayyar among others, organizations including Sriram Welfare Foundation, the Hinduja Foundation and Rotary India Literacy Mission, and corporate partners including BT and Mellon Group Europe. The Loomba Foundation has always been blessed <\/span><i style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.3px;\">\u201cwith help to those who seek for it\u201d <\/i><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">and with dedicated team efforts and true intentions reached success by transforming so many lives over the years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32939bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32939bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2e443a ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"f2e443a\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Education initiative by The Loomba Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d725ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d725ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our work to help widows and their children has spanned quite a few programs and countries like Sri Lanka , Bangladesh, Nepal, Syria, Kenya, Uganda , South Africa, Malawi, Rawanda, Chille, Guetmala and India since we started our charity in 1997.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41d292f elementor-widget elementor-widget-ibutton\" data-id=\"41d292f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ibutton.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ot-button\">\r\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/activity-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"octf-btn octf-btn-main\">Now info<\/a>\r\r\n\t    <\/div>\r\r\n\t    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-389225c ot-column-items-center ot-flex-column-vertical\" data-id=\"389225c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4b53ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4b53ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/loomba.map.studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/B-Tech-students-at-Lakshmi-Narain-College-of-Technology-Bhopal.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-pulse-grow attachment-full size-full wp-image-10262\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a70229 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a70229\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Education: Breaking the cycle of deprivation<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b5409e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b5409e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Foundation supported 18 children of poor widows children in B. Tech Degree Courses\u00a0 \u00a0from Lakshmi Narain college of\u00a0 Technology in Bhopal. 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