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 […]
Parents of the students from Mission Education center Haldia, West Bengal attended a parent-teacher meeting on the 23rd of June 2017. The main occupation of the people here is fishing and most of the parents who attended were those who were at first reluctant to send their children to school. The parents were updated about […]
A team of employees from Google visited Mission Education centre at Bengaluru on the 25th of June 2017. The volunteers had a gala time interacting with the children and the children had much fun painting the walls of the classroom with various popular designs. An ice-breaking session was conducted at the onset of the programme […]
The people living in the middle of the Dapodi garbage have long ignored their health and the hazards of living in the middle of a garbage dump mainly because rag picking is their main source of livelihood. The Smile on Wheels mobile hospital introduced for the locality has bought many smiles to the residents of […]
The second edition of the Swabhiman Learning Fest, which is a two day residential camp for the scholars of Swabhiman concluded on the 29th of June 2017. The two-day ‘Learning Fest’ was organised for these 110 girls to help them explore themselves holistically and shape their own life. With a view of making them self-aware, […]
