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WZO Updates – Summary of funds disbursed 2023-24

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WZO Trusts are pleased to share with their Donors, Friends, Well Wishers and Community Members a summary of funds disbursed in India for various welfare activities undertaken during the course of Financial Year April 2023 to March 2024.

We extend sincere gratitude and appreciation to donors who have contributed towards various charitable causes that have brought relief into the lives of community members in need.

Team WZO Trusts

THE WZO TRUST FUNDS

THE WZO TRUST FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN

THE WORLD ZOROASTRIAN ORGANISATION TRUST

 
 

DETAILS OF FINANCIAL HELP DISBURSED 

DURING FY APRIL 2023 TO MARCH 2024 

 
Sr. No.  PURPOSE No. of

Beneficiaries

 Amount

(INR)
1 MEDICAL

 

 665 69,164,423
2 EDUCATION

 

 213 14,782,481
3 RELIEF FROM POVERTY

a) Quarterly Financial Help

b) Lumpsum

  

571

1048

  

34,983,000

13,713,478
4 FINANCIAL HELP TO MOBEDS

a) Quarterly Financial Help

     i) Senior Mobeds

    ii) Senior Widows of Mobeds

b) Lumpsum to Mobeds

  

 

117

31

96

  

 

17,550,000

4,836,000

5,693,121
5 DONATIONS TO FIRE TEMPLES

For Repairs and Kathis 

 11 9,113,280
6 QUARTERLY FINANCIAL HELP TO

a) Economically challenged Senior Citizens

b) Pall Bearers

c) Atashbehram & Agiyaries Helpers

  

192

65

147

  

11,520,000

5,850,000

8,820,000
7 FINANCIAL REHABILITATION

of individuals in economic distress

 29 3,232,391
8 A) FARMERS’ WELFARE

     towards sustaining their livelihoods

B) Converting Huts to Cottages

C) Repairs to Cottages

 4

 

6

8

 885,000

 

1,669,000

1,203,500
9 SELF EMPLOYMENT 13 6,326,000
10 FOODGRAINS AND

FOOD PACKETS DISTRIBUTION

 1075 6,648,058
11 YOUTH ACTIVITIES   4,972,628
12 BOOKS & PERIODICALS   424,500
13 GENERAL EXPENSES   2,302,388
14 SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE, NAVSARI   9,754,413
15 SANJAN SANATORIUM   1,006,913
16 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

(1.95%  of total disbursements / expenses)

   4,671,916
 

 

 

  

GRAND TOTAL

  

4291

  

239,122,490

 

 Very Sincerely,

Team WZO Trusts

PGH & RTI Collaborate with Seva Kitchen

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The Sir Ratan Tata Institute is happy to collaborate with the Seva Kitchen initiative to provide free meals to OPD patients & admitted patient’s relatives at the B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital.
While patients are being looked after and treated at the hospital, the relatives or care givers often neglect their own well-being as they physically and emotionally deal with stress of an ailing family member.
The Seva Kitchen has offered a commendable solution to connect donors with the people who need a free meal. Patient’s relatives or OPD patients themselves can register at the hospital reception and collect a Seva Kitchen free meal coupon, which they then redeem at the PGH Cafeteria managed by RTI. The complete process is based on a seamless technology to track the coupons availed of and the payment is made directly by the donor to RTI for the

 meals served. We hope to serve more and more meals and know that the community will continue to donate generously for those who need it most.
Donors can donate meals in multiples of 100 and you have the option to donate as many meals as you wish. The best part – when your first meal and last meal is served, you will  receive a login ID and password so you can track every donated meals.The donor community is connected on a WhatsApp group. If you wish to be part of the donor community call Khushroo Poacha on 9561011264 or log on to http://www.sevakitchen.org

I would like to donate – is there a minimum amount?

Yes, the minimum amount is the cost of 100 meals. Donations can be committed in multiples of 100 meals. Donations can be made in Indian Rupees only, at the moment

How do I go about it?

  • Once you have taken a decision to donate, you may send a Whatsapp to Khushroo Poacha on 9561011264 along with the no. of meals you intend to donate.
  • You will be added to a Whatsapp Group at the bottom of the list of donors in that Group.
  • As the earlier donors complete their commitments, your name will come to the top of the list.
  • When your first meal is served, you will receive a login ID and password, so that you can track every donated meal, including the name and mobile number of the donee. This is when your Seva starts.

 

When do I make payment?

  • As soon as your commitment is reached, you will receive a message in the group to make payment directly to the contractor concerned (in this case RTI) via UPI / PayTM / GPay.
  • On making payment, you may ask the contractor to give you a receipt for the amount paid, if you so desire.

 

Is there any administrative cost / overhead which the organisers / intermediaries deduct?

There is no administrative cost / overhead deducted. The entire amount that you commit, goes directly the benefit of the beneficiary.

 

I have committed for 100 meals, but I am asked to pay for less number of meals, why is that so?

When you commit to 100 meals, 100 token numbers are allotted to you. Sometimes, it so happens that the beneficiary may forget to encash the token because of various reasons – he may forget, his token gets damaged, etc. In such cases, that token is treated as invalid and hence your commitment is reduced only to the number of tokens encashed.

 

Is this a genuine scheme?

YES – this is operating in more than 10 hospitals in the country, including Tata Memorial Hospital and Parsee General Hospital

 

 

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FOR THOSE OPERATING THE SCHEME AT THE HOSPITAL

 

Issuing Tokens

Tokens will be issued by the Reception or Social Worker assigned by the Hospital. It is recommended that at least 3 people be assigned to issue tokens based on the needs of the beneficiaries.

  1.  You will be provided a handheld Android Device which will print Tokens on thermal paper
  2.  Once you run the Seva Kitchen App on the device, you will be asked for your Userid and Password
  3.  As you login, you will have 3 options:
    1. Print Token – tap on this option to print a token, one at a time
      1.  Enter the Name of the Beneficiary
      2.  Enter his Mobile No.
      3.  Take a photo of his id – Aadhaar Card or any other
      4.  Print Token – the system will automatically record the issue of the token which can be handed over to the beneficiary
    2.  Reports – This allows you to take reports of tokens issued / redeemed for any period – for one day or multiple days
    3.  Settings
    4.  Logout
  4.  Each person operating the device should login to operate the system and logout when he hands it over to another person

Redeeming Tokens

  1. You will need to download an app on your mobile phone.
  2. Once a beneficiary offers the token as payment for a meal, you just need to scan the QR Code available on the token.
  3. The system will automatically record the redemption of the token and nothing else needs to be done.

Seva Kitchen – Khushroo Poacha

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Seva Kitchen was conceived in 2014 by Khushroo Poacha, a railway employee whose mother was admitted in hospital for brain surgery at the time. Standing at a tea stall near the Central India Institute of Medical Science (CIIMS), Khushroo noticed over that period, that there were many people who had come from far-flung rural areas to visit a city hospital for treatment.

Apart from the anxiety of waiting for their loved ones’ recovery, they could scarcely afford lodging and had to manage with make-shift shanties on the roadside. Further, with the hospital canteen shut on Sundays, they often had to struggle for food or cook a simple meal on the pavement with their meagre belongings. The idea for Seva Kitchen was born, when his mother suggested that he should do something to help these people. The idea of calling it Seva Kitchen, came with some deliberation. The name Seva Kitchen, quite literally, draws on the traditional value of selfless giving – a desire to serve or do Seva. Although it started off by making meals accessible to relatives of patients in hospital, the term Seva Kitchen continues to cover a broader ambit of addressing hunger needs. Towards this guiding principle is the belief that every kitchen, in every town, village or city is a Seva Kitchen, the provider of succor to those who are hungry, because every meal counts.

Today Seva Kitchen serves at 40 locations which includes Hospitals, Cancer Palliative Care Centers, Slum Schools. It also serves Grocery Kits to Cancer Patients every month.

It’s a unique initiative which does not have a bank account but has been serving lacs of people across the country.

If you wish to be part of this unique initiative log on to http://www.sevakitchen.org or call Khushroo Poacha on 9561011264 to know more about the initiative.

Medical Appeal – Kaizad B. Jokhi

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AN URGENT APPEAL FOR CONSIDERATION

 

Kaizad Baji Jokhi, is a 31 years young man, who is on sabbatical leave without pay since November 2021 from Delloite’s, a prominent accounting firm where he is employed as Deputy Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions.

 

Kaizad was diagnosed in November 2021to be suffering from MDS-AMI, (a form of blood cancer). He has undergone treatment over the last two years for which the family has spent their own funds as well as received some support for well-wishers and associations / trusts.

 

Kaizad is presently at Jaslok Hospital where he has received re-induction chemotherapy and has undergone full match MUD allogeneic bone transplant on October 28, 2023.

 

The total amount spent on treatment so far has amounted to Rs.12,000,000, with additional Rs.5,000,000 expected.

 

We are reaching out to the community all over the world to contribute their mite towards the treatment to be undertaken for this very humanitarian cause.

 

It has been discussed with family members and agreed to by them, that in the event of some amount being left surplus after completion of the treatment, WZO Trust Funds, will from the funds collected by them, credit the surplus amount to their ‘surplus medical funds’ account and utilise the same for medical appeals that may be required in future that require large financial outlays.

 

 

  1. A) FOR REMITTANCES FROM BANK ACCOUNT OVERSEAS IN USD

 

      Bank Details for remitting funds in US DOLLARS (USD) to Account of

      The WZO Trust Funds with State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch 

 

Correspondent Bank Bank Name State Bank of India

New York
SWIFT Code SBINUS33
For Credit To A/C No. with SBINUS33
77600125220002
Bank Name State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch
Address Main Branch, Parliament Street ,

New Delhi-110001
For Final Credit to Beneficiary Beneficiary A/c # 40088188141
Beneficiary Name The WZO Trust Funds
SWIFT Code of State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch SBININBB104

 

(Please request your Bankers to mention Purpose Code P1303 – Donations to Religious and Charitable Institutions – while making remittance by SWIFT/Wire, else our account may not get credited)

 

  1. B)FOR REMITTANCES FROM BANK ACCOUNT IN INDIA IN RUPEES

 

NAME OF BANK                    :           DEUTSCHE BANK

BRANCH NAME                     :           HAZARIMAL SOMANI MARG, FORT, MUMBAI

BRANCH ADDRESS              :           D B House, Hazarimal Somani Marg,

Fort, Mumbai 400 001

ACCOUNT TITLE                   :           THE WZO TRUST FUNDS

ACCOUNT NUMBER :                       400004256780019

ACCOUNT TYPE                   :           SAVINGS

IFSC CODE                            :           DEUT0784PBC

NOTE:

IFSC Code (DEUT0784PBC) is common for all Branches of Deutsche Bank

in India. If Khar Branch or any other Branch gets displayed while keying in this

IFSC Code please go ahead and complete the online transfer

 

Cheques from bank accounts in India made out in the name of

The WZO Trust Funds,

may be sent to:

C-1, Hermes House, 3rd floor,

Mama Parmanand Marg,

Opera House,

Mumbai 400004.

 

Very Sincerely,

Dinshaw K. Tamboly;

Chairman.

BAMJI SANATORIUM, NAVSARI

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A few years back the Bombay Parsi Punchayet embarked upon a development project for Building “C” of Bamji Sanatorium, Navsari. Despite  various hurdles and challenges the project has reached its legal completion in the tenure of the New Board of Trustees.  My Team and I have been able to complete the registration legalities of this project at Navsari on behalf of the Trustees. This project was special to my Yazdi and I am happy I could help in taking it forward.
Grateful and thanks to our  Advocates Benaz Bhamgara, Mangesh Chavan, our Navsari Advocate Tejas Kansara, Bldg Manager Adi Chavda.
Wishing similar success to the future projects of BPP.
Anahita Desai

UNVEILING OF SCYLLA VATCHA’s PORTRAIT  AT BAI MANECKBAI P. B. JEEJEEBHOY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE, NAVSARI

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UNVEILING OF SCYLLA VATCHA’s PORTRAIT 

AT BAI MANECKBAI P. B. JEEJEEBHOY

SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE, NAVSARI

&

GENESIS OF THE INSTITUTION

 TEAM WZO TRUST FUNDS

 

WZO Trust Funds unveiled a portrait of Late Mrs. 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 & staff.

 

For us at the Centre, we consider Mrs. Scylla Vatcha to be our patron Saint. She was also philanthropist and benefactor to thousands of Zoroastrians, a legend in her lifetime who will never be forgotten.

 

After the portrait was unveiled, Mr. Dinshaw Tamboly spoke to the gathering and informed all about the very interesting sequence of events that led to the establishment of the Centre.

 

In Dinshaw Tamboly’s words:

 

“It was sometime in 1992 that a Parsi gentleman, working with Central Bank of India, came to meet me at my office and conveyed that he was single, had no relatives and due to retire in 1995. He mentioned that upon his retirement, he would seek my assistance to help him locate a suitable house at Navsari that he would purchase from the terminal benefits that he would receive, where he could spend his retired life in the company of five to six healthy Parsis of his age group, who like him were single.

 

I conveyed to him that I would help him in his quest; he was so keen that he began to visit me at my office ever so often and kept on reminding me of my commitment. Finally, in 1995 when he did retire, he asked me to begin scouting for suitable premises. After a bit of effort, a suitable house was located and he was informed to meet the owner and finalize the terms.

 

That was the last I heard of the gentleman; he seemed to have simply vanished into thin air, not accepting the few reminder ‘phone calls that I made to him.

 

It is truly said that wonders are performed by Divinity in mysterious ways. Just a couple of days after we had given up on the gentleman and his project, Bachi & I were invited to a social gathering at the residence of late Thrity & Homi Taleyarkhan, where Scylla was also present.

 

During the course of our conversation, we mentioned to her about our experience with the concerned gentleman. Scylla being the dynamic and vibrant person she was requested us to meet her a couple of days later at her residence.

 

At that fateful meeting at her residence, Scylla informed Bachi & me that she saw merit in what the gentleman had conceived and conveyed to us to prepare a project for a facility that could be established at Navsari where ‘Zoroastrian Senior Citizens’ who were healthy and active, capable of looking after their biological needs could reside with self-respect and dignity.

 

She made it very clear that the concept she had in mind was not that of an infirmary, as such facilities were already available at Mumbai, Surat & Navsari.

 

Scylla laid down three basic conditions, viz. that the facility should be planned in a predominantly Parsi precinct, should be close to a shopping area, and be near to an Agiyari.

 

Providence is known to create opportunities for things done with good intent. Within a few days, we were fortunate to locate suitable premises that met all the three conditions laid down. We prepared a blue print for the project, had rough architectural plans and costs prepared and presented them to Scylla. In true style, in keeping with her dynamism, Scylla approved the project within a fortnight and gave us the green signal to go ahead with purchasing the property, appoint an architect, float tenders, obtain quotations for construction, and put the project in fast forward mode.

 

The entire project from purchasing property, constructing the entire building, bearing cost of furniture, fixtures and furnishing were all borne by the Trustees of Bai Maneckbai P. B. Jeejeebhoy Deed of Settlement Fund.

 

Construction of the Centre began in mid-1995 and the magnificent structure spread over ground + five floors (20,000 sq. feet) was ready for occupation by end 1997. The Centre was formally opened on January 06, 1998 in the presence of large number of guests and media in attendance.

 

Scylla being the visionary she was, had foreseen that some residents as they progress in age would become bed ridden and unable to continue residing at the Centre and their families too would not be able to look after them. She therefore whilst the Centre was being constructed arranged for construction of a separate building at the Parsi Infirmary at Navsari, where our residents could be shifted under their care. Such was dear Scylla – A Woman of Stature & Substance”.

 

After the unveiling of the portrait and the genesis shared by Dinshaw Tamboly, some of the residents spoke about their life changing experiences at the Centre and showered their appreciation upon Scylla Vatcha, who was the visionary behind the creation of such a vibrant institution

 

Footnote:

 

The Centre has since its opening been a vibrant institution, blessed to be generally running to full occupancy, filled with positive energy, where residents reside in comfort, enjoy a very stress free pleasant life style where they mingle with each other, their needs being catered to the best extent possible.

 

Our residents are encouraged to go out in the mornings and evenings, a chemist visits them every day to take their orders for medicines that are delivered to them. Physiotherapy and yoga sessions are held every alternate day, residents are taken on outings to our Sanatorium at Sanjan, and from there to Iranshah at Udvada.

 

Frequent outings in evenings are arranged at various places of interest at Navsari and at times residents are treated to dinner at popular restaurants that provides a change of scene.

 

In case of illnesses requiring hospitalisation, we have arrangements with D. N. Mehta Sarvajanik Hospital, a leading hospital at Navsari, where we have created a WZO Trust Funds Ward where our residents are provided treatment.

 

The icing on the cake of the eventful and fulfilling journey that has completed 25 years has been solemnization of two marriages between our residents, one each in 2015 & 2016 which makes us feel proud that their marriages planned in heaven were solemnized at our Centre.

 

Our merry wagon continues on its journey that puts ‘life in to the days of our residents and not just days into their lives’. We repose confidence that Divinity will continue to bless our residents and our Centre for decades to come

 

Atha Jamyad, Yatha Afrinami.

 

 

Medical Appeal for URGENT consideration

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Dear Donors, Friends, Wellwishers,

We are circulating a public appeal as below, for funds required urgently towards medical treatment required for a young Mobed.

It will be appreciated if maximum possible support is extended for this very worthy cause.

Warm regards,

Dinshaw

Er. SHAHZAD D. HOZDAR

URGENT APPEAL FOR MEDICAL SUPPORT

 

Ervad Shahzad Darayus Hozdar, (28 years) has been diagnosed with High Grade Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS), a condition in which the bone marrow does not produce enough healthy blood cells. This puts Shahzad at a high risk of developing Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.

 

Unfortunately, Shahzad’s younger brother had passed away at the age of 20 years from the same dreaded AML. The family is devastated to face this nightmare again and are terrified at the prospect of losing another son.

 

Shahzad’s father (57) met with a severe car accident on 13th July, 2023 and having lost his job is presently serving as a Mobed.

 

Shahzad is currently not covered under any Medical Insurance Company. He had applied for insurance policy just 3 (three) months earlier resulting in Shahzad unable to make any claim in the first year from the insurance company for such a big illness.

 

Shahzad is a full-time priest practicing at N. R. Tata Agiary, Bandra West where he works on daily wages basis. Due to his illness, he is unable to work and has no income at present.  Shahzad got married eight months back in December 2022 to Natasha and was keen on starting a family. Unfortunately, the sad medical development has left the young couple devastated. Presently Natasha has sacrificed her job to look after Shahzad 24X7, as he needs to be kept in isolation to safeguard him from any infection. Thus, the family does not have any regular monthly income to fall back on.

 

Shahzad’s family has been informed by the attending doctors that the only cure for the AML disease is a Bone Marrow transplant. However, as Shahzad lost his younger brother in similar tragic circumstances just a few years ago, the procedure has become more complicated. The family has been further informed that, till such time a compatible match is found, Shahzad will have to undergo continuous treatment to control spread of the disease, which in medical terms is called “Maintenance”.

 

The need for funding has been broken up into two parts:

 

Medical expenses estimated towards Maintenance:

 

The break-up of expenses estimated by Doctors towards Maintenance are:

Rs.100,000 per month: Tablet Venetoclax 400 mg once a day (100 mg tablets).

Rs. 22,855 per month: Injection Decitabine 30mg, day 1 to day 5

Rs.130,000 per month: After adding on expenses various test and hospitalisation,

 

 

Medical Expenses estimated towards transplant after a match has been found:

 

Rs.6,000,000: (Rupees six million / sixty lakhs) as per present estimate.

 

The family is making efforts to register and obtain a similar match which is medically as close as possible to make the transplant successful.

 

 

Donors overseas are requested to send their remittances by way of SWIFT / WIRE transfer in US Dollars from their Bank account overseas or by online transfer or cheques in Indian Rupees from their Bank Account in India, detailed as under:

 

A) For remitting funds

     from Bank Account

     Overseas in

     US Dollars (USD)

 Correspondent Bank Bank Name State Bank of India

New York
SWIFT Code SBINUS33
For Credit To A/C No. with State Bank of India, New York
77600125220002
Bank Name State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch
Address Main Branch, Parliament Street New Delhi-110001
For Final Credit to Beneficiary Beneficiary A/c # 40088188141
Beneficiary Name The WZO Trust Funds
SWIFT Code of State Bank of India, New Delhi Main Branch SBININBB104
  NOTE: Please request your Bankers to mention Purpose Code P1303 (Donations to Religious and Charitable Institutions) while making remittance by SWIFT/ Wire, else Trust account

may not get credited
B) For remitting funds

     from Bank Account

     in India in Rupees

1) For issuing

    CHEQUES from

    Bank Account in

    India in Indian

    Rupees (INR)

    

  Cheques in INR may be made in favour of

THE WZO TRUST FUNDS

and sent to Trust Office as under:

The WZO Trust Funds

C-1, Hermes House, 3rd Floor,

Mama Parmanand Marg,

Opera House,

Mumbai 400 004

India
2) For remitting funds

ONLINE

from Bank Account

in India in Indian

Rupees (INR)

 

 

 

 Name of Bank         : DEUTSCHE BANK

Branch Name          : Hazarimal Somani Marg, Fort, Mumbai

Branch Address      : DB House, Hazarimal Somani Marg

Fort, Mumbai 400 001

Account Title          : The WZO Trust Funds

Account Number     : 400004256780019

Account Type          : Savings

IFSC Code               : DEUT0784PBC

NOTE:

IFSC Code (DEUT0784PBC) is common for all Branches of

Deutsche Bank in India. For example, if Khar Branch or any other Branch gets displayed while keying inputting this

IFSC Code, please go ahead and complete the online transfer

 

 

After doing online remittance / while sending the cheque, please inform us by e-mail on admin@wzotrust.com stating your address for sending our Receipt. If remittance / cheque sent in Indian Rupees please also inform us your PAN Card Number issued by the Indian Income Tax Authority.

 

We look forward to receiving support from community members for this very urgent and deserving medical case.

 

Dinshaw K. Tamboly

Chairman

The WZO Trust Funds

Farzan Ustad in Richmond students launch program to help peers with disabilities

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Three Richmond high school grads have developed a student program to educate and raise awareness about disability-related issues in the younger generation.

Inspired 2 Uplift (I2U), founded by MacNeill grads Farzan Ustad, Ali Azhar and Aidan Gibbons, focuses on tackling the stigma around disability and creating a more inclusive environment for students.

“We felt there’s always been a lack of communication between students with disabilities and students from the regular school. Just how we interact with each other and all those societal norms and stigmas,” said Gibbons.

“We felt it was always unfair to always put the stereotype on a community that has never really talked to or able to experience or be able to communicate and interact with.”

In April 2022, the trio, then in Grade 11, initiated I2U as Mission Unstoppable, initially focused on raising awareness for people with disabilities. They later pivoted towards offering concrete support to students in their school’s life skills department.

“We wanted to not only advocate and talk about these stigmas but to also show physically what we will do to erase them,” explained Gibbons.

The buddy program, offered in partnership with the life skills department, allows students from the regular school program to mentor and build connections with those in the life skills program who have intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Through the program, students work one-on-one to offer mentorship and support through different indoor and outdoor activities every week.

“The administration loved the idea because it’s something that has never been done before, at least in the Richmond School District,” said the trio, adding that making an impact on MacNeill’s students spurred them to work harder to raise awareness about the experiences of people with disabilities.

“I think the main disconnect has always been that… it’s always hard to connect with people that you don’t see every day. It’s normal human behaviour and we want to bridge that gap,” added Gibbons.

“It really comes down to giving us the ability to familiarize ourselves with the life school students and make them feel accepted not just in the life skills wing, but in the MacNeill community.”

Another co-founder, Ustad, said they are looking to expand the program to help other students globally.

“We want to eventually become a non-profit and an organization that supports students globally,” he said.

“We don’t know when we’ll get there, but we know that it is our goal to impact countless lives and not just in Richmond.”

I2U has since raised $300 for the Disabilities Rights Fund to empower people with disabilities in developing countries. The program has also donated more than $500 worth of school supplies to students at MacNeill secondary and Mitchell elementary schools.

https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/richmond-students-launch-program-to-help-peers-with-disabilities-7473065

Ervad Zarrir F. Bhandara is a true hero!

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 He has donated his platelets and plasma over 538 times, saving over 1,614 lives. His selfless act of compassion has helped countless people in need.

Ervad Bhandara is not only a lifesaver, but he is also an inspiration to us all. His dedication to helping others is truly remarkable. He is a role model for us all, and we should all strive to be more like him.

In his own words, “It is my passion to save lives, be it animals or humans which I do with compassion.” This statement perfectly encapsulates Mr. Bhandara’s character. He is a person who is driven by a deep desire to help others. He is not motivated by fame or recognition but by the simple act of making a difference in the world.

Ervad Bhandara’s story is a reminder that we all have the power to make a difference. We may not be able to donate platelets and plasma as often as he does, but we can all do something to help others. We can volunteer our time, donate to charity, or simply be kind to those around us.

Let us all follow Ervad Bhandara’s example and make the world a better place.

Caption: R to L Dr. Freddy Alamshaw, Dr. Jasmine Mistry, Zarrir Bhandara, PT Shazeen Siganporia, Dr. Raj Prasad, & (to be) Dr. Anjali Alamshaw

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