{"id":3957,"date":"2019-08-07T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T08:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2022-11-20T08:41:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T08:41:42","slug":"friends-of-smile-foundation-school-children-turn-good-samaritans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/friends-of-smile-foundation-school-children-turn-good-samaritans\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Smile Foundation: School children turn good Samaritans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3957\" class=\"elementor elementor-3957\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78d73fbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78d73fbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5971efa2\" data-id=\"5971efa2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d5da0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8d5da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>One is never too young to start being a good Samaritan and giving back to those in need as is being demonstrated by eight students from elite schools of Mumbai who have raised a substantial amount to fund health camp being conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/\">Smile Foundation<\/a>, an NGO for less privileged students.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dhirubhai Ambani International School student, Siddharth Makharia, XIth grader spends his weekends organizing football tournaments; Krrish Jain and his sister Diya, XIth graders from Cathedral School organize basketball matches, Shiv Kampani also from Dhirubhai Ambani school hosts robotic workshops for young children, Elisha Parikh, an VIIIth grader sells her fresh bakes during these different games and workshops, while the younger lot Azad Parikh, Avantika Kampani and Devarya organize weekly housie games for the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These eight kids have come together under the banner \u2013 HelpOut \u2013to help the children from the underserved communities get access to better quality education and <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/health\/\"   title=\"Health\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"698\">health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, they have raised close to Rs 80,000 to support a health camp for the children and families of the school in Ladiwali, Karjat. This is being conducted with qualified doctors and staff of Smile Foundation,\u201d said Rakhi Makharia, Siddharth\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t go door-to-door for raising money, instead use innovative ways to involve the community to create these funds. So, in the end, everyone has added value to the fundraising effort,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so glad I am a part of HelpOut as it\u2019s a great platform for us to contribute to the society in our own small but effective way,\u201d said Diya, 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elisha said, \u201cI contribute to fundraising with my baking skills. For many of the events, I have baked several cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, which have sold rapidly. I am happy I am able to do something for people around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are a bunch of extraordinary school going children, who believe in service before self. Earlier this year, they approached Smile Foundation with the idea of doing a health camp for school children in Ladiwali School,\u201d said Santanu Mishra, Co-founder and executive trustee, Smile Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were surprised that this enthusiastic bunch of teenagers already had raised money and thought of organizing a health camp they just needed an organization to partner with. We are convinced that children are the future and have a strong sense of empathy. We just need to nurture this and encourage them to enable them to give back to the society,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The health camp for children and their families will include doctor consultation, medicine distribution, basic pathological tests, anemia screening, awareness camps and health workshops on sanitation and hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the last two years, the teenagers have together raised about Rs 400,000 from these \u2018weekend activities.\u00a0 They have \u201cadopted\u201d Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) run school in Karjat village, where they distribute free books, bags, stationery and also furniture to help the school children and management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One is never too young to start being a good Samaritan and giving back to those in need as is being demonstrated by eight students from elite schools of Mumbai who have raised a substantial amount to fund health camp being conducted by Smile Foundation, an NGO for less privileged students. \u00a0 Dhirubhai Ambani International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-people-for-the-people"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - 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