Triumph Freedom Ride to support girl child education

For the second consecutive year, Triumph Motorcycles India joined hands with Smile Foundation and dedicated the 15th of August i.e. Independence Day to the cause of child education. Commemorating 70 years of India’s independence, Triumph Motorcycles customers from all over the country came together to “Ride for Freedom” and raise awareness and support for the education of children under Smile Foundation’s Mission Education programme.

The event was held across twelve major cities of India including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kochi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Indore, and Jaipur. Each rider contributed by pledging his support towards the cause before beginning the ride. The rides were flagged off from the Triumph Dealership stores of the respective cities and culminated back at the dealerships.

Initiated in 2002, Mission Education is Smile Foundation’s flagship programme providing basic education and healthcare to underprivileged children, with the belief that education is both the means as well as the end to a better life because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood while also increasing one's awareness on a range of issues; in the process helping him/her evolve as a better citizen.

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Charity Dinner with Virat Kohli Foundation to support Empowerment of Children and Youth

Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Smile Foundation, to support the cause of empowerment of underprivileged children and youth. As a first step towards this endeavour, Virat hosted a one-of-its-kind charity dinner at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, and was joined by his colleagues Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkay Rahane, KL Rahul to support the cause of children and youth empowerment.

This uber luxury-experiential evening had a five course Michelin starred dinner curated by Chef Vikas Khanna for 200 influencers which included the likes of Akash Ambani, Gautam Singhania, Nandita Mehtani, Archana Kochhar, Tara Sharma, Nikhil Chaturvedi, Mr. Digvijay Singh Kathiwada to name a few.

Talking at the event Virat Kohli said , “The sole purpose behind this initiative is to raise awareness and support for the cause of education and skill training for the thousands of less privileged children and youth in India. I am glad to see the support that has come from all corners and this is just a humble beginning to spread smiles amongst the kids and youth. As a public personality, I realise that I have a huge responsibility on my shoulder to support causes that matter to the society the most and I am glad that my foundation – Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Smile Foundation towards this.”

The fund raiser also saw an auction of selective high-end luxury products and cricket memorabilia close to the heart of the star batsman and his cricketer friends. The amount raised will help support empowerment of underprivileged children and youth. The auction was conducted by Malcolm Todywalla from Todywalla Auctions.

The evening witnessed mesmerizing performances from Armaan Malik, Neeti Mohan, Sandip Soparrkar, Nitish Bharti, Invincible (led by Shraey Khanna) and Nitisha Nanda who performed at the event. Ms. Divya Khosla Kumar was announced as the Goodwill Ambassador with Smile Foundation to support its Mission Education initiatives and encourage talents in the field of music amongst the less privileged.

Our partners Hyatt Thrive, Soie, Cornerstone, Ravish Kapoor Innovative invitations, Business World, MSL Group, Khushi Ambient Media Solutions, Air France, Montegrappa, Tissot, Vertu and eminent artists like Anjolie Ela Menon, Seema Kohli, Suvigya Sharma and Babu Xavier too joined together in making the evening a grand success.

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Nelson Mandela Day celebrated at Mission Education centre, Dharavi

“Education is the window and mirror in which you can look at the world”

“Education is the key, seize the opportunity”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”

These and many more inspiring quotes of the great philanthropist Nelson Mandela adorned the walls of the classrooms at Mission Education centre in Dharavi, Mumbai as the South African Consulate chose to celebrate Mandela Day (Nelson Madela’s birthday: July 18) with Smile Foundation children this year.

Diplomats from the South African Consulate relived their childhood days as they joined the Smile kids – painting walls, singing, dancing and remembering the teachings of Nelson Mandela, all the time spreading good cheer. The Consulate also extended support towards the education of children under Mission Education programme.

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Training for the Empowering Grassroots programme gets a kick start.

Smile Foundation under its very prestigious programme Empowering Grassroots has partnered with Wild Ganzen to implement its first phase of CTG-Mobilizing Support Training. It is 10 day long certificate course is divided into three phase. The first phase is being organized from 24 – 28 May 2016 in New Delhi at Tivoli. The second and third phase will take place tentatively in July 2016.

Under this training 18 Participants from 11 Organizations are participating making it a Pan India level engagement with participants from the states of Karnataka, Calcutta, Delhi, Haryana, West Bengal, Orissa, Telengana, Jammu and Gujrat dedicatedly engaging in the training.

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Ramp for Champs completes 10th Edition

More than 30 celebrities, business leaders and artistes walked the ramp at the 10th edition of Smile Foundation’s Charity fashion initiative Ramp for Champs held at Orion Mall in Bangalore. Smile kids matched steps with these personalities and surprised everyone with their style and confidence. These underprivileged children were the real champs of the show as the whole evening had been organized for a sole purpose – to support their education.

The event was supported by Orion Mall, Orion Festival of Giving, Scullers, Central, Iris Home Fragrances, Fervour, Chicco India, Prasad Bidapa Associates, Banana Boat, Toscano India, Zara International Academy and The Children's Place which made it possible for the event to be a great success.

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Microsoft Day of giving -Bringing Smiles through Science

On 2nd March, 55 employees of Microsoft dedicated a day towards bringing smiles through science to the children at a mission education of Smile Foundation, Bengaluru. The introduction session started off with the employees putting across questions on computers and other IT related topics to the kids. The kids were excited to be meeting employees from Microsoft and this added to the energy in the event. The employees came with much enthusiasm and love to meet the children.

After a fun and energized ice breaker, the children and employees were paired in different groups. The pairing was done to ensure that each child got adequate time to engage with the employees. A majority of the children are first generation learner’s who don’t have a guide to look up to apart from those they meet at school so an engagement with the employees always plays a major role.

Each group was allocated a science related topic to name them, there were experiments on testing the weight of air, learning about the parts of the human body, exploring the layers of the atmosphere, understanding magnetic waves and learning about the water cycle.

The activity concluded with a presentation from each group. The children and employees innovated their presentation by adding a lively dance; this added a fun element to the end. It was a spirited way to end the activity.

As part of their other activities the employees also trained 10 teachers the uses of the KaHO app which will enable the teachers to alleviate their teaching process with effective communication. Microsoft donated Nokia phones to all the teachers to facilitate the use of the app in the school. In the end, Microsoft handed over goody bags for each child with things they could use for their upcoming exams and their best of wishes. The kids grew fond of the employees within hours and insisted they come back soon.

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Bengaluru hosts 5th edition of Cook for a Smile

The 5th edition of the unique charity cook-out “Cook for a Smile” presented by Mother’s Recipe, powered by RMZ Corp and supported by The Hindu was held in Bengaluru on Valentine’s Day. The event was a part of Smile Foundation’s nation-wide campaign ‘Nutrition for Education’, which aims at providing nutrition to underprivileged children to ensure better education and holistic development for them.

Amongst the participating corporate leaders were Mithun Appaiah (Vice President, Sales & Marketing, iD Fresh Food Ltd), Binod Homagai (Co-Founder, Wow Momos), Navneet Kapoor (President & Managing Director, Target India), Srinivas Prasad (CEO, Philips Innovation Campus), Pankajam Sridevi (Managing Director, ANZ Bengaluru Hub), Sandeep Arora (CEO AXA Business Services (AXA BS)), Pradipta Banerjee (Vice President - Human Resources, CGI), Pradeep Chaudhry (Country Manager, HARMAN India), Syed Fasihuddin (Vice President, Operations Desai Brothers Ltd, Pune) and N Tejasvi (Associate Director, Design- RMZ Corp).

Executive Chef Kunal Kumar from the Novotel Bengaluru Techpark along with his team ensured that the cook-out was smooth and hassle free. CNN IBN was the media partner for the event, and the other valuable partners who came together to endorse the cause of ‘Nutrition for Education’ were Tetley Tea, iD Fresh Food Ltd, Novotel Bengaluru Techpark and Business World.

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Corporate and youth run for child education with Smile at SCMM 2016

Over 1000 ran to support the cause of child education with Smile Foundation at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2016.

Life Insurance Corporation, SBI Life Insurance. Co. Ltd., Abbott Healthcare India, Capri Global Capital Ltd, State Bank of India, Prudential UK and Crown Worldwide Group, along with their employees wholeheatedly participated in the marathon. Their support and commitment has ensured education of more than 1500 children under Smile Foundation’s mission Education programme across India.

Bollywood actor Girish Kumar join the Smile team at the Cheering Zone and added to the excitement. Students from the Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, came together once again pulling crowds with their flash mob performance and helping spread awareness about the cause.

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FIS Global employees spend a day with Mission Education children

On 17th June 2016, FIS Global conducted an employee engagement activity at Mera Parivar, a Mission Education centre which it supports. 20 employees and 30 children took part in the activity, the theme of which was- Importance of Environment, which was celebrated in lieu of the World Environment Day (5th June).

The employees conducted a small session on the environment and the existing hazards to it. They imparted knowledge about the conservation of the environment and the three R’s which everyone should follow- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

The session was followed by a quiz among the kids on the same theme. The children were divided into groups and volunteers were allotted to them. The volunteers along with the children learnt how to make bags out of newspapers.

The children were taught about the importance of using paper and cloth bags and the disadvantages of the polythene bags. The children made beautiful bags out of the waste newspapers, which they had also carried back to their homes.

The activity ended with the distribution of refreshments and other interactions with the children. Both the volunteers and children had a great learning experience.

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Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation directly benefitting over 300,000 children and their families every year, through 158 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.

Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights – and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

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Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation directly benefitting over 300,000 children and their families every year, through 158 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.

Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights – and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

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Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation directly benefitting over 300,000 children and their families every year, through 158 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.

Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights – and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

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Smile Foundation is a national level development organisation directly benefitting over 300,000 children and their families every year, through 158 welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages and slums across 25 states of India.

Education is both the means as well as the end to a better life: the means because it empowers an individual to earn his/her livelihood and the end because it increases one's awareness on a range of issues – from healthcare to appropriate social behaviour to understanding one's rights – and in the process help him/her evolve as a better citizen.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

Doubtless, education is the most powerful catalyst for social transformation. But child education cannot be done in isolation. A child will go to school only if the family, particularly the mother, is assured of healthcare and empowered. Moreover, when an elder sibling is relevantly skilled to be employable and begins earning, the journey of empowerment continues beyond the present generation.

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