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, […]
16 volunteers from FSL India Bengaluru visited a Mission Education center in Bengaluru on the 9th and 10th July, 2017. The two days were spent in creative adventures by both the volunteers and the children to decorate the walls of the center. The first day was spent in involving the students in team activities by […]
16 volunteers from FSL India Bengaluru visited a Mission Education center in Bengaluru on the 9th and 10th July, 2017. The two days were spent in creative adventures by both the volunteers and the children to decorate the walls of the center. The first day was spent in involving the students in team activities by […]
Parent-teacher meetings were held in all NFE centre on the 10th of July 2017. The main aim of these meetings were to discuss the progress of the children at school, what measures must be ensured so that the children study at home and work harder and how can the parents help. The meetings saw the […]
Smile Twin e- Learning programme, is an attempt to help underprivileged youth to gain employment in various sectors and hence monthly exposure visits are conducted for the students to let them gain a firsthand experience of what it is like in a work place. Recent visits were conducted to various retail sectors for the students […]
A dress distribution event was conducted at a school for the school children at Nagpur on 15th July, 2017. The drive was conducted under the Child for Child programme of Smile Foundation. Children often do not attend school because they do not own proper clothing as a result their learning process is hindered and they […]
A value education session was conducted for school children under Smile Foundation’s Child for Child (CFC) programme in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Over 300 children attended the early morning session which included the value of empathy, care and integrity in life; how to grow up as a successful as well as happy individual, among other subjects. Smile […]
