Lions Club of Bombay (Cuffe Parade), under the guidance of Lion Arnavaz Pithawalla executed a need based project at SEC (Society for the Education of the Crippled) Day School, on 24th January 2018. The club donated essential school items worth Rs. 1,33,000/-, including two computers donated by District Chairperson Lion Jeroo Contractor and two water purifiers […]
Promise Of Increasing Platform Height Comforts Community Over the past two weeks, our community has come together in support of Udvada’s Zoroastrian Museum manager, Aspi Sepoy, who met with a deadly accident at Udvada railway station on 15th September. As Aspi was about to board the Firozpur Janta Express that halted on platform number 3 […]
In the past, Parsi Times appealed to our community members to aid ‘JeevaMitra’- a Learning Space Foundation initiative by Genevieve Dubash, that provides food and shelter to stray animals. Parsi Times readers will be delighted to know that their generous donations contributed towards raising Rs. 5,25,000/- as part of ‘JeevaMitra’s Phase I’ initiative. These funds were […]
The Parsi Ambulance Division (PAD) celebrated Independence Day at its Headquarters in South Mumbai, on 18th August, 2017. Attended by its members, a flag hoisting ceremony was held in the morning. Established in 1904, Parsi Ambulance Division has been giving free ambulance service for the past 113 years within the municipal limits of Mumbai and […]
With respect to everyone’s beliefs, and with the main aim of shedding light on this topic, I share my knowledge and my beliefs on the concept of Organ Donation in order to provide clarity by doing away with any misinformation that may lead our Zarthostis to form opinions based on well-intentioned myths or worse, baseless […]
Over the past few weeks, Parsi Times has been the forerunner in appealing to the Community to come forward and donate funds towards the repairs and restoration of the Gamadia Boys Hostel at Tardeo, Mumbai, which has been in urgent need of repairs as it has been greatly inconveniencing young Parsi residents. Parsi Times is […]
18 જુન, 2017 ના રોજ, લાયન્સ પર્સી માસ્ટર, કેટી પટેલ, સાયરસ સુરતી અને લાયનના 45 સભ્યોએ ઉમંગની મુલાકાત લીધી હતી. ઉમંગએ બાલ આનંદનું વિસ્તર છે અને વિશ્ર્વ ચિલ્ડ્રન કલ્યાણ ટ્રસ્ટ જે ભારત હેઠળ ચાલે છે. માનસિક રીતે અક્ષમતા ધરાવતા સોળ બાળકોનું આ ઘર છે જ્યા તેમને વિવિધ તાલિમ આપવામાં આવે છે.
On 18th June, 2017, Lions Percy Master (Region Manager), Katy Patel (Zonal Manager), Cyrus Surti and 45 Lion members visited Umang – an extension of Bal Anand, run under World Children Welfare Trust, India. Home to over sixteen special children with special needs including cerebral palsy, mental/ physical disabilities, Umang is a 6 ½ acre […]
There are twenty times as many smartphone users as there are hungry children. If each of us gives a little, we could make a difference. ‘ShareTheMeal’ is an app that helps donate to hungry children in war-torn, poor and famine-struck areas. The cost of the meal is just Rs. 30/- per day, per child. You just […]
The Lions Club of East Bombay (LCEB) executed two need-based projects aggregating over Rupees One Lakh, over the month of March. On 14th March, 2017, seven Club members donated colourful desks, tables and chairs to the KPB Nursery School at Umtolpada, Gholvad, District Dahanu. The club also erected an attractive slide in the School Compound. […]