For over a year now, Team WAPIZ, dedicated to community service for decades, has been making a difference in the lives of the community’s underprivileged, especially neglected seniors. Team WAPIZ has been diligently working towards providing our silvers a more hygienic home to live in, with dignity. Recently, a request for help was received for […]
In keeping with the overwhelming response received to PT’s coverage of WAPIZ rescuing the Contractor Baug siblings – Gershasp and Mitra, from their dishevelled and unhygienic conditions, the following is the update. Under the ‘Helping Hands for Seniors’ project by WAPIZ, which caters to the rescue and wellbeing of needy and senior citizens of the […]
Parsi Pride And Parsipanu Dear Readers, We enter the second month of the year with a renewed sense of faith and pride in our Parsipanu, as some of our stalwarts successfully restrengthen the glorious Parsi legacy, in terms of both – exceptional achievements and exemplary deeds of service. The community rejoiced on the eve of […]
On 26th January, 2024, the Parsi social media network was all abuzz with videos and pictures displaying the absolutely impoverished and helpless condition of a family comprising a brother and sister, Mitra and Gershasp – both senior citizens, residing on the ground floor, in Contractor Baug. Mitra was seen lying on the floor, unable to […]
Give… But Smartly! This is the smart era – there’s smart phones, smart TVs, smart everything these days, except of course for smart people. Maybe this is the downside of modern technology – it robs us, bit by bit, of our self-reliance, in the name of convenience. It started a few decades ago, with the […]
The recently launched initiative for the community’s elderly – ‘WAPIZ Helping Hands For Seniors’ has been extending help to the needy and helpless silvers of our community. Headed by Anahita Desai and Karryesh Patel, the benevolent team has been making a huge difference in the lives of to our community’s unfortunate and underprivileged seniors. “It’s […]
On 30th May, 2019, WAPIZ organized a condolence meeting for the community, in honour of the late Dastur Dr. Kaikhusroo Dastur Minocher JamaspAsa, at Banaji Atash Behram Annexe Hall at 6:30 pm. The condolence meeting paid tribute to late Dasturji Dr. Kaikhusroo M. JamaspAsa, who, after living a long and fulfilling life of 87 years, […]
Greatly Benefit Community WAPIZ conducted its second much-needed, Free Breast Cancer Detection Camp, on 19th May, 2019, at Navroze Baug. This marks the second camp, in a long series of such camps to be conducted across the Baugs in Mumbai, over the next few months. WAPIZ has undertaken this venture in order to provide free […]
WAPIZ has tied up with the Dr. N K Dhabhar Trust to hold FREE Breast Cancer Camps for the first time in all Parsi colonies and Baugs, starting out with the first camp to be held in Godrej Baug on Sunday 12th May, 2019. These camps will have a team of doctors and technicians who will […]
World Alliance of Parsi and Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ) organised their periodical Lucky Draw on 18th September, 2017. To ensure fair play, WAPIZ Trustee, Meher Panthaki was blindfolded and picked winners Sid Chinwalla and Armin Bhathena, who would be entitled to gift vouchers worth Rs 20,000 from an establishment of their choice. The 2 prizes are […]
“This venture was initially started by two residents of the Gamadia Girls Hostel. On visiting the Agiaries, they felt that their contribution towards the maintenance of our holy places could prove to be useful. They approached WAPIZ for guidance to help them get started and help them with basic cleaning amenities,” said Anahita Desai, who […]