On
the occasion of Human Rights Day, Smile Foundation conducted
a Cyclothon in association with Jagan Instititute of Management
Studies, Rohini. This cyclothon was an initiative of Swabhiman
– the girl child and women empowerment programme of
Smile Foundation – and was conducted in order to make
people aware that girls and women in the country are still
not being given their rights. The event saw participation
of around 200 bicyclers. Lead actors of Smile Foundation’s
feature film I am Kalam, National Award winner Harsh Mayar
and Husaan Saad also participated in the cyclothon JIMS have
taken this step under their CSR initiative Karmaarth.
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Smile's children with JIMS students
bicycling for the same cause |
Speaking
about the initiative Mr. Harish Nandan Sahay –
Director, Smile Foundation, said “At
Smile Foundation, we work on development initiatives and sensitization
initiatives simultaneously. We at Smile believe, that sensitization
of people is crucial in getting individual participation in
bringing about desired social change. And we keep making such
innovative efforts in order to grab attention and individual
participation of maximum number of people towards causes like
education for children, empowering girls and women, livelihood
for youth and healthcare especially for women and children.” |
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Smile beneficiaries all set for cyclothon |
