"We are inspired by the work you are doing to positively impact your community,” stated an invitation from The Obama Foundation to Delhi resident Feroza Jassawala to meet former US President Barack Obama with other "young Indian leaders from across the country for a conversation on what it means to be an active citizen and how the Foundation can help support emerging leaders.”
Jassawala communicated to Parsiana on email that she was the only Zoroastrian invited to the "town hall” (an event at which a politician or public official answers questions from the public) meeting on December 1, 2017 at Teen Murti Bhavan, Delhi. The ex President interacted with the select group of 200 invitees, "motivating them towards higher goals in community service and initiating welfare plans.” The single most important goal of the Foundation is lifting up, identifying, working with and training the next generation of world leaders, he said. "We give them the tools to forge ahead,” Obama revealed. He ended with these words of advice, narrates Jassawala: "The key to working for a cause is to identify what is right for you, find measures of courage to make your community, your country and the world better over time.”
A voluntary fund raiser for the Delhi Parsi Anjuman, Jassawala’s efforts to augment funds through stage plays have been lauded by the DPA (see "DPA reduces losses,” Events and Personalities, Parsiana, October 21, 2016).