Author: Smile Team

India, Sept. 1 — Bangalore, September 1, 2017: Smile Foundation in collaboration with The Wilde Ganzen Foundation, the Netherlands, have organized a national five day capacity building workshop in Bangalore for grassroots NGOs and CBOs under Change the Game Academy from 29th Aug to 2nd Sep 2017. Grassroots NGOs and CBOs, despite their last mile connect, are often faced with challenges in funding and resource mobilization due to lack of proper management system, communication and mobilization skills. Driven with a vision to mitigate these challenges, Change the Game Academy is launched to help the local community welfare projects to reap benefits of “Digital India” at the very grassroots.

Fourteen grass root NGOs from across India have par…

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Ideally, grassroots NGOs and CBOs should become an interface between the community and the government, helping implement the schemes and policies to the last mile and reflecting the gaps by becoming the voice of the community.

BANGALORE: Smile Foundation in collaboration with The Wilde Ganzen Foundation, the Netherlands, have organized a national five day capacity building workshop in Bangalore for grassroots NGOs and CBOs under Change the Game Academy from 29th Aug to 2nd Sep 2017.

Grassroots NGOs and CBOs, despite their last mile connect, are often faced with challenges in funding and resource mobilization due to lack of proper management system, communication and mobilization skills. Driven with a vision to mitigate these challenges, Change the Game Academy is launched to help the local community welfare projects to reap benefits of “Digital India” at the very grassroots.

Change The Game Academy, a unique and one of its kind, e-learning platform that offers training to the Grassroot NGOs on sustainable solutions such as – local fundraising, building organizational capacity and mobilizing support to name a few. Fourteen grass root NGOs from across India have participated in the workshop. The curriculum of this 5 day workshop is scientifically designed which matches international standards and yet is applicable to India’s socio-political scenario.

The workshop is conducted by experienced trainers who have been specially trained for this occasion. The academy follows a mentoring approach as this physical workshop will be complimented by the online platform as well.

Through this effective five-days National Consultation, the NGOs received a first-hand training by the industry experts in areas such as – CSR Act – how to raise and manage CSR funds, Proposal writing, Project Management, Good governance etc. Speaking on the role and governance of NGO’s in India in getting benefited from the CSR ACT, Santanu Mishra, Co- Founder & Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation emphasised that “It demands a high degree professionalism of NGOs if not corporatisation to access the available CSR Fund.

Ideally, grassroots NGOs and CBOs should become an interface between the community and the government, helping implement the schemes and policies to the last mile and reflecting the gaps by becoming the voice of the community. But to make this possible, there is an imminent need to incubate and handhold grassroots NGOs. We are hopeful this training will be instrumental in equipping these grassroots NGOs at a larger scale.”

Source : http://indiacsr.in/bringing-digital-india-to-grassroots-ngos-and-cbos/

The iconic British bike maker is reaching out to its 4000-strong customer base and beyond to get participants to donate towards Smile Foundation’s good work in the area of primary education

In the true spirit of Independence Day, Triumph Motorcycles India and Smile Foundation have come together to support the cause of Girl Child Education. Continuing with the Triumph tradition of getting riders together for a good cause to commemorate this national event, Triumph is organising the ‘Ride for Freedom’ on 15th August across 14 cities in India.

The iconic British bike maker is reaching out to its 4000-strong customer base and beyond to get participants to donate towards Smile Foundation’s good work in the area of primary education. In the past too, Triumph has successfully sponsored the education of more than 200 girl children across communities. The number is set to grow manifolds.

Vimal Sumbly, managing director, Triumph Motorcycles India will himself be leading the ride in one of the cities – “I firmly believe that true freedom comes from education. And in a country like ours, where the female population is often disregarded, it is imperative we create opportunities for young growing girl children to learn, grown and evolve. I am certain that this year too, like every year, Triumph enthusiasts will support us and this cause.”

Smile Foundation is known for its exemplary work towards healthcare and education for children, livelihood and empowerment for women. It directly benefits over 400,000 children and their families every year. Its efforts also aid more than 200 live welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood women empowerment projects, in over 950 remote villages and slums across 25 Indian states.

Santanu Mishra, co-founder and executive trustee Smile Foundation said, “We immensely appreciate the efforts taken by brand Triumph in continuing to dedicate their valuable time, resources and energy to help us with our work and thankful to share our vision and to raise awareness on this issues.”

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The British bike maker is reaching out to its 4000-strong customer base and beyond to get participants to donate towards Smile Foundation’s good work in the area of primary education.

In the spirit of Independence Day, Triumph Motorcycles India and Smile Foundation have come together to support the cause of Girl Child Education. Together Triumph and Smile Foundation are organising the ‘Ride for Freedom’ on 15th August across 14 cities in India.

The British bike maker is reaching out to its 4000-strong customer base and beyond to get participants to donate towards Smile Foundation’s good work in the area of primary education. In the past too, Triumph has successfully sponsored the education of more than 200 girl children across communities. The number is set to grow manifolds.

Mr. Vimal Sumbly, Managing Director, Triumph Motorcycles India will himself be leading the ride in one of the cities – “I firmly believe that true freedom comes from education. And in a country like ours, where the female population is often disregarded, it is imperative we create opportunities for young growing girl children to learn, grown and evolve. I am certain that this year too, like every year, Triumph enthusiasts will support us and this cause.”

Smile Foundation is known for its exemplary work towards healthcare and education for children, livelihood and empowerment for women. It directly benefits over 400,000 children and their families every year. Its efforts also aid more than 200 live welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood women empowerment projects, in over 950 remote villages and slums across 25 Indian states.

Mr. Santanu Mishra, Co-Founder and Executive Trustee Smile Foundation said, “We immensely appreciate the efforts taken by brand Triumph in continuing to dedicate their valuable time, resources and energy to help us with our work and thankful to share our vision and to raise awareness on this issues.”

The “Ride for Freedom” will be flagged off and end at Triumph dealerships across cities.

Source: http://www.news18.com/news/auto/triumph-motorcycles-and-smile-foundation-organising-ride-for-freedom-this-independence-day-1489615.html