Along with saluting the vital role that women play in families, communities...and the world, we have a lot to celebrate this spring. Our President HRH The Prince of Wales toasted the progress of the Trust and the people behind it during a special dinner at St James's Palace and we celebrated the British Asian Sports Awards' 10th anniversary and our second as their charity partner.  You can see us at work on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and our website. Take a look and donate now.

Manoj Badale, Chairman

She has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of poor women. Her pioneering social enterprise work is being replicated around the world; and people cross continents just to visit her charities in rural Maharashtra, India. Read more about Chetna Sinha and Mann Deshi Business School.

Eight years ago, Fatima Najm decided she wanted to use the skills she honed in newsrooms and on field assignments to alleviate poverty and suffering in the most remote corners of the globe. And so was born Creatives Against Poverty, a Trust partner. Read more...

Farzana Sial’s life has been marked by struggles, but that only fuels her determination to ensure that girls get an education in the isolated village in Sindh, Pakistan where she lives and teaches at a Developments in Literacy school. Despite deep resistance, Farzana succeeded in keeping her school open. Now the children aren’t the only ones learning how to read, she is teaching their mothers too.

Most people wouldn’t choose to spend time in South Asia’s largest slum  In fact, sometimes just the mention of the notorious slum of Orangi makes people withdraw. Not so for Nermeen Islam. More...

Come with us to Pakistan via our blogs. Visit South Asia’s largest slum; join us in the operating theatre as 1,300 patients wait for their sight to be restored; and travel with us to flood-ravaged Khairpur . In all these places you will find Trust charity partners at work transforming lives and communities. Read our blogs here...
 

Savour the Southern Indian coastal cuisine of chef Sriram Aylur at London’s Quilon Restaurant and help The British Asian Trust at the same time. Throughout the month of April, Quilon is supporting The Trust by inviting guests to add £1 per table to their bill for our crucial work in South Asia and the UK. More...