(File)The Hinduja Foundation has said the charity will extend its existing scholarships to 500 children of widows in India for the next five years. The funding is matched by the Loomba Foundation to provide a further 500 scholarships, “making a fantastic 1,000 in total,” he said. Hinduja was honoured on the occasion by Cherie Blair, President of the Loomba Foundation, by presenting him with a memento. “At present the Loomba Foundation is working in nine states and plan to cover the entire country,” he noted. There are over 259 million widows all over the world and 584 million people of their children are affected, according to World Widows Report.

Source: Indian Express October 14, 2016 10:07 UTC