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Education to Deprived Children

India is a country of contrasts! The country has as many as 53 billionaires; the fourth highest in the world. But the same country has over 3 million children living on the streets.

Among the world’s 10 richest people, four are Indians. On the other side, 17 million Indian children work as labourers.
India’s economy is galloping around 7% GDP growth. But also, 2 million children die before their first birthday due to lack of immunization and medical facilities!

The statement "Children are the future of the nation" stops making sense, then! In fact, it sounds like an ominous prophecy.

Smile Foundation believes that the desired changes in the lives of such children will come only when more and more privileged people start participating proactively in finding a solution. The Foundation also believes that the only way to ensure a better future for these children is by educating them.

That is because education is both the means as well as the end; it empowers these children and evolves them as better citizens.

Social Venture Philanthropy

Smile Foundation underscores the fact that helping is not simply a matter of dispersing money but of making a deep, long-term commitment and casting a hard eye on results. With this model, the Foundation partners with emerging and committed organizations for various programmes. It tries to build their capacity, training them to gradually sustain and scale up themselves and their activities. It initially offers them the opportunity to reach their potential and progressively scale up and bear the entire weight themselves. The entire management and operation of Smile Foundation is in compliance with the principles of "Good Governance "and thus sets itself apart with its set norms of sustainability, scalability, accountability, transparency, credibility and effective leadership.
Innovative solution to social and business needs

Formed in the year 2002, by a group of young corporate professionals with a philanthropic bent of mind, Smile Foundation finds innovative solutions to social issues in alignment with the business needs of companies and willingness of goodhearted individuals and institutions across the globe.

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Smile Foundation from India in Together4Change Alliance
Smile Foundation is the nominated national member from India for the Together4Change Alliance, effective across 100 countries and aiming to work for the wellbeing of children and youth in alignment with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); effecting civic drivenchange. This has been instituted by a consortium led by International Child Support (ICS) and three Dutch organisations namely, Wilde Ganzen (Wild Geese), Wereldkideren (NICWO), and SOS Kinderdorpen with support of the Dutch Government.
Award Instituted by UNICEF, ABU & CASBAA
This award has been given for Smile Foundation's Advocacy through Media
GE Healthcare – Modern Medicare Excellence Awards
This award is instituted by GE Healthcare a division of global giant General Electrical.
GE Healthcare is into manufacturing and marketing of specialized hospital & pharma equipments.
Smile Foundation featured in Inventive Indians
Smile Foundation has been featured in Inventive Indians, an iconic book on ‘Great stories of change’. The book from the publishers of Civil Society Magazine profiles individuals...
Smile Foundation Wins Barclays Bank Chairman's Awards
Target awards Smile Foundation
Communities benefit from the pursuit of education, both now and in future’, is a belief that Smile Foundation and Target have in common. Target is a leading retailer in the United States and has a legacy of giving back to the community.
Smile's Choone Do Aasman wins INB Awards as best Documentary 2010
Choone Do Aasmaan an initiative by Smile Foundation and NDTV to sensitise people about the aspiration of underpriviledge Children
Mukti Foundation Felicitates SMILE as Best NGO
Ms. Smita Thackeray, Chairperson of Mukti Foundation, said on the occasion of honouring Smile and nine other organisations, "The journey in social work has been very rewarding and gratifying.”

Smile Foundation adjudged amongst the best organisation websites
Good Governance

Good Governance

Governance is the need of the hour in the development sector in order to ensure and promote application of best management practices, compliance of law and adherence to best possible ethical standards.The entire management processes and practices of Smile Foundation are in compliance with the principles of Good Governance ’.
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