Say No to Child Labour, Say Yes to School” campaign was held at Wardha on 30th April 2017 on Sunday. Nearly 17 to 18 children from slum area of ‘Nalwadi’, Wardha participated enthusiastically in this campaign along with volunteers from Smile Foundation. The children held flash cards with various slogans related to Anti Child Labour. […]
Anti-child Labour Day was observed in the Mission Education center at Chennai. The children took out a rally to create awareness about the day, the harmful effects of child labor, the necessity of sending a child to school and the importance of education. More than 30 children participated in the rally.
Smile Foundation children were invited to celebrate the birthday of their favourite cartoon character – Bheem at Yoga By the Bay with Dr. Mickey Mehta and Shaina Nc. Our kids stretched it out with the characters and later joined them for a wonderful cake cutting celebration. Bheem along with Mickey Mehta and Shaina NC also […]
5 STeP centers, 4 in Delhi and 1 in Kolkata have been digitalized under Ericsson’s Connect To Learn (CTL) programme where the entire curriculum is digitalized to make the training more interactive and interesting for the students. The centers are now connected with digital platform which allows the centers to access the cloud based content […]
235 women in Mamandur, Tamil Nadu, successfully completed Smile Foundation’s Vocational Training programme, supported by the PepsiCo Foundation. The convocation ceremony was held in presence of eminent guests, local authorities and community representatives, where the women were awarded not just certificates, but also a sewing machine each – a small support for them to achieve […]
Summer camp was organized for the children of a Mission Education center from the 18th to the 20th of May 2017. Various activities were conducted during the three days like painting, singing, reading story books and writing stories. The children were also given a chance to show their dramatic skills. The children were supported by […]
KFC celebrated the completion of one year of the AddHope initiative. To commemorate the celebrations children from Smile Foundation joined in the festivities along with Bollywood celebrity Tanishaa Mukerji. The Add Hope Initiative is a global drive by KFC to create awareness and raise funds to provide meals for underprivileged children. In India, KFC has […]
Hundreds of children and families from the brick kiln factories of Kalyan, Maharashtra received free healthcare facilities at their doorsteps on the 20th of May 2017. Primarily occupied in working at the brick kilns, these families remain exposed to many hazardous health conditions. To combat such diseases the Smile on Wheels mobile hospital which makes […]
A series of employee engagement of FIS Global was conducted where in the employees spent quality time with the children of Mission Education center at five different locations, namely Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Chennai and Gurgaon. The events were conducted at various dates for different places from the 22nd- 30th May 2017. The kids and the […]
A series of employee engagement of FIS Global was conducted where in the employees spent quality time with the children of Mission Education center at five different locations, namely Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Chennai and Gurgaon. The events were conducted at various dates for different places from the 22nd- 30th May 2017. The kids and the […]
Menstrual Hygiene Day was celebrated on 26th May 2017 in Ambedkar Colony and Nut Colony on 27th and 29th May 2017 in Shashi Garden. The day was celebrated with the discussion on menstrual hygiene. Then through videos and pictorial presentation, the concept of the reproductive system of women, menstrual cycle, menstrual hygiene and importance of […]
Doorstep healthcare services have been made accessible for the families living in 10 slum clusters (19 service points) in the city of Chennai, including Nagalgani, Pallavaram, Shankarnagar, Thrishulam, Astinapuram, and Chomepet. A new Smile on Wheels mobile hospital project was launched for the purpose, powered with a team of qualified doctor, nurse, lab technician, pharmacist, […]
A new Smile Twin e-Learning Programme (STeP) centre was launched to train 120 youth from the Sunkadakatte slum area in Bengaluru in market-oriented job skills such as computer education, basic management, English communication, and other soft skills. The community is home to a largely migrant population, working on daily wages as tailors, carpenters, auto drivers, […]
Children from Smile Foundation had a gala time with employees from Droom on Father’s Day, June 17th 2017. The children were gifted new school bags and were taken for a movie screening followed by a grand treat. The children had a time of their life and enjoyed every second of it and thanked the employees […]
Members of the Women’s Forum at Avery Dennison invited Smile Foundation's girl scholars to their Gurugram office for a special session called “Found My Voice”. The session was aimed at enhancing the self-confidence of the girls and encouraging them to face their fears. Both the mentors and their young students had a great time participating […]
