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 […]
WZO Trust is pleased to inform donors, well wishers and community members, an update of the various relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken by the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust Funds, in joint initiative with the Kinder Trust, towards the devastating Kerala Floods which caused massive destruction to life and land. The first public appeal for funds […]
Under the Entrepreneurship scheme launched by World Zarathushti Chamber of Commerce – India Region (WZCC-I) and the WZO Trust Funds (WZOTF), to support Zarathushti Entrepreneurs by funding selected projects in India on liberal terms, 3 entrepreneurs have been selected after a rigorous three-stage process and Rs. 25 lakhs disbursed as loans to each. The three […]
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 […]