Last weekend, to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary we made a short visit to Mumbai to visit the projects we support through our family charity #ChildAction More than 15 years ago I had the privilege of participating in a Channel 4 Documentary that introduced me to NGOs that I fell in love with. Bina Lashkari of #DoorStepSchool and Shweta Chari of #Toybank took my breath away with their vision for ensuring children of migrant workers or remote/challenged communities could access education in a fun and accessible way. I pledged that I would raise £1mill for programmes that help such kids in my lifetime and I’m excited to say that, 16 years on, we are 3/4 of the way there already thanks to the incredible support of so many friends, well wishers and our family. Special special thanks to my husband Sanjay Sharma, Anita Goyal and Avnish Goyal of the Hemraj Goyal Foundation and my childhood friend from the International School of Lusaka Zambia David M , all of whom have donated quietly and RELENTLESSLY for YEARS to bring this vision to life. A huge thank you to our family’s children Anushka Sharma, Shivani Sharma, Nikhil Bahal and Esha Bahal who are our youth ambassadors and have hosted charity fashion shows and other fundraisers. They have discovered that the joy that comes from helping others is like no other. May you go from strength to strength Bina and Shweta! Celebrating your work was the best pearl anniversary celebration we could have asked for. 🎉 (fb)

Happy Diwali from all of us at Child Action! May love and light always light your path to enlightenment and prosperity 🙏🏽 (fb)