Charitable Work
The patron of several international charities, Zerbanoo founded the ASHA Foundation and Centre and also helped set up the Charities Aid Foundation in India. She has been the Director of Anti-Slavery International and London Organiser for the homeless charity Shelter. She also set up the first Shelter shops in London when she was still a teenager.
- Founder of the ASHA Foundation
- Director of Anti-Slavery International
- Director of Charities Aid Foundation (India)
- London organiser for Shelter
- Patron of United Nations Year of Peace
- Patron of Asian Friends of the RSPCA
- Patron of United Religions Initiative
- Patron of Minorities of Europe
- Patron of Mummy’s House for Mumbai Street Children
- Advisory Board member of Public Concern at Work
- Friend of the Day Care Trust
- Council Member of the Voluntary Arts Network
- Board Member of the Independent Broadcasting Trust
- Co-founder of Warwick University Centre for Research Into Asian Migration
- Co-chair of the Dadabhai Naoroji centenary celebrations
- Vice-chair of the Community Sector of the Prince’s Youth Business Trust
- President of the Harrow Zoroastrian Association
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