Mumbai, 21st December 2016
It was a grand evening hosted by Raashi Anand of Lakshyam where renowned personalities, industrialist, designers and individuals came forward and appreciated an initiative by NGO Lakshyam. The evening took place at Jade Ballroom, Sahara Star in Mumbai in support with WCRC & Cancer Healer Centre.
The annual fundraising initiative Fashion For A Cause has a twofold objective that aims at garnering support from the society and raising funds for the existing programs for the girl child education & women empowerment.
It aims at raising funds for the underprivileged children; where in FFC 2016 strives to fight for Female Education. It will also help young girls to use education as a vaccine for violence.
The evening saw the best and the affluent names in the social circle from Mumbai, and Delhi – NCR walking the ramp such as Actor Anupam Kher, Actor Rajeev Khandelwal, Actor Jackky Bhagnani, Mountaineer Krushnaa Patil, Actress Mugdha Godse, Entrepreneur Kiran Bawa , Entrepreneur Keshav Bansal,, Consultant Neeraj Gaba,Socialite Arti Surendranath,Singer Shibani Kashpay, Dr Tarang Krishna, Abhimanyu Ghosh, Indian Television Academy Founder Anu Ranjan, and Television Actor Rohit Roy.
Also Lakshyam Kids from its Basti walked the ramp with these personalities and attires designed by the fashionistas such as Rohit Bal, Varun Bahl, Gauri Nainika, Ritu Kumar to name a few. The fundraiser event implemented by Lakshyam has an impact on 1500 direct beneficiaries & around 10000 indirect beneficiaries annually.
About Lakshyam
Lakshyam is a pan Indian NGO that works for uplifting several sections of the society. Ever since it’s inception in 2004, Lakshyam has engaged in a number of social welfare activities that aim to support women and children in different spheres of life, ranging from education to personal life.
We have striven to give love, faith and support to those who have been far too neglected to have hope in their hearts. Lakshyam is an enterprise that aims to locate communities that are in need of help and adopts them informally. Under our three programs, ‘Butterfly-Child welfare program’, ‘Rooh-women empowerment program’, and ‘Lakshyam Toy Library’, we have endeavored to protect human lives from the evils of poverty and helped them increase their standard of living. Our other initiatives include providing hygiene workshops, women empowerment classes, self-defense and education.
The Partners for the evening were –
Cancer Healer Center and WCRC as sponsor ,Ravish Kapoor as Invitation partner ,Bharat & Dorris as Hair, Fatmu as Make Up, Judith Leiber as Bag Partner, Souls Food as Gifting partner, Izaara as Jewelery partner and Imagine Ice as decoration partner