The ASHA Centre in Gloucester United Kingdom welcomed 19 young Zoroastrians from all over the world for a 10 day leadership forum starting from Friday March 16th to 25th 2018. Mentored and conceptualized by our dear friend Zerbanoo Gifford, and led by Mark Gifford and Adrian Lochner, the 10 day event bring Zoroastrian young leaders from Zarathushti diasporas all over the world to meet, interact, discuss and deliberate in issues revolving around the community, faith, religion and the role that the youth can play in taking the torch forward in the years to come.

The first of its kind ever, this Forum came about as an idea during Zerbanoo Gifford and Farida Master’s book tour in the summer of 2017 in United States. Sanaya Master a young Zarathushti leader interning at the ASHA Centre took this up as a project and helped facilitate the entire event, from inviting participants to arranging the program and a myriad other activites that goes into getting these 19 participants from India, Pakistan, USA, Canada, United Kingdon, Australia and New Zealand. During the 10 days, the participants will have opportunities to travel around Gloucester, including trips to Oxford University and over the border into Wales.

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