UN accredited NGO to help 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi

June 28, 2015 11:16

A UN accredited global NGO, the Loomba Foundation, will provide vocational skills and training to 5,000 poor widows in Varanasi in an effort to create employment opportunities for them.

"The Foundation will provide vocational skills and training to the disadvantaged widows in garment making, hair and beauty, care nursing, hospitality and retail sector, which will create employment opportunities for them," NGO's founder Chairman Lord Raj Loomba CBE announced yesterday.

Cherie Blair, President of the Foundation, said that there were 258 million widows all over the world and 115 million of them lived in poverty. "Eighty-six million of them suffered physical abuse," she said, adding that it was a "global tragedy."

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