WZO Trusts is pleased to share with their Donors, Friends, Well Wishers and Community Members, the following Summary of Funds Disbursed in India, for various welfare activities undertaken, during the course of Financial Year – April 2023 to March 2024. Parsi Times catches up with Mr. Dinshaw Tamboly, Chairman – WZO Trust Funds… PT: WZO Trust […]
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Sethna’s Scouting Society Celebrates Milestones! – Cub Pack Hits Century; Scout Troop – 110 Years; Sea-Scout Troop – 62 Years –
Sethna’s Scouting Society, 18th West Mumbai Scout Group, celebrated multiple milestones at Mumbai’s Allbless Baug, on 26th January, 2024, with its Cub Pack completing 100 years, its Scout Troop hitting 110 years and its Sea-Scout Troop completing 62 years. The function was presided by Chief Guest – Dinshaw Tamboly – Chiarman, WZO Trust Funds, alongside […]
Rustom Baug Celebrates Centennial Year
By Avan Navdar Rustom Baug marked the conclusion of its long-standing, splendid centennial celebrations on 22nd December, 2023, at the Rustom Baug grounds. Draped in fine evening wear, residents and guests assembled at the spectacularly adorned venue, immersing themselves in an evening of sheer delight and collective jubilation. The festivities were inaugurated by the charismatic […]
Rustom Baug Celebrates Centennial Year
Rustom Baug marked the conclusion of its long-standing, splendid centennial celebrations on 22nd December, 2023, at the Rustom Baug grounds. Draped in fine evening wear, residents and guests assembled at the spectacularly adorned venue, immersing themselves in an evening of sheer delight and collective jubilation. The festivities were inaugurated by the charismatic Dr. Mazda […]
Scylla Vatcha’s Portrait Unveiled At Navsari’s Senior Citizens Centre
WZO Trust Funds unveiled a portrait of Late Scylla Vatcha at their Bai Maneckbai P B Jeejeebhoy Senior Citizens Centre, at Navsari, on 20th October, 2023, in the presence of residents, trustees, administration and staff. The Centre considered Scylla Vatcha as their Patron Saint. She was also philanthropist and benefactor to thousands of Zoroastrians, an […]
WZO Trusts’ Update On Covid Welfare Initiative: Relief And Rehabilitation Programme
Our last (second) update was shared on June 6, 2020 (in Parsi Times) with donors, well-wishers and community members to apprise them of efforts undertaken by WZO Trusts to extend support to poor Zoroastrians affected financially due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. WZO Trust Funds shares the details of the third Update, as of 31st July, […]
Kudos To ‘Team Pehchaan’ For Food Distribution Drive
Established in 2018 and brilliantly spearheaded by dynamic Trustees Freyaz Shroff (Founder), Dinshaw Tamboly, Rashna Cooper and Ami Mediretta, ‘Pehchaan’ – an initiative of the KurNiv Foundation – has come a long way in supporting and promoting the education and overall wellbeing of children from the underprivileged strata of society. Team ‘Pehchaan’, comprising young and […]
WZO Trusts Despatch Relief Consignment To Mandvi And Mangrol Anjumans
WZO Trusts are pleased to inform that the first consignment of food grains and hygiene related utilities have been despatched on May 06, 2020 to Zoroastrians residing in villages of Mandvi and Mangrol areas, who have been financially affected due to the ongoing Covid19 – Pandemic. List of families affected financially due to Covid-19 Pandemic […]
The Covid Pandemic And Its Aftermath: The Long Road Towards Rehabilitation
The world over, people are presently wrestling with the unprecedented implications of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. It is a human crisis unlike any experienced earlier. By way of providing immediate relief during the pandemic, we – The World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust and The WZO Trust Funds – have played a reasonably proactive role by supporting from […]
Rural Zoroastrians Of South Gujarat – Their Tryst With Destiny
In 1987, Dr. Cashmera P Bhaya conducted a sample (not census) socio-economic survey of poor Zoroastrians residing in the villages of South Gujarat. She identified 687 Zoroastrian families from 209 villages living in miserable conditions, many of them way below the poverty line, which in those days was pegged at an annual family income of […]
It’s Time For IUU 2019!!
PT: Tell us how it all began. Dinshaw Tamboly: In June 2014, H’ble PM Narendra Modi, just a couple of weeks after assuming office as Prime Minister, invited Dasturji Khurshed, Homai Engineer, late Jehangir Cama and me – as we were connected with Foundation for Development of Udvada (FDU) – to meet him and discuss […]